from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ — Back-to-back $100-plus winners helped trigger a carryover in the Pick-5 at the Meadowlands on a longshot’s delight Thursday (March 2).

The $25,497 carryover will be up for grabs on Friday’s program.

The Pick-5 covers the first five races of the night. It carries a 50-cent base wager and a low 15 percent takeout rate that should almost be eliminated with the carryover.

The last time there was a Pick-5 carryover was Dec. 22, 2016. The $25,874 carryover attracted $212,276 in new money. The winning sequence then returned nearly $18,000.

Tony Beltrami kicked off the longshot parade in the GSY Club race when Scirocco Jakob paid $112.60. In the next race, Tom Merton put Mr Julian on the front end and never looked back, scoring at $117.80.

Kyle Husted ensured the carryover in race five when he steered $66.00 winner Wegottatruckyea to win. Husted won three races Thursday, more than doubling his season win total.

The early Pick-4 that included three of those big payoffs returned $30,687.95 to one lucky horseplayer in Las Vegas.

Jim Marohn Jr. swept the late double to increase his narrow lead over Brett Miller in the 2017 leading driver race.

Total handle was $1,381,272 on the nine-race card.

Live racing resumes Friday with an 11-race card. Post time is 7:15 p.m. For more information, visit www.playmeadowlands.com.