Yonkers, NY – Yonkers Raceway’s Friday evening (June 14) Pick-5, buoyed by a carryover of $9,416.12 and a $25,000 guaranteed pool, found some eyeballs.

Some $34,367 of fresh money poured in, easily leapfrogging the minimum and leading to a total pool of $35,191…after takeout and give or take a few pennies.

The combination of 5/2,9/4/8/1 returned $1,050.25 for each correct half-a-buck ticket (in second leg, number 2 was winning favorite while number nine was scratched, with ticket defaulting to favorite).

The Pick-5 is a 50-cent base wager comprising either races six through 10 or seven through 11, depending upon the number of races drawn. It has no consolation payoff, meaning if no one selects all five winners (as was the case Thursday night), the entire pool (minus takeout) moves to the next racing program.

There’s a built-in $10,000 Pick-5 guarantee every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening.

Friday night’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace, which was not part of the Pick-5 sequence, turned into a Tour de Twinkle.

Brent Holland drove fourth choice Twinkle ($14) to the win in the $44,000 feature Friday night at Yonkers. Mike Lizzi Photo.

Fourth choice Twinkle (Brent Holland,  $14) gave nothing else a shot. Winning the three-through-eight post-position draw after about a month of R&R, she blitzed ‘em (:27.1, :56.3, 1:25, 1:53.1) for a first win in nine seasonal starts. Even-money favorite Alexa’s Power (Jason Bartlett) chased from a loose pocket and saved second, beaten a 1-3/4 lengths, with a first-up Rockstar Angel A (Eric Goodell) third.

Gold Orchid N (Austin Siegelman) and Lispatty (Mark MacDonald) picked off the minors.

Twinkle, a 6-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight trained by Ross Croghan for co-owners Let it Ride Stables and Dana Parham, led exotics of $33 (exacta), $169.50 (triple) and $543 (superfecta), respectively.