When Linburgh's Kitten ($13.20) went gate to wire to win Sunday's finale, it made one NYRA Bets pick-5 player $56,079 richer. While that's a nice score, if this was Saturday, that player would have taken home $100,000.
NYRA has instituted a program where on Saturdays only if there is one winning ticket sold on the late pick-5 -- available only to NYRA Bets and in-state players -- there is a $100,000 guaranteed payout.
Meanwhile, there will be a pick-6 carryover of $34,418 into Thursday's card after the wager went unhit on Sunday.