Prairie Meadows Racetrack in Altoona, IA will hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot on Monday July 29, 2024.
The track received approval from the Iowa Racing & Gaming Commission to force out the jackpot, which hasn’t been paid since mid-June.
“The Pick 5 jackpot has grown to $125,255 going into the races of Friday July 26,” noted Garrick Mallory, Assistant Director of Pari-Mutuels at the Altoona track. “The jackpot was last paid out at $17,109 on Monday June 24, just two days after it was paid out at $116,376 on Saturday June 22.”
Prairie Meadows races on a Friday through Monday schedule, with post times at 6 PM CT on Friday and Saturday and 4 PM CT on Sunday and Monday.
The Pick 5 sequence on Monday July 29 covers the final five races of a thirteen-race card closing out the twelfth week of the 2024 season at Prairie Meadows.
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The ninth race, the kickoff leg of the Pick 5 sequence, is scheduled for a 7:23 PM CT start. Eight Iowa-bred fillies were signed on at entry time to contest the maiden special weight sprint at six furlongs.
The sequence concludes with the thirteenth race, a $5,000 maiden claiming sprint for fillies and mares at six furlongs. A full field of 11 competitors was signed on for the Monday finale, which is scheduled for a 9:07 PM CT post time.
Mallory added that in the event the jackpot is paid out during the first three days of the racing week, Prairie Meadows will still hold a mandatory payout of the Pick 5 jackpot as scheduled on Monday July 29.
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