Winning Ticket in the Pick Six Nearly Canceled

One of the two winning tickets Wednesday in Hollywood Park’s record pick-six payoff was held by an Ohio businessman who came close to canceling his bets.

Brad Anderson, a construction-company executive who lives near Beulah Park in Grove City, said he made two trips to the track, and the second time he considered withdrawing his bets. Anderson thought the six races were so tough to handicap they might result in a pool carry-over to Thursday. Only one of the six winners was a favorite.

Anderson stuck with his bets, and he and a bettor in Florida correctly picked all six winners to collect $1,312,808.60 apiece, before taxes. The Florida player won with a $360 ticket at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. Anderson’s first ticket, which produced the six winners, cost $5,760; his second ticket was a $1,276 investment.

Anderson, 43, is a horse owner whose Devil Time was Ohio’s horse of the year in 2003.