ARCADIA, Calif. – While racetrack officials and horseplayers try to estimate the size of the pick six pool Friday at Santa Anita, more important questions must be addressed before deciding to play or pass. Is the bet hittable, and at what cost? Santa Anita raised the pick six minimum bet from $1 to $2 this fall, hoping the higher minimum makes it tougher to hit and produces more carryovers that increase overall handle. Wish granted – an $83,940 carryover is up for grabs Friday. If the old formula to estimate pick six pools still applies (carryover divided by the 23.68 percent takeout rate), new money will top $350,000. The amount might be higher. Carryover-chasers are hungry. At a $1 minimum, Santa Anita carryovers were rare. The big question – Is the bet hittable at a reasonable cost? – is a matter of opinion. It’s not easy to string together six winners when the minimum bet is $2. It’s tougher yet when the sequence looks like races 4-9 on Friday. This is no easy series. :: Bet Santa Anita with confidence! Get DRF All Access Past Performances, Picks, Clocker Reports and more. The sequence starts with sprints for California-bred 2-year-olds – allowance fillies on dirt, maidens on turf. Then comes a woeful $20,000 maiden-claiming route; a second-level allowance hill sprint for fillies and mares; a starter route led by a last-out maiden sprint winner; and ending with a maiden turf mile for 2-year-old fillies. The favorite has her hands full with a live second-timer. Below is a look at the sequence. Race 4: The only toss in the allowance sprint is Princess Daddy. She is not fast enough. We the Free rates top billing off her decisive debut win; Legal Fiction earned a big number at Fresno. Stakes-placed Thirsty Mama and Thirsty in Vegas both fit, as does Lil’ Bit Bossy. That’s five deep. Race 5: A filly facing boys, Miss Mrazek merits top billing going six furlongs on turf. Her runner-up debut racing five furlongs on turf at Del Mar was solid. She lagged, saved ground, split rivals, and finished second. The turf rails are at the outermost 30-foot setting Friday, which is irrelevant. Six of the seven six-furlong turf sprints opening week, all different rail settings, were won from the middle or back. Miss Mrazek will have a fair shot, though a 90-plus-degree heatwave could influence the course profile. Culle J finished fourth in her debut; debut colt P Town Prancer appears to have trained well. Race 6: Bowtie Boys stretches out from a better-than-looked third-place sprint; he might be the right choice in this maiden-claiming dirt mile. He’s no cinch. His stablemate Navajo Warrior drops in class, Arrowmax finished third last out after getting stalled briefly on the far turn, and Supreme Coast will get respect after missing by a head with a field-high 66 Beyer Speed Figure. Stretch-out Getemdusty is likely to produce speed. It’s a weak field, begging for an upset. Race 7: A hillside sprint for fillies and mares includes Steve Miyadi-trained Tom’s Regret. The trainer said she “blew her mind in the paddock” last out at Los Alamitos before running next to last. “She’s never been a calm horse,” Miyadi said. But she is a multiple stakes winner who finished second in both turf sprints. Miyadi said jockey Kyle Frey believes she is better on turf. Getthemoney got stopped cold in the stretch of a turf route last time, otherwise she would have hit the board instead of finishing ninth. Brian Koriner trains the horse-for-course. Her three hillside starts produced a win, a second, and a third. “She’s doing well, she’s fresh, and she likes the hill,” Koriner said. Umberto “Rispoli begged to ride her, and his agent [Matt Nakatani] guaranteed victory,” Koriner added, presumably tongue in cheek. Just Nails, Kitty Kitana, and Doris Mae figure as contenders. Race 8: Jerry’s Spirit won a fast maiden-claiming sprint by seven lengths last out at Los Alamitos, earning an 87 Beyer in his comeback. That number would crush this starter-allowance route. Dean Pederson trains the Ghostzapper gelding, who now faces winners and runs long. “We’ve got one five-and-a-half under our belt in [nine] months, so that’s a bit of an obstacle to overcome,” Pedersen said. “Pedigree-wise, I don’t think [two turns] should be a problem.” Jerry’s Spirit worked five furlongs last week; the work was unrecorded due to fog. It’s his race to win. Otherwise, anything goes. Race 9: Many pick six bettors will consider singling Sea Runner in this turf mile for 2-year-old maiden fillies. A sibling to Grade 1 winner Johannes, Sea Runner finished third last out in a $100,000 turf route stakes at Del Mar. She is the logical favorite. But second-time Lolo Le Plume ran super finishing fifth in her debut for trainer Bob Hess Jr., who said she “definitely worked much better after the race than going into the race. I think she’ll move forward; I think she’ll be a stakes horse down the line.” Sea Runner already is. But the favorite has her hands full with Lolo Le Plume, whose dam is Le Plume. The filly was named after the granddaughter – Lolo – of co-owner Robert Bach. Potential second choice in the betting, Lolo Le Plume could spring an upset. A pick six ticket including every horse named in this story would cost $1,500. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.