Carryover watch: Santa Anita's $406,146 Pick 5, Aqueduct's $85,636 Pick 6

Handicapper J. Keeler Johnson suggests singles to build tickets around in a pair of Sunday carryovers at Aqueduct and Santa Anita.

Aqueduct Race 4: $85,636 Pick 6 carryover (2:20 p.m. ET)

The Sunday card at Aqueduct features a hefty $85,636 carryover in the $1 Pick 6, a non-jackpot prize pool well worth pursuing.

The opening leg of the Pick 6 is a maiden special weight taking place over seven furlongs on dirt, and #5 Unlimitedpotential (3-5) looms as a heavy favorite and a logical single. The son of Union Rags debuted in a seven-furlong maiden special weight at Saratoga two months ago and ran well to finish second with a 95 Brisnet Speed rating.

None of Unlimitedpotential’s rivals have earned a Brisnet Speed rating higher than 91, so Unlimitedpotential is the field’s fastest horse on paper. He enters off a pair of bullet workouts at Saratoga and is slated to be ridden by hot jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. (a 31% winner teaming up with trainer Todd Pletcher over the last two months), so all signs suggest Unlimitedpotential is sitting on a winning effort.

Santa Anita, Race 1: $406,146 Pick 5 carryover (4:00 p.m. ET)

Get ready, horseplayers. The early Pick 5 at Santa Anita (which features a modest 14% takeout rate) comes with a massive $406,146 non-jackpot carryover on Sunday, adding a ton of value to the already enticing 50-cent wager.

Looking for a single? Check out Race 5, the Surfer Girl S. (G3) for two-year-old fillies traveling one mile on turf. A large 10-horse field has entered, but morning-line favorite #3 Comanche Country (8-5) looks tough to beat.

After finishing second and seventh in her first two starts in Ireland (including a Group 3 sprint), Comanche Country relished transitioning to the U.S. and stretching out in distance. Under the care of trainer Phil D’Amato, Comanche Country rallied from midfield to win a one-mile maiden special weight at Del Mar, then produced an essentially carbon-copy performance to win the Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf S. over the same course and distance.

Comanche Country is shaping up as a standout among California’s two-year-old turf fillies and has already defeated many of her Surfer Girl rivals. A typical performance should secure the Irish-bred filly a third consecutive victory.

Good luck!