All-stakes Pick 5 leads Stephen Foster night wagering menu

Entries will be taken and post positions will be drawn Wednesday for Churchill Downs' most lucrative race card outside of Kentucky Derby and Oaks days.

The $600,000 Stephen Foster (G2) for older horses hoping to qualify for the Breeders' Cup Classic is the richest of six graded stakes races on Saturday’s special 11-race night racing card that begins at 6 p.m. Purses on the evening total $1.93 million.

Churchill Downs will make it a special night for bettors at Saturday’s “Downs After Dark” as the track offers an all-stakes Pick 5 as part of its special wagering menu.

The all-stakes Pick 5 on Races 5-9 starting at 7:57 p.m. It encompasses the Grade 3 Matt Winn (Race 5) for 3-year-olds; Grade 2 Wise Dan (Race 6) on the turf; Grade 2 Fleur de Lis (Race 7) for distaffers; the Stephen Foster (Race 8); and Regret (Race 9) for sophomore fillies.

There also will be an all-stakes Pick 4 on Races 6-9 starting at 8:30 p.m. 

All told, there will be three Pick 5s (Races 1-5, Races 5-9 and Races 7-11) and three Pick 4s (Races 2-5, Races 6-9 and Races 8-11) on the night. Both the Pick 4 and Pick 5 are 50-cent minimum bets.

The 20-cent minimum Single 6 Jackpot will cover Races 4-9 and the $1 Super Hi 5 will be staged on the final race of the night.

NBCSN will televise three live races from 8:30-10 p.m. as part of its 2019 Breeders' Cup Challenge Series TV schedule. The on-site team will include Randy Moss, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, Donna Brothers, Britney Eurton and Matt Bernier.