Churchill Downs offers new all-3-year-old Pick 3
A new $3 all-3-year-old Pick 3 and a 50-cent all-dirt, all-stakes Pick 5 that close with the $3 million Kentucky Derby highlight the Derby-week wagering menu that kicks off the 44-day spring meet at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
The all-3-year-old Pick 3, which has a unique $3 minimum, will span across the $500,000 American Turf (G2), $500,000 Pat Day Mile (Ge) and the Kentucky Derby. Like the 50-cent rolling Pick 3s, the all-3-year-old Pick 3 will have a 22 percent takeout.
Also new on the wagering menu is the all-dirt, all-stakes Pick 5 on Kentucky Derby day, which closes with the Run for the Roses. With a low 15 percent takeout and 50-cent minimum, the sequence will cover the $160,000 Knicks Go, $750,000 Derby City Distaff (G1), $750,000 Churchill Downs (G1), the Pat Day Mile and the Kentucky Derby.
The 20-cent Derby City 6, a jackpot wager where bettors must correctly tab the only winning combination to take down the entirety of the pool, handled more than $1.06 million on Kentucky Derby Day in 2019.
The bet will begin this Saturday for opening night and if multiple winning combinations correctly select six winners, 90 percent of the daily pool gets paid, while 10 percent will carry over to the next day. If no one correctly selects all six winners, the entirety of the day’s pool will carry over to the next day. The Derby City 6 pool will have a mandatory payout on Kentucky Derby Day.
Along with the Derby City 6, the return of the two-day Oaks/Derby Pick 6 also will be a top wager. The $2 minimum bet (2019 handle: $479,561) spans six Grade 1 events across Kentucky Oaks and Derby days. The bet begins on Oaks Day with the $750,000 La Troienne (G1) and the $1.25 million Kentucky Oaks. It continues Kentucky Derby Day with the Derby City Distaff, Churchill Downs, $1 million Turf Classic (G1) and the Kentucky Derby.
There will be four traditional Pick 5 and Pick 4 wagers on Kentucky Derby day. The third Pick 5 (2019 handle: $3,980,809) and third Pick 4 (2019 handle: $4,091,771) will feature an all-stakes sequence and culminate in the Kentucky Derby.
Superfecta wagers will be a $1 minimum on Kentucky Derby and Oaks days but will be a 10-cent minimum on all other days.
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