Del Mar: Classic Pick 6 returns to fall wagering menu
Del Mar’s fall wagering menu will look a lot like its summer offering with one large exception: The seaside track’s Pick Six bet will return to its more traditional arrangement with a 70-30 daily payout and the elimination of the previous single-ticket jackpot portion of the wager.
The new-old bet will be called the classic Pick 6 and be available for $1. It will provide a daily payout of 70 percent of the pool to those who tab all six winners in the exotic wager and will give a 30 percent consolation return to those who identify five of six. In a scenario where nobody picks six winners on a card, there will be a carryover of the major portion of the pool to the next betting program. In the past, even single-day carryovers have led to subsequent pools that move into the million-dollar range.
In all, there will be 16 ways to wager on the track’s daily programs, starting with win, place and show bets and extending to the exotic wagers topped by the classic Pick 6 during the four-week session, which runs from Nov. 10 to Dec. 3.
“Some of our fans have encouraged us to return to the old-school Pick 6, so we’ll give it a go for the fall meet,” said Bill Navarro, Del Mar’s director of mutuels. “The previous 20-cent jackpot wager has provided some substantial pools, but we’re hopeful the players will react favorably to the more traditional Pick Six.”
Besides the Pick 6, the bets that draws the most buzz from the racing crowd are the late Pick 5, with an average pool of more than $700,000, and the late Pick 4, with an average pool of about $600,000. Both wagers are natural spinoffs for Pick 6 players.
Here’s the full array of Del Mar bets that will be available during the stand:
$2 win, place and show, all races
$1 Exacta, all races
$2 Quinella, all races
$2 Rolling doubles, all except last
$1 Rolling Pick 3, all except last two
$1 Superfecta, 10-cent minimum, all races
$1 Place Pick All, starts with race 1 or 2
50-cent Super High 5, last race
$1 Pick Six, last six races
50-cent players’ Pick 5, first five and last five
50-cent Pick 4, races 2-5 and last four
$2 Win-place-show parlay, all races but last
Del Mar will race on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedule throughout the 10th Bing Crosby Season, with the exception of an additional day on Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day. First post daily will be at 3:30 p.m. EST and 2 p.m. EST on Thanksgiving) with eight races planned for weekdays and nine for weekends.