Santa Anita: See the wagering menu for upcoming meet

Santa Anita’s traditional $1 Pick Six heads a robust and varied wagering menu for the 2023-24 meet as the track approaches its traditional opening day on Tuesday.

The $1 Pick 6 features a carryover component and a 70-30 split, with 70 percent of each day’s net pool going to any ticket with six winners and the remaining 30 percent paid out to consolation winners with five winners. In the event there are no tickets with six winners, 70 percent of the net pool is carried over to the next racing day.

Along with the $1 Pick 6, Santa Anita also will again offer the $3 all-turf Pick 3. Unveiled at its recent autumn meet, the $3 all-turf Pick 3, which is composed of the final three turf races each day, proved very popular with players seeking large fields and added value.

Additionally, all trifectas and rolling Pick 3s will now be $1 minimum wagers in an effort to increase mutuel payouts.

The upcoming meet  opens with three Grade 1, $300,000 stakes, the Malibu, the La Brea and the American Oaks. Three Grade 2, $200,000 stakes, the San Antonio, the San Gabriel and the Mathis Mile, also will be held on opening day.

Santa Anita will continue to offer a 14 percent takeout, 50-cent early Pick 5, as well as the 50-cent late Pick 5, $1 exactas, $2 rolling daily doubles, an early 50-cent Pick 4, as well as 10-cent superfectas on all races with a minimum of six runners. As noted above, all trifectas and rolling Pick 3s are now $1 minimum wagers.

2023-24 wagering menu

Traditional $1 Pick 6 offered on the final six races each day

14 percent takeout, 50-cent early Pick 5, as well as the traditional 50-cent late Pick 5

$3 all-turf Pick 3, to be offered on the final three grass races each day

$1 Golden Hour Pick 4, with 15 percent takeout

$5 Golden Hour double, with 15 percent takeout

$2 win, place and show wagering on each race, with a 15.43 percent takeout

$1 trifectas on each race with a minimum of four scheduled runners

10-cent Superfectas on all races with a minimum of six scheduled runners

$1 exactsa on each race

50-cent early Pick 4, which is composed of races 2 through 5

50-cent late Pick 4, covering the final four races each day

50-cent mid Pick 4, available only when 10 or more races are carded. In the event of an 11-race program, the wager begins with race 5

Rolling $2 daily doubles

$1 rolling Pick 3, beginning with the first race each day

$1 Super Hi 5, available on all races with seven or more declared starters and requires players to pick the first five finishers in exact order. If there are no perfect tickets with five winners, there is no consolation payoff, as 100 percent of the net pool is carried over to the next Super Hi 5 race.