Option 3 for all new 3-year-olds is worth $3 and option 5 for all 50 cents ends with a $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), highlighting the menu bet the spectacular Derby week opens the 44-day Spring Encounter at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
Pick 3 for all 3-year-olds, featuring a single $3 minimum, will span the $500,000 US Lawn presented by BMW (GII), $500,000 Pat Day Mile by LG&E and KU (GII) and Kentucky Derby presented. Like Option 3 that rotates 50 coins, Option 3 for all 3 years will have a 22% payout.
Also new on the betting menu is Pick All, All bets 5 on Kentucky Derby Day, which ends with “Run for Commissions.” With a low 15% dropout rate and a minimum of 50 cents, the chain will include $160,000 Knicks Go, $750,000 Derby City Distaff presented by Kendall-Jackson Winery (GI), $750,000 Churchill Downs presented by Ford (GI) presentation, Pat Day Mile and the Kentucky Derby.
Derby City 6.20 cents, a jackpot bet in which bettors must correctly select the only winning combination to knock the entire pot down, handled more than $1.06 million on Kentucky Derby Day 2019.
Betting will begin this Saturday for Opening Night and if multiple winning combinations pick exactly six winners, 90% of the total daily bet will be paid out, while 10% will be carried over to the next day. the next day. If no one chooses all six winners correctly, the full amount of the day will be carried over to the next day. The Derby City 6 pool will have mandatory payments on Kentucky Derby Day.
Along with Derby City 6, the return of the two-day Oaks/Derby Pick 6 will also be a top pick. The $2 minimum bet (2019 handle: $479,561) spans six Class I events on Kentucky Oaks and Derby Days. The bet begins on Oaks Day with La Troienne (GI) worth $750,000 and Longines Kentucky Oaks (GI) worth $1.25 million. It continues Kentucky Derby Day with the Derby City Distaff, Churchill Downs, the $1 million Old Forester Bourbon Turf Classic (GI) and the Kentucky Derby.
There will be four traditional Pick 5 and Pick 4 bets on Kentucky Derby Day. Third Pick (2019 handle: $3,980,809) and Third Pick (2019 handle: $4,091,771) will feature a sequence of all bets and culminate in a Kentucky Derby.
Superfecta bets will have a minimum of $1 on Kentucky Derby and Oaks days but will be a 10 cent minimum on all other days.
