Exotic bets galore on Kentucky Derby card
RACE REPLAY IS NOT AVAILABLELOUISVILLE, Ky. - There’s the usual betting smorgasbord available to bettors on the 14-race Saturday card, including these offerings: three 50-cent pick fives (races 3-7, 8-12, 10-14), four 50-cent pick fours (races 2-5, 5-8, 9-12, 11-14), a $2 Single 6 (races 7-12), and the familiar array of rolling doubles, pick threes, and vertical wagers, including a $1 super high five on the Derby (race 12).
Superfectas are normally available at 10-cent increments, but not on Oaks and Derby Days, when a $1 minimum is in effect.
If there is no 6-of-6 ticket sold in the Single 6 on Derby Day, as happened in 2016, Churchill will disburse half the pool on consolation tickets while saving the other half for when racing resumes here Thursday to seed a jackpot pool. The Single 6 becomes a 20-cent bet after Derby Day.
Last year, the $2 pick six paid $857,335 on the lone perfect ticket, ending with Always Dreaming in the Derby.