New Golden Hour Double to link nightcaps at Santa Anita, Golden Gate

ARCADIA, Calif. – Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita, tracks owned by The Stronach Group, will launch a $5 double linking the final race at both venues on each racing day beginning Feb. 29, the company announced on Saturday.

Known as the Golden Hour Double, the wager will have a reduced 15 percent takeout. Currently, the takeout on daily double bets in California is 20 percent. The Stronach Group is guaranteeing that the Golden Hour Double will have a pool of $50,000.

Typically, the sequence will have the first race of the double at Santa Anita and the final race at Golden Gate Fields.