Low Takeout Pick 6 Highlights Oaks-Derby Wagering Menu

A new two-day Pick 6 that features six Grade I races, including the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks, highlights a spectacular wagering menu for the 2019 Spring Meet at Churchill Downs.

Along with the new $2 Oaks/Derby Pick 6, the wagering menu will also feature a $1.5 million guaranteed Pick 5 on Kentucky Derby day that will end on the Kentucky Derby in Race 12 and the $1 million guaranteed Bourbon Double for the Old Forester Turf Classic (GI) and Kentucky Derby. The 50-cent Pick 5, arguably the fastest growing wager in the U.S., features a 15% takeout. The Bourbon Double has a $1 minimum denomination.

The Oaks/Derby Pick 6, which has a $250,000 guaranteed pool, has a mandatory payout with a 15% takeout. The wager will begin Friday with the $500,000 La Troienne - a 1 1/16-mile event for fillies and mares 4-year-olds and up, followed by the Kentucky Oaks - run at 1 1/8 miles for 3-year-old fillies. Saturday's races include the $500,000 Humana Distaff - for fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at seven furlongs; the $500,000 Churchill Downs - for 4-year-olds and up run at seven furlongs; the $1 million Old Forester Turf Classic - for 4-year-olds and up run at 1 1/8 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course; and the 1 1/4 mile Kentucky Derby.

The wagering menu will also include the 20-cent Single 6 Jackpot which will begin on Opening Night, April 27, and run through the entirety of the Spring Meet, including Oaks and Derby days. To win the entire Single 6 Jackpot, a player must have the only winning combination. If there are multiple winning combinations, 90 percent of the pool will be paid out and 10 percent will carry to the next day's card. The Single 6 Jackpot takeout is 15%.

Head-to-head wagers, which were approved earlier this month by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, will not be offered this year.