Breeders' Cup to feature $3 million guaranteed Pick 6 pool

The Breeders' Cup announced Monday the post times and wagering menu for the

25th Breeders' Cup World Championships, highlighted by the world's largest

guaranteed Pick 6 betting pool and new Super High 5 wagers. The expanded two-day

program, scheduled for October 24-25 at Santa Anita, includes 14 Breeders' Cup

races worth $25.5 million in prize money.

Each race will feature a maximum of 14 horses and wagering interests, with

the exception of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

Fillies Turf and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, each of which have a maximum of

12 horses. In addition to the standard win, place and show betting, there will

be exacta and trifecta wagering on every race; and rolling Pick 3 wagers

beginning with the 1ST race and continuing through the all races on both

Championship Friday and Championship Saturday. Over the 24 years of the

Breeders' Cup, exacta payouts have averaged a robust $230, while trifecta

payouts have averaged $2,600.

Championship Saturday features the world's largest guaranteed pool, the $3

million Ultra Pick 6. Four times in the past 10 years, players have become

millionaires by correctly selecting the six winners. Graham Stone won $2.7

million on an $8 ticket at the 2003 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita, correctly

selecting six winners of six consecutive Breeders' Cup races on one ticket. The

Ultra Pick 6 has a mandatory payout for Saturday.

Also new this year is Super High 5 wagering on both the Breeders' Cup Ladies'

Classic (G1) and the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). In the Super High 5, bettors

are required to select the first five finishing places on one ticket. If no one

hits the Super High 5 on Friday, the pool will carry over to Saturday's Super

High 5 on the Classic, where there will be a mandatory payout.

There will be a Breeders' Cup Pick 6 on Championship Friday, with a carryover

provision into Saturday if no one correctly selects the six winners.

"With 14 World Championship races over the two days, racing fans around the

world will have the opportunity to watch and enjoy the 'best betting days in

sports,' as the Breeders' Cup has proven year after year," said Ken Kirchner,

who has overseen wagering programs for the Breeders' Cup since 1996. "It's the

high quality of the fields that produces the incredible betting value, from the

Ultra Pick 6 which can return millions, to lucrative exacta and trifecta

payouts. With 10-cent superfectas and the new Super High 5 Wagers, these are two

days every player wants to load up on."

Other featured wagers this year include:

The Breeders' Cup again will be a truly global competition for the horses and

fans. Wagering will be conducted in more than 20 countries, including Canada,

France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland,

Germany, Austria, Italy, Monaco, South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico,

Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Jamaica and Trinidad.

There will be a total of 10 races (five Breeders' Cup races) on the

Championship Friday program. First post time on Friday is 2:05 p.m. (ET). Post

time for the first championship race, featuring the first-ever all female

program of major stakes races, is at 3:35 p.m. The five Breeders' Cup races will

be the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, $1 million Breeders' Cup

Juvenile Fillies Turf, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), $2

million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) and the $2 million Ladies Classic.

ESPN2 will televise the five Breeders' Cup races beginning at 3:30 until 6:30

p.m.

On Championship Saturday, first post time is 1:10 p.m. (ET). The program will

begin with nine consecutive Breeders' Cup races. ABC Sports will televise four

races from 1 to 3:30 p.m., followed by the remaining five races on ESPN from

3:30 to 7 p.m. The nine Breeders' Cup Championship races will be the $500,000

Breeders' Cup Marathon, $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, $1 million

Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, $2 million

Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (G1), $2 million

Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), $3 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) and the $5 million

Breeders' Cup Classic.

The official race order for the World Championships will be announced on

October 16.