Churchill Downs gamers will likely be handled to huge swimming pools and quite a lot of wagering alternatives on Kentucky Derby week starting April 27 – opening evening of the 44-day spring meet. Betting choices will likely be plentiful, particularly on Kentucky Derby Day which can characteristic 14 races together with seven stakes. The betting menu will embrace 5 Decide 5s, 5 Decide 4s, and a compulsory payout within the 20-cent Derby Metropolis 6 jackpot.

Final yr, the Decide 5 ending within the Kentucky Derby introduced by Woodford Reserve dealt with $5.2 million and paid $17,538 whereas the corresponding Decide 4 dealt with $3.3 million and returned $1,318. The Derby Metropolis 6 dealt with $2.4 million with two profitable tickets paying practically $1.1 million every.

Kentucky Oaks Day will characteristic 5 Decide 5s and 4 Decide 4s. Additionally featured on Kentucky Oaks Day would be the begin of a number of two-day wagers together with the 50-cent Oaks/Previous Forester Bourbon Turf Traditional/Kentucky Derby Decide 3 (2023 deal with $625,340), and the $1 two-day Decide 6 (2023 deal with $524,179) that may characteristic six Grade 1 occasions over the 2 days of racing. The 2-day Decide 6 will culminate within the Kentucky Derby. There will likely be two occasions Friday: the $1 million Grade 1 Fasig-Tipton La Troienne Stakes and the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks. On Saturday, the wager may even characteristic the $1 million Grade 1 Previous Forester Bourbon Turf Traditional Stakes, the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes introduced by Ford, and the $1 million Grade 1 Derby Metropolis Distaff introduced by Kendall-Jackson Vineyard. The 2-day Decide 6 could have a compulsory payout and low 15% takeout.

Moreover, followers can sit up for distinctive betting choices such because the Oaks/Derby Double (2023 deal with $2.9 million), the 50-cent All Filth Decide 5 on Kentucky Derby Day (2023 deal with $295,164) and the $3 All 3-Yr-Previous Decide 3 on Kentucky Derby Day (2023 deal with $297,451).

Beginning Tuesday, followers will be capable of wager the Kentucky Derby and Longines Kentucky Oaks races together with the Oaks/Derby Double.

Superfecta wagers will likely be a $1 minimal on Kentucky Derby and Oaks days however will likely be a 10-cent minimal on all different days.

For publish instances and wagering menus for different race days throughout Kentucky Derby week, click on right here.

Kentucky Oaks Day Friday | Might 3 | Gates Open 9 a.m. ET

Kentucky Derby Day Saturday | Might 4 | Gates Open 9 a.m. ET

NOTE: Trifecta, Superfecta and Tremendous Excessive-5 wagering on all races that qualify below Kentucky statutes. Trifectas could also be held on any race with 5 or extra separate betting pursuits. Superfectas could also be held on any race with six or extra separate betting pursuits. Tremendous Excessive-5 could also be provided on any race with seven or extra separate betting pursuits.

WAGER MINIMUMS:

• Win, Place, Present: $2
• Exacta: $2 ($1 Field & Wheels)
• Day by day Double, Tremendous Excessive-5: $1
• Trifecta, Decide-3, Decide-4 and Decide-5: $0.50
• Superfecta: $0.10 ($1 Oaks & Derby Days)
• Derby Metropolis-6: $0.20
• Two-Day Decide-6: $1 (separate occasion from the common oaks Day card)

Be aware: On Kentucky Derby Day, Churchill Downs plans to supply two wagers, placement decided when race playing cards are set:

Derby Day: All Stakes, All Filth Decide 5 ($0.50 minimal) | All 3-year-old Decide 3 (American Turf, Pat Day Mile and Kentucky Derby) ($3 minimal)