Churchill Downs staggers weekend races to coincide with BC
simulcast
Churchill Downs will have special post times for its
10-race programs on Friday and Saturday so the races coincide,
but don’t overlap, with a simulcast of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships from
Santa Anita.
Friday’s card will begin at 2 p.m. (EDT)
while Saturday’s action will commence at 2:15 p.m. Admission gates at Churchill
Downs will open at 12:30 p.m. both days.
A simulcast of the 10-race Breeders’ Cup Friday card from Santa Anita will
begin at 2:25 p.m. with the four events going off as the 6TH-9TH races
(5:25-7:35 p.m.). Saturday’s 12-race program at Santa Anita
will start at 1:15 p.m., with the nine Breeders’ Cup events going off as the
4TH-12TH races starting at 3:05 p.m. and culminating with the Breeders’ Cup
Classic at 8:35 p.m.
The final race at Churchill Downs on Friday (7:10 p.m.) and
Saturday (8:15 p.m.) will conclude prior to the Distaff and Classic, respectively.
All Breeders’ Cup races will be shown interspersed between
live races on Churchill Downs’ Big Board, the world’s largest 4K ultra-high
definition video screen that is 171-feet wide, 90-feet tall and towers 80-feet
above the ground to top out at 170 feet high.
Additionally, $2 Budweiser/Bud Lights and $3 Stella Artois
drink specials will be offered throughout most of the most facility on both
days. A Breeders’ Cup signature drink served in a souvenir Breeders’ Cup glass
also will be sold.
Churchill Downs will present stakes races each day. Fillies
and mares will be showcased Friday in the 10th running of the $58,000 Dream Supreme at six furlongs. Saturday’s card is topped
by the 29th edition of the Grade 2, $200,000 Chilukki for fillies and
mares going a mile and the seventh running of the
$58,000 Bet On Sunshine for three-year-olds and up at six furlongs.
Customers who attend Churchill Downs on Friday will be able
to advance wager on the entire Saturday program from Santa Anita.
There is no advance wagering on-track Thursday for the Friday
program.
Friday’s special Breeders’ Cup wagers include a $750,000
Ultra Pick 6 (Races 4-9), $1.5 million Pick 4 (Races 6-9) and a multi-day Double
linking the Distaff and Saturday’s Classic. On Saturday, there will be a $2.5
million Ultra Pick 6 (Races 7-12), $1.5 million Pick 4 (Races 4-7) and $3
million Pick 4 (Races 9-12). Also, there will be 10-cent Superfectas; 50-cent
Trifectas, Pick 3s, Pick 4s and Pick 5s; and a $1 Super Hi-5 on the Distaff and
Classic.
Reserved seating for Churchill Downs’ “Breeders’ Cup
Viewing Party” may be purchased online at
ChurchillDowns.com/tickets, in person
at the Gate 1 box office or by calling 502-636-4400. General admission is $3
($1 for senior citizens age 60 and up). Children 12 and under are admitted free
when accompanied by an adult.
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