Santa Anita. (Benoit Photo)
Santa Anita Press Box
ARCADIA, Calif.—The popular traditional $2 Pick Six and several low-takeout wagers highlight what will be a comprehensive betting menu on offer for Santa Anita’s 90th year of world-class Thoroughbred racing, which begins with the Classic Meet on Thursday, Dec. 26.
Santa Anita made several changes to its wagering menu including raising the minimum bet for the Pick Six and adding low-takeout wagers prior to the most recent Santa Anita Autumn Meet, which ended Oct. 27. Each remain in place for both the Classic Meet, which ends April 6, and the Hollywood Meet which runs from April 18 to June 15.
The return of the traditional $2 Pick Six, offered on the last six races each race day, remains extremely popular with horse players, offering exceptional value. It will continue to pay out 70 percent of the total pool to tickets that have all six winners with the remaining 30 percent going to consolation payouts. If there are no tickets with six winners, 70 percent of the pool will then carry over to the next race day with the remainder paid out in consolations.
Santa Anita will again offer a $5 minimum late Daily Double, $3 late Pick 3 and $3 All-Turf Pick 3, each of which has a player-friendly, low 15 percent takeout rate. The late Daily Double covers the final two races of the day, the late Pick 3 the final three races of the day and the All-Turf Pick 3 will consist of the final three turf races on the card. Santa Anita will also continue to offer “rolling” $2 Daily Double’s and $1 Pick 3’s throughout each day’s card.
Big pools await horse players with the return of the Late and Early Pick 5. The 50-cent Early Pick 5 with player-friendly 14 percent takeout saw an average pool size of $430,000, while the 50-cent Late Pick 5 pushed the average pool size above $500,000.
The $1 Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 also returns featuring the low 15 percent takeout rate. The Coast-to-Coast Pick 5, which combines races from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, is offered every Saturday and Sunday through the end of the Hollywood Meet. Since its inception, the Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 has had an average payout of $13,000.
Santa Anita will also offer a $1 Super High 5 on the final race each day. The Super High 5 requires players to pick the first five finishers in a race in exact order. If there are no perfect tickets, 100 percent of the pool will carryover to the following day’s Super High 5.
The 10-cent superfecta will be offered on all races with a minimum of six runners, along with $1 exactas, and 50-cent Early and Late Pick 4’s.
2024-25 Classic & Hollywood Meet Wagering Menu
- Traditional $2 Pick Six offered on the final six races each day
- 50-cent early Pick 5 with 14 percent takeout
- 50-cent late Pick 5 on the last five races
- 50-cent early Pick 4, which is composed of race 2 through 5
- 50-cent late Pick 4, covering final four races of each day
- Rolling $2 Daily Doubles (except for final two races)
- $5 late Daily Double with 15 percent takeout rate on last two races
- $3 All Turf Pick 3 covering the final three turf races of the day
- $3 late Pick 3 on final three races
- $1 rolling Pick 3 beginning with first race each day
- $1 Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 (Saturdays, Sundays) with 15 percent takeout
- $2 Win, Place and Show wagering on each race, with 15.43 percent takeout
- $1 Trifecta on each race with minimum of four scheduled runners
- 10-cent Superfecta on all races with a minimum six scheduled runners
- $1 Exacta on each race
For more information on Santa Anita’s complete wagering menu please visit www.santaanita.com.
