TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW
- LIVE-MONEY KENTUCKY DOWNS TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
- Buy-in: $2,500 ($1,500 Bankroll + $1,000 Entry Fee to Prize Pool).
- 100% of Entry Fees are paid out as prizes.
- Online registration begins approximately 96 hours in advance of the tournament and continues through the start of Race 1 at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
- This tournament is hosted by Kentucky Downs, with Xpressbet acting as a satellite outlet for players. Please email Tournament Director Brian Skirka bskirka@monmouthpark.com with any questions.
- Pre-Qualifiers:
FORMAT
- Tournament races are all live races at Kentucky Downs on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
- Permitted wagers are Win, Place, Show, Exacta, and Daily Double.
- No Trifecta, Superfecta, Super High 5, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 or Pick 6. The Parlay function for Win, Place and Show wagers is not permitted.
- Players must, at minimum, wager $300 on five (5) seperate Kentucky Downs races.
- Players must wager, at minimum, their entire $1,500 bankroll during the contest.
- There are no maximums – players may wager as much as they want, including the winnings from their bankroll, whenever they wish.
- In the unlikely event of a cancellation of a race card, Tournament Officials reserve the right to substitute races from another racetrack or cancel the tournament and issue refunds to all participants, or move the tournament to another day.
PRIZES (BASED ON 100 ENTRIES)
- Two (2) Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) seats, $10,000 value.
- Five (5) 2026 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) Prize Packs, includes NHC seat, $400 flight voucher & hotel stay.
- $53,250 cash prize pool to the top 10 finishers.
- 1st - $26,625
- 2nd - $10,650
- 3rd - $6,390
- 4th - $3,730
- 5th - $1,855
- 6th to 10th - $800
- Prize Allocation:
- The Top 7 finishers select their prize (BCBC or NHC) from prize pool in order of finish.
- In addition, the winner of this contest will be named King of the Turf and receive a
Championship Belt.
