KENTUCKY DERBY CHALLENGE OVERVIEW
- LIVE MONEY CONTEST ON SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024
- Buy-in: 3,000 ($2,000 Bankroll + $1,000 Entry Fee to Prize Pool)
- 100% of Entry Fees are paid out as prizes.
- Play Locations:
- Online registration begins approximately 96 hours in advance of the tournament.
- Entries will be accepted up until the start of the seventh (7th) race (1:56PM ET) at Churchill Downs on the contest date.
PRIZES (BASED ON 125 ENTRIES)
- First-Place Finisher: 2024 BCBC, 2025 NHC, 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $32,056.78
- Second-Place Finisher: 2024 BCBC, 2025 NHC, 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $12,822.71
- Third-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $9,617.03
- Fourth-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $6,411.36
- Fifth-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $3,205.68
- All prizes marked at 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC are 'player's choice' seats to either event - the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (January 25, 2025) or California Crown Betting Championship (September 28, 2024). Seats for both tournaments are valued at $6,000 each.
PRIZES (BASED ON 175 ENTRIES)
- First-Place Finisher: 2024 BCBC, 2025 NHC, 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $46,056.78
- Second-Place Finisher: 2024 BCBC, 2025 NHC, 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $18,422.71
- Third-Place Finisher: 2024 BCBC, 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $13,817.03
- Fourth-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $9,211.36
- Fifth-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC + $4,605.68
- Sixth-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC
- Seventh-Place Finisher: 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC
- All prizes marked at 2025 PWCBC/2024 CCBC are 'player's choice' seats to either event - the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (January 25, 2025) or California Crown Betting Championship (September 28, 2024). Seats for both tournaments are valued at $6,000 each.
FORMAT
- Tournament races are Races 1 – 12 from Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4, 2024.
- This tournament ends with the Kentucky Derby (Race 12). Any live races offered by Churchill Downs following the Kentucky Derby race will not be included.
- Due to technical limitations, the Daily Double linking Race 12 to Race 13 may be offered on the Wagerpad for this tournament, but will not count for tournament wagers and tournament players should not wager into that pool.
- Permitted wagers are Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Trifecta and Daily Double.
- No Superfecta, Super High 5, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 or Pick 6 wagers are permitted in this contest. The Parlay function for Win, Place and Show wagers is not permitted in this contest.
- Players must wager on a minimum of five (5) contest races at a minimum of $200 on each of those five (5) races.
- Players must wager, at minimum, their entire $2,000 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.
- For purposes of this contest, a Daily Double wager counts as a bet on one (1) contest race. For example, a Daily Double wager on Race 4 (linking to Race 5) will count as a wager on Race 4.
- 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.