TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW
- LIVE-MONEY TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026
- Buy-in: $3,000 ($2,000 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 the fifth (5th) Santa Anita Park contest race on the contest date.
- Pre-Contest Qualifiers:
- Monday, September 7: $2,000 Del Mar Closing Day Challenge (exclusively on Xpressbet)
- Sunday, September 20: $500 Los Alamitos Closing Day Challenge (exclusively on Xpressbet
- Friday, September 25: $500 ‘Last Chance’ Autumn Showcase Qualifier (play at Xpressbet or Santa Anita Park)
- Play locations:
FORMAT
- Tournament races are ALL live races from Santa Anita Park on Saturday, September 26, 2026.
- Permitted wagers are Win, Place, Show, Exacta, Trifecta and Daily Double.
- No Superfecta, Super High 5, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5, Pick 6, or 3X3 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.
PRIZES (BASED ON 125 ENTRIES)
- Four (4) entries into the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), valued at $10,000 each.
- Two (2) entries into the 2027 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.
- Three (3) entries into the 2027 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000 each.
- $55,113.36 Cash Prize pool for the top four (4) finishers.
PRIZES (BASED ON 75 ENTRIES)
- Two (2) entires into the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC), valued at $10,000.
- Two (2) entries into the 2027 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.
- Two (2) entries into the 2027 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000 each.
- $31,113.36 Cash Prize pool for the top five (5) finishers.