$1,500 Santa Anita Opening Day Challenge

TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW

• Buy-in: $1,500 ($1,000 Bankroll + $500 Entry Fee to Prize Pool)

• 100% of Entry Fees are paid out as prizes.

• Online registration opens 48 hours prior to the contest date.

• Entries will be accepted up until the start of the fifth race (Race 5) at Santa Anita Park on the contest date.

• Play Locations:

  • Santa Anita Park (Players' Lounge [Above Clockers' Corner])

  • XPRESSBET.COM (Online)

• Pre-qualifiers

  • Saturday, November 16 | $200 SA Opening Day Qualifier (Del Mar races)

  • Sunday, December 1 | $200 SA Opening Day Qualifier (Del Mar races)

  • Saturday, December 14 | $200 SA Opening Day Qualifier (Los Alamitos TB races)

FORMAT

• Tournament races are ALL live races from Santa Anita Park on Thursday, December 26, 2024.

• 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 $100 on each of those five (5) races.

• Players must wager, at minimum, their entire $1,000 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 75 ENTRIES)

• Two (2) entries into the 2025 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.

• One (1) entry into the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000.

• $20,613.36 Cash Prize pool for the top five (5) finishers.

PRIZES (BASED ON 100 ENTRIES)

• Two (2) entries into the 2025 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.

• Two (2) entries into the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000 each.

• $27,113.36 Cash Prize pool for the top five (5) finishers.

$5,000 On-Track Bonus:

• If the winner of this tournament plays on-site at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, December 26, 2024, they will receive a $5,000 Bonus in addition to the prizes outlined above. The On-Track Bonus is not pulled from the prize pool and is incremental to entry fees collected.