Urgent.News

What's breaking now, across thousands of outlets.

Culture

Kentucky Downs Produces Massive Payouts And Breeders Cup Entrants

Kentucky Downs again featured some massive payouts on their multi-race wagers. Turf Cup day saw a five race Stakes sequence produce four, five, and six figure payouts.

Kentucky Downs Produces Massive Payouts And Breeders Cup Entrants

Kentucky Downs featured massive payouts on multi-race wagers on Turf Cup day. A five-race Stakes sequence produced four, five, and six-figure payouts. According to Yahoo Sports, the payouts were described as "almost mind-boggling" and demonstrated the "low-risk high yield attractiveness" of playing.

The payouts were part of the U.S. Open of Turf Championships. Yahoo Sports reported that the increased competition and purse money, fueled by historical horse racing gaming machines, contributed to the larger payouts. The Kentucky Downs course's nature also played a factor, as larger fields of entrants spread the money wagered and resulted in bigger returns.

Two new contestants have qualified for the Breeders' Cup, including Nashville Derby winner Caroline St. Beat, who won at odds of 17 to 1, according to Yahoo Sports.

Brief written by urgent.news from Forbes, Yahoo Sports — 2 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

This story

This is one outlet's version. Read the fullest account.

Read the original at forbes.com →

More in Culture

More from Sunday 6 September →