Road to the Crown

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Keeneland’s popular simulcasting contest returns, with registration beginning on Saturday, January 12 and the first race of the Road to the Crown scheduled for Saturday, January 19.  Follow your favorite three-year-olds through a series of races culminating with the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes, and place imaginary wagers to qualify for a top prize of $3,000!

Standings
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Rules

Contestants must be at least 18 years old.

Keeneland employees, mutuel clerks and employees of United Tote and Turf Catering are ineligible to participate in this contest.

Contestants may register and receive a game card at the table on the second floor near Elevator C beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 12.   Registration will continue on Saturdays and Sundays through Saturday, February 23. Wagers in the tournament must be made by the cardholder.

The contest will consist of 32 scheduled races as designated by Keeneland.

Players may make imaginary $5 “across the board” (Win, Place and Show) wagers on a single horse for all contest races (see attached) from January 19 through February 23. From March 2 through April 27, players may make imaginary $10 “across the board” wagers on a single horse. For the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, players may make $20 “across the board” wagers on a single horse.

Players must make their wagers at the “Contest Only” windows.  These wagers will be made on a self-serve machine and players must have their cards to make the wagers.

If a late scratch occurs in any contest race, the actual post time favorite (at the host track) will be substituted, provided the contestant has placed an imaginary wager on the race.

Players please note: 

Any contest race cancelled or moved to another date by the host track will cause that race to be eliminated from the contest.  Any race with no place and/or show wagering will also be eliminated.  There will be no replacement races.

Official standings are based on imaginary “winnings” only. Contestants will not be credited for races not bet and there will be no credit for cancelled pools.

Weekly standings will be posted at www.keeneland.com with the current top-ten list available for viewing at the information window on the second floor.

At the conclusion of the Keeneland Simulcasting Road to the Crown Challenge on Saturday, June 8, 2013, the contestant with the largest imaginary bankroll will be declared the winner and will win the grand prize of $3,000. The second-place finisher will receive $1,000, with $500 to third, $400 to fourth and $300 to fifth. Sixth through tenth place finishers will receive $100. (Ties will be separated in “dead-heat” fashion with players sharing prize money.)

 

Road to the Crown Races

$5 ACROSS THE BOARD WAGERS

January

19 - Lecomte Stakes - Fair Grounds
21 - Smarty Jones Stakes - Oaklawn
26 - Holy Bull Stakes - Gulfstream

February

 2 - WEBN Stakes - Turfway
 2 - Withers Stakes - Aqueduct
 2 - Robert B. Lewis Stakes - Santa Anita
 2 – Sam F. Davis Stakes - Tampa Bay
 2 – Hutcheson Stakes - Gulfstream
16 - El Camino Real Derby - Golden Gate
18 - Southwest Stakes - Oaklawn Park
23 - Risen Star Stakes - Fair Grounds
23 - Fountain of Youth - Gulfstream

 

$10 ACROSS THE BOARD WAGERS

March

 2 – John Battaglia Memorial – Turfway
 2 – The Gotham – Aqueduct
 2 – Swale Stakes - Gulfstream
 9 – San Felipe Stakes – Santa Anita
 9 – Tampa Bay Derby – Tampa Bay
16 – The Rebel – Oaklawn Park
23 – Spiral Stakes – Turfway
24 – Sunland Derby - Sunland
30 – Louisiana Derby – Fair Grounds
30 - Florida Derby – Gulfstream

April

 6 - Wood Memorial - Aqueduct
 6 - Illinois Derby - Hawthorne
 6 - Santa Anita Derby - Santa Anita
13 – Toyota Blue Grass - Keeneland
13 - Arkansas Derby - Oaklawn Park
20 – Coolmore Lexington - Keeneland
27 - Derby Trial - Churchill Downs

 

$20 ACROSS THE BOARD WAGERS

May

 4 -  Kentucky Derby - Churchill Downs
18 - Preakness Stakes - Pimlico

 

June

8 - Belmont Stakes - Belmont