5 Reasons to Wager on Kentucky Downs Races

For the past week my main website Equinometry.com has been offline due to server issues with the hosting company.  Since I'm not sure when the issue will be resolved I decided to create this blog to help promote a racetrack that has put the horseplayer first.

Kentucky Downs is probably not on most horseplayer's radar because it runs such a short meet each year.  This year is no different as the meet consists of five racing days:

• September 7th
• September 11th
• September 14th
• September 18th
• September 25th

So why should any of you care about a five day meet at a small track in southern Kentucky that is two hours south of Churchill Downs and three hours south of Keeneland?  Following are five reasons you should be handicapping and betting each of the five days of racing Kentucky Downs.

1) Kentucky Downs has low takeout rates across the board:

• 16% on Win, Place and Show bets
• 18.25% on Exacta bets (the lowest in the country)
• 19% on Trifecta, Superfecta, Super High 5, Daily Double, Pick 3 and Pick 4 bets
• 14% on Pick 5 bets

2) Kentucky Downs has low minimum wagering amounts across the board:

• $1.00 on Exacta and Daily Double bets
• $0.50 on Trifecta, Super High 5, Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 bets
• $0.10 on Superfecta bets

3) Kentucky Downs had the fourth highest average field size in the country in 2012 at 9.56 runners per race.  This year figures to be even higher with increased purses that are among the highest in the country.

4) Kentucky Downs had the second highest year over year handle increase (44%) according to HANA and with the lower takeout rates, lower minimum wagering amounts and likely larger field sizes that trend figures to continue this year.

5) Kentucky Downs does not have a main track so all races are run on the turf over a unique European style racecourse that has undulations (uphill and downhill portions) and is not the typical oval as seen below.

Reason number one above is reason enough to support Kentucky Downs with your wagering dollars.  Unless horseplayer's put their money where their mouth is all the complaints about high takeout rates will be ignored.  Kentucky Downs has put the horseplayer first, which is not something that can said about most tracks in the United States so show them your support by betting their races.

Low takeout rates + low minimum wagering amounts + large fields + increasing handle = perfect betting scenario

I hope you will join me in supporting Kentucky Downs and please share this message with every horseplayer you know so they too can support the track that put the horseplayer first.