The Contest

The Kentucky Derby…Derby will let you show off your Handicapping chops. To enter you will select 1 horse to win the 151^st Run for the Roses, you will select a different horse to finish 2^nd and a third horse to run 3^rd.

You will get a “pretend” $2 win, place and show ticket on your 1^st place choice, a $2 place and show ticket on your 2^nd place choice and a $2 show ticket for your 3^rd selection. You also will get a $1 exacta straight bet on your 1^st to 2^nd place horses and a $1 trifecta straight ticket for correctly selecting all 3 top finishers exactly.

The winner with the most pretend winnings won is the winner! We have prizes for Win, Place and Show or the top 3. Prizes include a day at Emerald Downs and a cash voucher.

For complete rules and details see below the entry form.

**REMINDER, you MUST fully complete the entry form or your entry will be disqualified. Good Luck everyone in Professor DW’s Kentucky Derby…DERBY!

 

 

Official Rules for Professor DW’s Kentucky Derby…DERBY!

Eligibility 

1. This contest is 100% free of charge and you must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
2. Employees and active contractors of Eli Sports Network are not eligible to win. They may participate but are ineligible to win.
3. Contestants are allowed 1 entry per person.
4. Entries are due Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 12-noon Pacific Time
5. You must FULLY complete the entry information. If your entry is incomplete, you will be disqualified from the contest.
6. To select your 3 choices pick 1 in each of the 3 columns one for your win pick, one for your place pick and one for your show pick. Do not make multiple choices in a sigle column.

Contest

The Kentucky Derby…Derby will let you show off your Handicapping chops. To enter you will select 1 horse to win the 151^st Run for the Roses, you will select a different horse to finish 2^nd and a third horse to run 3^rd.

You will get a “pretend” $2 win, place and show ticket on your 1^st place choice, a $2 place and show ticket on your 2^nd place choice and a $2 show ticket for your 3^rd selection. You also will get a $1 exacta straight bet on your 1^st to 2^nd place horses and a $1 trifecta straight ticket for correctly selecting all 3 top finishers exactly.

You will then get credit for any of these tickets you that cash. For example, let’s say you pick the winner, and the $2 bets paid $20 to win, $12 to place and $5 to show you would be credited with $37 if neither of your other 2 picks finished in the top 3.

You will get credit for any of the tickets that would cash in the real sense. If your top pick gets 3^rd and pays $6 to show and your 2^nd pick wins and pays $10 to place and $5 to show your total would then be $21 banked. You would only get the place an d show money even if your 2^nd pick wins and only the show money on your 3^rd pick if it finishes 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd.

To win the exacta your top 2 horses must finish 1^st and 2^nd exactly and the trifecta all 3 must finish 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in exact order.

The highest banked total of winnings will win the Kentucky Derby…DERBY! Second highest gets 2^nd place and 3^rd highest takes 3^rd place.

Scratches

If a horse is scratched between now and post time for whatever reason and you selected that horse you will have to compete with 2 of your selections.

Horse #21

There is a horse #21 Baeza is on the what’s called “Also Eligible” list. The only way #21 Baeza can run in the Kentucky Derby is if there is a scratch of the 20 horses entered and in a timely manner. So for the sake of this contest #21 Baeza will not be included in this contest and his finish regardless of placing will not count. If #21 Baeza finishes 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd again none of those pay-outs will be eligible for this contest and results will be determined by the other two placings only.

Official Order

The results will 100% depend on the final Official finish as ruled by the Kentucky Churchill Downs Stewards and the pay-outs used will be solely those provided by Churchill Downs. Any post official race results disputed at a later date will have no impact on this contest.

 

Tie-Breaker

The tie-breaker will be your prediction of what the $1 Superfecta bet will pay. The Superfecta is the bet where you have to select the top 4 finishers in exact order. Your guess can go down to the penny such as $567.89.

And as usual, the Price is Right rule is in effect and you can’t go over. So if someone guesses $567.89 and it actually paid $567.88 you would lose to anyone who guessed below that all the way down to a single penny.

You do not have to select any horse placings in the tie-breaker simply your guess of what the $1 Superfecta bet will pay to those with winning tickets.

If all guesses involved in a tie-breaker are over then the closest one would win. If there is still a tie then the prize(s) will be split evenly between the winners.

 

Prizes

1. Winners are responsible for claiming all winnings and taxes.
2. Grand Prize is a Day for 8 at Emerald Downs for the 2025 racing season with limited blackout dates plus a $100 cash voucher at Emerald Downs. Value $200
3. 2^nd Place is a day for 6 at Emerald Downs for the 2025 racing season with limited blackout dates plus a $75 cash voucher at Emerald Downs. Value $145
4. 3^rd Place is a day for 4 at Emerald Downs for the 2025 racing season with limited blackout dates plus a $50 cash voucher at Emerald Downs. Value $100
5. Places 4^th through 10^th will get 2 admission tickets to Emerald Downs for the 2025 racing season with limited blackout dates. Any and all ties for 4^th through 10^th will all receive 2 admission tickets.

Judges Decision is Final

Any and all decisions not covered within the rules will be made by the judges and that will be the final ruling.

Receiving and Forfeiture of Prizes

Contestants must provide proper address to ESN to receive their prize via mail. Or they must make arrangements to pick up their prize in person at the offices of the Eli Sports Network at 219 North Tower, Suite 310, Centralia, WA 98531.

If a contestant has not provided proper mailing or delivery instructions or have arranged to personally pick up their prize(s) by the following deadline then they automatically forfeit all prizes and compensation due them from winning the FREE Professor DW Kentucky Derby…DERBY! Contest.

Deadline to claim all prizes is May 31, 2025.