
$1,500 Santa Anita Closing Day Challenge
TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW
LIVE MONEY SANTA ANITA PARK CONTEST ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2026
Buy-in: $1,500 ($1,000 Bankroll + $500 Entry Fee to Prize Pool).
100% of Entry Fees are paid out as prizes.
Online registration begins approximately 96 hours in advance of the tournament and continues up until the start of Santa Anita Park Race 5 on the contest date.
Play Locations:
SANTA ANITA PARK
PRE-CONTEST QUALIFIERS
Xpressbet/Santa Anita $500 Challenge (Saturday, June 13, 2026)
Xpressbet (Details @ xpressbet.com/tournaments)
HorseTourneys Qualifiers (Details @ horsetourneys.com)
FORMAT
Tournament races are ALL live races from Santa Anita Park on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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 150 ENTRIES)
Two (2) entries into the 2027 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.
Four (4) entries into the 2027 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000 each.
$39,113.36 Cash Prize pool for the top four (4) finishers
PRIZES (BASED ON 100 ENTRIES)
Two (2) entries into the 2027 National Horseplayers Championship (NHC), including airfare and hotel accommodations.
Two (2) entries into the 2027 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC), valued at $6,000 each.
$26,113.36 Cash Prize pool for the top four (4) finishers



