Punters get chance to bet into big pools with TAB at Del Mar

TAB will commingle with the USA on the famous Breeders’ Cup meetings at Del Mar in California tonight and on Saturday.

Pools that will be commingled are Win, Place Exacta, Pick 3, Double, Pick 4 (Jackpot) and Pick 6. Local Swinger and Trifecta pools will be offered.

Units of betting and minimum bet values are: Win, Place, Double and Pick 6 - R32; Exacta - R16; Pick 3 and Jackpot - R8.

Swinger and Trifecta bets will as normal cost R1 a line with minimum bets of R2 and R6 respectively.

There will be no fractional betting on any bets except Trifectas.

Both meetings will be shown live on Tellytrack and punters can take their bets online.

Tonight’s racing starts at 8.25pm SA time and ends with Del Mar Race 9 at 1.35am on Saturday.

The Breeders’ Cup events are Races 6 to 9.

Saturday’s action begins at 7.10pm, just before Race 11 on the 12-race Charity Mile card at Turffontein, with the first of seven Breeders’ Cup races off at 9pm.

The meeting ends with the Breeders’ Cup Classic just before 1am on Sunday. Arrogate, the world’s highestranked racehorse, will be bidding to win for the second year running and is second favourite behind Gun Runner, who he beat in sensational fashion in the Dubai World Cup.

Gun Runner is drawn No 5 with Arrogate in No 1.

According to Daily Racing Form, jockey Mike Smith plans to use aggressive tactics on Arrogate.

“I’ll go get a position leaving there,” he said.