Churchill Downs: How to bet the $9,867 Super High 5 carryover

After longshots starting at 34-1, 13-1, and 19-1 swept the top three finishing positions in Saturday’s final race at Churchill Downs, no one hit the $1 Super High 5, triggering a $9,867 Super High 5 carryover for the opening race on Sunday’s card.

Churchill Downs: Race 1: $9,867 Super High 5 carryover (1:00 p.m. ET)

Race 1 is a $12,500 claimer in which fillies and mares will race one mile over the main track. Our top choice in the eight-horse field is #5 Pens Street (5-2), but the race is competitive, and Super High 5 bettors will want to cover a number of possible outcomes.

Wagers

• $1 Super High 5: 5 with 1,3 with 1,3 with 6,8 with 2,6,8 ($8)
• $1 Super High 5: 5 with 1,3 with 6,8 with 1,3 with 2,6,8 ($8)
• $1 Super High 5: 5 with 1,3 with 6,8 with 2,6,8 with 1,3 ($8)
• $1 Super High 5: 1,3 with 5 with 1,3 with 6,8 with 2,6,8 ($8)
• $1 Super High 5: 1,3 with 5 with 6,8 with 1,3 with 2,6,8 ($8)
• $1 Super High 5: 1,3 with 5 with 6,8 with 2,6,8 with 1,3 ($8)
  Total: $48

Pens Street is shipping in from New York. Last time out, she closed ground to win a one-mile $16,000 claimer by a neck. She earned sharp Brisnet Speed ratings during the summer at Saratoga (including when second by a head in a one-mile $20,000 claimer) and has a solid chance to vie for a top-two finish while dropping down to the $12,500 level.

#1 Nilo’s Rose (9-5) is the morning-line favorite, and she warrants respect after finishing third, third, and fourth in a trio of $20,000 claimers in Kentucky this year. But last time out, she came home half a length behind #3 Cora’s Legacy (8-1), another capable competitor descending the class ladder. Either runner may prove good enough to vie for victory on Sunday.

Underneath, we’ll use #6 Acousticat (15-1), #8 Beach Dancer (8-1), and #2 Crushed Ice (6-1).

Acousticat and Beach Dancer alternated victories when finishing 1-2 in a pair of $12,500 claimers at Horseshoe Indianapolis earlier this year. They bring decent Brisnet Speed ratings to the table and should have every chance to finish in the top five.

Crushed Ice is shipping in from Fairmount Park, where she ran second in a one-mile $10,000 allowance optional claimer last month. She was a capable claiming competitor at Oaklawn Park during the first few months of 2026, winning a $12,500 claimer and a $20,000-$15,000 claimer racing one mile, so Crushed Ice has a path to crack the top five under apprentice jockey Miguel Fernandez, who rides with a five-pound weight allowance.

Good luck!