It looked like his long drought in the Kentucky Derby was about to end on May 7, 2022. Epicenter surged to the front in upper stretch and looked like the winner until the final strides. That’s when 80-1 shot Rich Strike spurted by along the inside to devastate Steve Asmussen. Asmussen is 0-for-25 ...
A Kentucky-bred has a pretty good chance to win the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. First off, history says 115 of the 149 Derby winners were Kentucky breds – that's a 77% strike rate. Kentucky-breds are most common and therefore have won more Derbys Secondly, let it be noted...
The Kentucky Derby trophy, first presented in its modern iteration in 1924, is believed to be the sole solid gold trophy awarded for a major American sporting event. Hand-hammered from a brick of 14-karat gold, with 20-karat gold adornments, it takes more 2,000 man-hours to produce and months to com...
One never knows what a $2 win bet will produce at the Kentucky Derby. With such a huge field totaling as many as 20 3-year-olds, you’ll get some solid favorites who deliver and many more longshots coming through at their one shot at racing glory. Over the past five years, the payoff on a $2 [&hell...
If you bet on the bay, odds are you’ve probably picked a few Kentucky Derby winners through the years. Bay horses have been the most successful in the Derby (bay also is the most common horse color) earning the trophy for the winning connections 56 times (a 37.58% strike rate). Bay horses have won...
Fierceness, the record-setting Florida Derby (G1) winner, was made the slight 5-2 morning-line favorite despite drawing the winless post No. 17 in a full field of 20 3-year-olds for the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) next Saturday (May 4) at Churchill Downs. The 2-year-old champion is trained by Hall of ...
Bob Baffert may be banned from sending out horses in the Kentucky Derby (G1), but he has a couple of 3-year-olds primed for the Preakness (G1) two weeks after the Run for the Roses. Endlessly works, but will he run in Derby? Muth, winner of the Arkansas Derby (G1), opened as the 3-1 Preakness future...
The 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) is Saturday, May 4, at Churchill Downs, offering a record $5 million purse. The field is limited to 20 starters based on Kentucky Derby qualifying points from dozens of prep races. ENCINO With three weeks remaining until the Kentucky Derby, this Godolphin homebred was e...
We’ve been through this exercise many times when it comes to betting on Kentucky Derby Day – the options are endless. But away we go as Churchill Downs tells us to gear up for “massive pools” and a “wide variety of wagering opportunities,” starting on opening night (Aoril 27) -- the nigh...
Unbeaten Forever Young put in a leisurely 6-furlong workout Wednesday morning at Churchill Downs with regular jockey Ryusei Sakai aboard. The Japan-bred UAE Derby winner was timed in 1:19.60 over a fast track, working the final 4 furlongs in company with an unraced 3-year-old, Cuffed Candy, trained ...
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