Which Horses Are Likely to Win This Saturday’s Race?

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Other races: There will be six other graded stakes races on Churchill’s Saturday card, including the Turf Classic and the Distaff. “But to get to the Kentucky Derby is surreal”.

“The success or the competitiveness of the horses coming out of that race has put eyes on him”, Asmussen said.

The track was a fast one all day, and the rain held off until after the finish when a downpour soaked a crowd much smaller than the 90,000 that showed up for American Pharoah’s Triple Crown.

Classic Empire is the current favorite at 4-1, while Fast and Accurate is tied for the longest odds in the 20-horse field at 50-1. He knows there are plenty of talented jockeys who never get this opportunity.

Post time is 6:34 p.m. NBC will televise the race. The first thing you want to do is look for which horse has run in the slop and which haven’t. Ortiz, one of the nation’s leading riders, won his first Triple Crown race. Only two horses have won the Derby from that post; the last was Carry Back in 1961. After a lot of online digging, Inverse can tell you that it would honestly be best to do your own research before deciding to place your bets.

For most, the minimum bet is a cool $2.00.

You could just about take all these horses’ names and come up with some kind of epic novel, or at least an interesting fairy tale.

Both Adventure De Kannan and Patch suffered from eye ulcers, meaning the gradual decline of sight in one eye made the post-operation transition more manageable. You can play it straight which requires you to pick the exact order or you can box your selections which means they can finish in any order. The field is set, the pre-race workouts are complete, and all that remains is for handicappers to plot their wagering strategy for the big race.

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McCraken, also 5-1, will break from the No. 5 post, while fourth choice Irish War Cry (6-1), the victor of the Wood Memorial in NY, will try to become the first horse to win the Derby from the No. 17 post. That hadn’t happened since the 1970s, and the post-time betting choice hasn’t won five in a row since the 1890s. Pletcher is seeking his second Derby win from the trio of Always Dreaming, Tapwrit and Patch.

Eliminate Battle of Midway and Patch for not racing as 2-year-olds. “He has a local connection to Kentucky, and he’s been training well”. He’s right there in the betting lines as well, and it wouldn’t be surprising for McCraken to take the win.

■ Always Dreaming had an impressive victory in the Florida Derby, but his previous race was too slow to win a Kentucky Derby.

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