Derby Betting - Post Positions Might Make a Difference in Derby

[Shame About Ray]

The morning online betting line 3-1 favorite in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby will break from the outside post position. It won’t be the first time Big Brown has done so in his brief racing career.

The son of Boundary roared out of post 12 in the Florida Derby on March 31 and won by five lengths recording the fastest 1 1/8 miles since 1996 – 1:48. The undefeated 3-year-old made the lead by the first call.

The 3-year-old’s connections, selecting 16th following a draw earlier Wednesday to determine the order in which posts would be selected, went for 20.

That’s a bad omen. Only one horse breaking from that post won in 133 runnings: Clyde Van Dusen in ’29.
“We prefer just to break on the outside, trainer Richard Dutrow said. “We get assured of a clean trip. If he breaks good, we figure it’s to our advantage. We had a few good choices and felt we took the best shot.”

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