2008 Kentucky Derby Betting Predictions

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Kentucky Derby Betting - Is Big Brown the Big Stud this Saturday?



I sort of wish that Richard Dutrow, Big Brown’s trainer, had started him onto the path to the Kentucky Derby much earlier in his two-year old season. It would have been interesting to see how he would have fared running in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile against another top speed horse, War Pass.

It would have also given us more clues as to how Big Brown is going to run this Saturday. The problems with betting on Big Brown have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it’s the Kentucky Derby that he will be running in this Saturday. I have bet on numerous races, thousands by my estimation, at over one-hundred tracks. Name a track in the United States, and, yes, I have placed a wager on a race at that track. This includes lovely Prescott Downs with their very interesting bull-ring in the heart of Arizona.

You’re not a real BetUS online racebook bettor until you’ve lost more money on a race then what they’re offering in the purse!

At the end of the day, the best horse, especially at the Grade I level, usually wins the race. Sure, Giacomo got lucky, but Monarchos was definitely the best horse in his Kentucky Derby. War Emblem, Thunder Gulch, Funny Cide, Charismatic and Real Quiet all went on to win another leg of the Triple Crown. They also all paid in the double-digits to win on the first Saturday in May.

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