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2015 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview | Free Prediction & Odds

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The most anticipated race on North American soil – the Kentucky Derby is on tap for this Saturday, May 2 from Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky. A season full of prep races has determined the best three year olds in the world – 20 will line up in the starting gate and go 1 ¼ miles on Churchill Downs dirt track for a purse of $2 million.

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2014 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview | Free Prediction

140th Kentucky Derby Preview and Picks

The culmination of six months of prep races takes place this upcoming Saturday when Churchill Downs plays host to the biggest single race on North American soil – the Kentucky Derby.

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2013 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview | Prediction

139th Kentucky Derby Preview and Picks

The 2013 Triple Crown horse racing season for three-year old thoroughbreds gets underway this Saturday afternoon with the running of the Crown Jewel of the series; the Kentucky Derby. Run on a 1 ¼ mile dirt track at Churchill Downs, this grade I stakes race features a field of 20 horses competing for a total prize purse of $2 million.

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The following is a closer look at my top favorite, contender and longshot for Saturday’s race with odds provided by Sportsbook.

The Favorite

There are a few quality horses in this category, but the one that I have pegged as the favorite to win the Derby is Verrazano at +400. Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, this colt comes into this race with a perfect 4-0 record in four previous starts.

After winning a maiden weight special and allowance race at Gulfstream, he really burst onto the scene with a victory in the Tampa Bay Derby this past March as a 2/5 favorite in his first graded stakes race.

Verrazano cemented himself as one of the favorites to win on Saturday after winning the grade I Wood Memorial as a 4/5 favorite in early April.

The Contender

The early odds on Goldencents are +1000, but he could easily move up to be one of the top three or four horses in the field depending of the outcome of the draw for starting positions.

As a two-year old, this colt broke his maiden in his first start at Del Mar and then went on to finish second in the Champagne Stakes at Belmont and first in the Delta Jackpot at Delta Downs to close-out a very successful juvenile campaign. [ad-1605881]

With Doug O’Neill as his trainer, Goldencents won the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita in early January in his first stakes race as a three-year old.

Following a disappointing fourth-place finish in the grade II San Felipe Stakes in early March, he moved right back up the ranks with a huge victory in the grade I Santa Anita Derby on April 6.

The Longshot

This is one of the strongest fields in years for the Kentucky Derby as there are a number of horses with longer odds more than capable of upsetting the field late Saturday afternoon.

One horse in particular that is starting to draw quite a bit of attention is Mylute at +2500.

This horse has gained a reputation as an excellent sprinter so the added distance of this race is a concern; however trainer Tom Amoss and jockey Rosie Napravnik have done a great job with him as a three-year old to build his endurance.

His best finish in a major stakes race this year is second in the grade II Louisiana Derby on March 30, but Mylute still has upset potential written all over him.

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2011 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview | Prediction

2011 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview

Ready for the 2011 Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs in Louisville. The post positions for this Saturday’s 137th running of the Kentucky Derby have been set for the field of 20 of this year’s top three-year Thoroughbreds. Post time for Saturday’s ‘run for the roses’ is set for 6:24 p.m (ET) and the race will be broadcast nationally on NBC.

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2011 Kentucky Derby Betting Preview | Rankings

2011 Kentucky Derby Current Odds and Preview

Ready for the 2011 Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs in Louisville. With the first leg of this year’s Triple Crown, the 137th Kentucky Derby on tap for a few weeks from Churchill Downs it is time to look the top 10 horses in this year’s Triple Crown rankings.

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Kentucky Derby Betting Preview / Rankings

2009 Kentucky Derby Current Odds and Preview

Date: Saturday May 1st, 2010
Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville KY
Post Time: 6:04 PM (EST)
TV Network: 5-7 p.m. EDT NBC

Ready for the 2010 Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs in Louisville. With the first leg of this year’s Triple Crown, the 136th Kentucky Derby on tap for a few weeks from Churchill Downs it is time to look the top 10 horses in this year’s Triple Crown rankings.

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Kentucky Derby Betting Preview

2009 Kentucky Derby Current Odds and Preview

Date: Saturday May 2nd, 2009
Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville KY
Post Time: 6:04 PM (EST)
TV Network: NBC, 5:00PM (EST)

This Saturday will be the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs in Louisville. Horse racing’s premier event is for three-year-old thoroughbreds. This is the first leg in horse racing’s fabled Triple Crown with the Preakness and Belmont to follow. The Derby has one of the largest fields of any major race with as many as 19 horses scheduled to make the “Run for the Roses.”