Posted on: Mar 09, 2014
After winning a Gulfstream Park maiden race, Kentucky Derby winning trainer Graham Motion threw Ring Weekend (Tapit x Free The Magic by Cryptoclearance) to the wolves and the chestnut gelding answered the bell with a powerful three-length win in the ....
Posted on: Mar 06, 2014
Trainer Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby three times, but can he get it done a fourth time? Here are his main candidates for the race! Bayern (Offlee Wild x Alittlebitearly by Thunder Gulch): This striking colt appears to be the white wizard....
Posted on: Mar 04, 2014
The third Kentucky Derby Future Wager ended with “All Others” favored at odds of 3-1. Top individual 2014 Kentucky Derby contenders include Cairo Prince (9-1), Top Billing (11-1), Honor Code (11-1), Candy Boy (12-1), Shared Belief (15-1)....
Posted on: Feb 27, 2014
ESPN got out of the horse racing business a few years ago, deciding that the iconic Triple Crown horse races didn’t fit with their ‘dumbed down’ format of poker, competitive eating and 24/7 catch phrase spewing. NBC was quick to benefit....
Posted on: Feb 26, 2014
With pool three of the Kentucky Derby Futures Wager completed, the mutual field (eg: ‘All Others’) is the current betting favorite at 6-1. Seven new names were added to the latest round of on track futures betting (as opposed to the ‘unoffi....
Posted on: Feb 21, 2014
Well liked Kentucky horse trainer Shug McGaughey won his first Kentucky Derby last year as Orb took the roses. He apparently liked the experience so much that he’s doubling down this year. Horse racing observers suggest that McGaughey has a p....
Posted on: Feb 14, 2014
The Kentucky Derby is still several months away and the field of contenders is only now starting to take shape. It’s really too soon to bet on anything involving the 140th ‘Run for the Roses’ but Churchill Downs—host track for t....
Posted on: Feb 12, 2014
The last two races of the horse racing’s annual ‘Triple Crown–the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness—have reserved seat tickets that are fairly easy to come by. Not so with the Kentucky Derby where the reserved tickets for the ....