When sports fans watch horse racing it is a fleeting interest. They watch the Triple Crown races: Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. Occasionally a casual fan may stray upon a Derby prep race or the Breeder’s Cup. Secretariat changed all that when the large chestnut red colt romped through the competition to capture the [...]
The Kentucky Derby is coming up and there are a few horses that seem like favorites for the biggest horse race in the world. Uncle Mo is at 4-1 to win the Run for the Roses in horse racing lines. The only horse ahead of Uncle Mo in Kentucky Derby Betting is Dialed In, at [...]
As the Kentucky Derby approaches, owners are trying to figure out who they will have riding their horses in the big event. The Kentucky Derby is the biggest race of the year and is the race that annually reignites the hopes of horse racing fans that a Triple Crown will come. Stay Thirsty will be [...]
As the Kentucky Derby approaches, many people are excited to see which horses will take the position as favorite in the biggest race of the year. One of the horses that many people will be counting on to succeed is Soldat. Soldat is at 15-1 to win the 2011 Kentucky Derby in horse racing betting [...]
Bob Baffert is known as one of the best trainers in the horse racing world and he will have a chance to put out a solid horse for the Kentucky Derby in 2011. Jaycito is seen as one of the top horses in the field, but he will have to overcome injuries if he is [...]
The final Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday and Eclipse Award winner Uncle Mo remains a 3-1 favorite to win the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on May 7. Uncle Mo, the 2010 champion two-year-old colt, was the 3-1 in Kentucky Derby Futures Betting when the morning-line was released Friday. The pool of [...]
The Factor showed this weekend why it is one of the favorites to win the 137th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. With Martin Garcia riding for trainer Bob Baffert, The Factor won Saturday’s running of the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (GIII) at Oaklawn Park. The horse dominated from the start [...]
The Breeders’ Cup announced this week that it will increase the number of players who can join in the $10,000 buy-in handicapping tournament to 125, up from 120. The handicapping tournament at the annual race in November has becoming increasingly popular. With the increased spaces, the maximum prize money for the tournament will rise to [...]
One of the top 3-year-old thoroughbred race horses in California this year has been diagnosed with a bone chip in a knee and has consequently been taken off the Kentucky Derby trail Tapizar will be taken to Kentucky, where noted thoroughbred veterinarian Larry Bramlage will perform surgery on the injured knee, trainer Steve Asmussen said [...]
Trainer John Sadler‘s thoroughbred race horse Gladding, which was making his stakes debut, won the Grade 2, $150,000 San Antonio Stakes for older horses on Sunday. Horse racing betting fans was cheerful after Gladding’s win. Gladding led from start to finish capping a big weekend at Santa Anita Park for Sadler. On Saturday, Sadler’s Twirling [...]