Betting The Horses

In the horse racing business, the first weekend in May means the ‘Run for the Roses‘ and the Kentucky Derby at Louisville’s historic Churchill Downs. This year’s race will be the 136th edition of the event. The anticipation is already under way as the Kentucky Derby prep races will soon be on tap and are being geared up for.

This year USA Network and NBC will broadcast 6 Kentucky Derby races over the length of three consecutive weekends. March 27th will be the first of the prep races as the Louisana Derby from the Fair Grounds and the Lane’s End Stakes from Turfway Park will be run on the same day.

The following weekend will have NBC with another double dip as the Santa Anita Derby and the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct in New York will commerce. It is usually by this weekend that the early favorites in the Kentucky Derby are weeded out.

The last weekend of the trifecta will round out with the Arkansas Derby at Oakland Park and the Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland. The Kentucky Derby will not be run until three weeks later. Those three weeks are always the longest in horse racing but the anticipation is worth the build up as the 136th Kentucky Derby should thrill like the memorable ones of past.

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