As Stately Victor, a 40-1 long shot, won the $750,000 event, the race resulted in one of the biggest upsets in years on Saturday.

A batch of nine thoroughbreds is featured in the race. It was considered before the race by Mike Battaglia, Keeneland’s linemaker that the field was very evenly matched and struggled to pick a favorite, finally settling with Pleasant Prince as a 3-1 choice who would be a slight horse racing betting favorite this time around.

The race was entered by Odysseus coming off of a victory at the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby. It was his third straight win after finishing second in his debut. He is one of 5 horses who are potential starters in the Kentucky Derby Betting, with Make Music for Me, Pleasant Prince, Aikenite, and Interactif as the others.

Todd Pletcher trained both Aikenite and Interactif. At the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, a third-place finish was being coming off by Aikenite. Interactif was second this year in both the Hallandale Beach and Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes.

With graded stakes earnings of $197,620 in seven starts, Pleasant Prince was going after his second career win. Fourth in the Fountain of Youth Stakes and second in the Grade 1 Florida Derby were his career win. This online betting horse is considered a horse right on the bubble of potential starters in the Kentucky Derby.

The complete field (horse and jockey) for the Blue Grass in post position order is here: First Dude, Ramon Dominguez, 8-1; Odysseus, Rajiv Maragh, 7-2; Make Music for Me, Mike Smith, 6-1; Stately Victor, Alan Garcia, 30-1; Codoy, John Velazquez, 30-1; Aikenite, Garrett Gomez, 4-1; Pleasant Prince, Julien Leparoux, 3-1; Paddy O’Prado, Kent Desormeaux, 10-1 and Interactif, Rafael Bejarano, 4-1.

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.