Tag: Kentucky Derby odds

By Richard Rosenblatt Just over a year ago, trainer Brendan Walsh returned to Dubai and looked on with pride as his promising 3-year-old Plus Que Parfait won the $2.5 million UAE Derby (G2) to earn …

With the 146th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, USRacing team is bringing you a list of facts you might not have known about the iconic Kentucky Derby.       The first …

With the 146th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, USRacing team is bringing you a list might not have known, check out this iconic Kentucky Derby facts. The first Kentucky Derby was held …

It’s hard to believe that just 4 ½ months ago, anyone could have had a Kentucky Derby runner for the bargain basement price of $16,000. Gary and Mary West’s homebred made his first start for …

Gary Barber’s War of Will took the early Kentucky Derby trail by storm, easily winning the LeComte Stakes (GIII) and Risen Star Stakes (GII) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, before a bad break and …

LOUISVILLE, Ky-(April 30) – US Racing (www.usracing.com), an international online horse racing service,  today announced the post positions and updated odds of the 145th Kentucky Derby to be held at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May …

April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) — For the third time in history, Japan will be represented by a runner in the Kentucky Derby as Katsumi Yoshizawa’s homebred Master Fencer made the more than 6,000-mile journey …

April 27, 2019 (Churchill Downs) –  Though it’s been a year since Justify’s impressive Triple Crown run the similarities between him and Kentucky Derby contender Improbable this year are striking and not because both are …

April 25, 2019 (Churchill Downs) – On Saturday, May 4, 2019, the 145th Kentucky Derby (G1) will be run and, for the first time in several years, there is no clear-cut favorite. Right now, Roadster, trained …

Although the Remsen Stakes (G2) hasn’t produced a Kentucky Derby winner since Thunder Gulch in 1995, the annual feature for two-year-olds has certainly generated more than its fair share of good horses. Mohaymen was an …

Right now, among many horse racing fans, three things in life are certain: death, taxes and the fact that, come the first Saturday in May, Justify will win the Kentucky Derby. Currently, the chestnut cold …

We’re still four months out from the first Saturday in May, but for horseracing fans it’s never too early to start thinking about the Kentucky Derby. Yes, the Derby itself will last only about two …

One of the things I find fascinating about horseracing — well, life, really — is what folks accept as true that isn’t. Conclusions that seem logical are often considered fact regardless of how strong or …

Like many racing fans, I’m sure, I find myself watching two-year-old races with an eye towards the first Saturday in May and, now, there’s even more reason to pay attention to the baby races. For …

Surprise, surprise! It turns out the harness racing guy also knows how to handicap and analyze the thoroughbreds.  I, too, have been captured by the Kentucky Derby allure, which shines brightly upon my reflective eyes. …