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Written by Will Campbell on March 27, 2025
We’re less than six weeks until May 3, when the Kentucky Derby will get underway for the 151st time at Louisville’s Churchill Downs, and we are ready with our Racebook Betting. We are currently in the elite qualifying races for the 20 Kentucky Derby slots. The Championship Series features 16 races that award the highest points, with recent 100-point qualifiers Read MoreWritten by Will Campbell on February 28, 2025
Betting Horse Racing: Three significant Kentucky Derby prep races are on tap for this weekend, beginning with the Grade II Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park. That field has eight horses, four of which are coming from stakes wins. Burnham Square (Grade III Holy Bull), Gate to Wire (Swale Stakes), Sovereignty, and Keep it Easy (Ed Brown Stakes). Sovereignty has Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on February 19, 2025
The first major horse racing event for 2025 is in the books as White Abarrio won the Pegasus World Cup by 6 ¼ lengths at Gulfstream on January 25. With Irad Ortiz Jr on board, White Abarrio finished the 1 ⅛ miles in 1:48.05. This is Ortiz’s third career win at Pegasus. Locked and Skippylongstocking rounded out the top Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 20, 2024
Mystik Dan put up maximum effort at the 2024 Preakness Stakes, but he was not able to track down Seize the Grey at Pimlico Race Course. Seize the Grey’s trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, became the oldest trainer to have a horse win a Triple Crown event at the age of 88. Mystik Dan got a solid start, but Seize the Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 14, 2024
At the end of the Kentucky Derby, the team around Mystik Dan was noncommittal about sending him to Pimlico Race Course just two weeks later for the Preakness Stakes. Winning that race by just a nose – the closest photo finish in 75 years – took so much energy that his trainer and owner thought he might not be able Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 6, 2024
The Kentucky Derby ended in photo-finish fashion, with 18-1 long shot Mystik Dan winning by a nose. In the moments after the victory, Mystik Dan’s trainer, Ken McPeek, got a call inviting his victorious horse to the Preakness Stakes, which takes place just two weeks later. McPeek’s immediate comment was that “We’re not committed to the Preakness. I ran him Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 1, 2024
As we prepare for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, it’s interesting to look at the hold that America’s oldest continuous sporting event on history. The founder of the Louisville Jockey Club Association and the Derby was Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. If his name sounds familiar, he was the grandson of William Clark, one of the two explorers (along Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 18, 2023
The 148th running of the Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday, May 20, at 5:45 pm Eastern time, with the call on NBC. Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course is the venue, and the distance is 1 3/16 miles. The field is small this year, with just seven horses set to run after First Mission was scratched according to a veterinarian’s orders. Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 10, 2023
Pimlico Race Course will host the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 20. The current favorite is Mage, who won the Kentucky Derby at 15/1 odds, and he comes into the Preakness as a 3/1 favorite. Forte, who was scratched shortly before the Kentucky Derby, is an important factor but may not run at all, as Kentucky’s Read MoreWritten by William Hayes on May 2, 2023
Now that the calendar has turned to May, it’s time for the Kentucky Derby, which happens on the first Saturday of the month. Also known as the Run for the Roses, this 20-horse race (for 2023) is one of the most widely followed Horse Racing betting events in the world. It is just the first in a series of three Read MoreThanks for contacting us, We will call you shortly
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