Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby 143 Analysis and Selections
May 5, 2017 | track-adminBy John DaSilva The day everyone has been waiting for has finally arrived. The first Saturday in May. The 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby. It is always tough to pick the winner of the race. This year the task becomes tougher as at least two inches of rain hit the Louisville area and made […]
Champion Classic Empire Favored in Kentucky Derby 143
May 5, 2017 | Margaret Ransom(Churchill Downs Press Release) John Oxley’s Classic Empire, the unanimous Eclipse Award selection as champion 2-year-old of 2016 and a three-time Grade I winner, has been established as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 20 3-year-olds and two also-eligibles entered for Saturday’s 143rd running of the $2,395,800 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands […]
A Different Way to Bet the Kentucky Derby
May 5, 2017 | track-adminBy John DaSilva It is Kentucky Derby weekend and while the whole world concentrates on selecting the Kentucky Derby winner, there are ways that people can make money on the Kentucky Derby without making a direct win wager. You do have to handicap the race, but, if you play your cards right, you could set […]
Playful McCraken Sitting on ‘Go’ For Kentucky Derby
May 4, 2017 | Jordan SigmonBy Jordan Sigmon Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC’s Kentucky Derby (GI) contender McCraken comes into the classic race as one of the leading contenders, despite his disappointing third-place finish in the Blue Grass Stakes (GII) most recently. Prior to that race, the son of Ghostzapper had won the Sam F. Davis Stakes (GIII) at Tampa Bay Downs […]
Three Things to Look For In a Kentucky Derby Winner
May 1, 2017 | track-adminBy Derek Simon In between e-mails informing me that I “may already have won” a prize of considerable value and those beseeching me to be “a better lover” (I didn’t know the word had gotten out), I often get messages from folks asking me what I think of such-and-such Derby contender. To be honest, most […]
My Walk to Remember: Three Friends, Two Dogs and My Broken Heart
April 27, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom The Kentucky Derby (GI) is loaded with history and tradition, from the red roses symbolic of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports, the Twin Spires, My Old Kentucky Home, fancy hats, Mint Juleps, Derby parties, wise guy horses, and throngs of media… the list of traditions goes on and on. But one of […]
Do Speed Figures Matter in the Kentucky Derby?
April 27, 2017 | track-adminBy Derek Simon For whatever reason, some people approach big race days like they would bowling on the moon. In other words, they throw out everything they know about horse racing and handicapping and, instead, prepare themselves for a completely new experience. Take, for example, the notion that speed figures mean nothing in the Kentucky […]
Bodemeister Colt Was ‘Always’ Special
April 26, 2017 | Jordan SigmonBy Jordan Sigmon Expectations are always high when a horse is purchased for several hundred thousand dollars. However, those expectations don’t always come to fruition. For Matthew O’Connor, the 19-year-old nephew of Anthony Bonomo, a part-owner of Florida Derby (GI) winner and leading Kentucky Derby (GI) candidate Always Dreaming under the name of Brooklyn Boyz […]
Squeezing the Lemon Dry: What Speed Figures Can Tell Us About the Kentucky Derby
April 25, 2017 | track-adminBy Derek Simon Horatio Luro, the dashing Argentinian trainer who saddled the great Northern Dancer, is credited with a phrase that has become a Triple Crown mantra over the years. “Don’t squeeze the lemon dry,” Luro said, referring to the fact that a “fresh” horse is needed to withstand the rigors of competing in the […]
Do Final Fractions Matter in the Kentucky Derby?
April 24, 2017 | track-adminBy Derek Simon Most of the time when I hear or read about clever angles relating to the Kentucky Derby, I pay about as much attention to them as I do to political ads around election season. In other words, I dismiss them. So, it should come as no surprise that, despite the fact I’m […]
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