Kentucky Derby Prep Race | 2013 Kentucky Derby Guide

2013 Holy Bull Stakes betting picks

Jan

2013

The $400k Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes is worth 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Contested at Gulfstream Park over the distance of one and one sixteenth miles, it will go to post at 5:05 ET on Saturday afternoon. Check out our online Kentucky Derby betting page to learn how you can bet ...

2013 Smarty Jones Stakes betting & picks

Jan

2013

The $150k Smarty Jones Stakes is worth 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. It has gathered a competitive field of nine to contest its one mile distance. This is the first of four Kentucky Derby prep races at Oaklawn Park. Check out our Kentucky Derby online betting page to learn how you ...

2013 Lecomte Stakes betting preview

Jan

2013

The Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes from Fair Grounds has gathered a strong field of nine Kentucky Derby contenders. The $200k race is worth 10 points towards a start in the Kentucky Derby via the new Road to the Kentucky Derby system. The 1 mile and 70 yards event will go forward at 4:55 CT on ...

2013 Sham Stakes picks & betting tips

Jan

2013

The Grade 3 Sham Stakes (Race 3 on Saturday @ 1:31 PT) boasts a purse of $100k and gives the winner 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Sham Stakes has existed since 2001. While it hasn’t produced a Kentucky Derby winner yet, it has throw strong Derby contenders like Bob and John in ...

2013 Gulfstream Park Derby pick, odds & analysis

Dec

2012

The GULFSTREAM PARK DERBY is worth $100k and will go forward as the penultimate event on a 10 race card. The 1 mile race has attracted a strong group of eight Kentucky Derby contenders looking to begin their quest towards the first Saturday in May. UNDRAFTED has an emphatic debut winner in late April ...

Breeders’ Cup Juvenile contenders could be Kentucky Derby bound

Oct

2012

The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile has been an excellent feeder race for the Kentucky Derby. While horses that contested the Juvenile haven’t fared well at Churchill Downs in May, the race is important nonetheless. In 1995 Timber Country became the first Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner to take a Triple Crown race when he won Pimlico’s Preakness ...

Liaison wins overrated CashCall Futurity 2

Dec

2011

Historically, the CashCall Futurity produces excellent prospects for the Triple Crown. Point Given, who won the race in 2000, went on to win the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes the following year. Before him 1997 winner Real Quiet won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness before narrowly missing in his attempt to connect all three in ...

2011 Bluegrass Stakes Preview 1

Apr

2011

The Bluegrass Stakes is one of my favorite preps for the Kentucky Derby. The most recent Kentucky Derby winner to exit the race was Street Sense in 2007. He finished second in the Bluegrass. Before him the race produced Derby winners like Strike the Gold, Spectacular Bid and Riva Ridge. 1996 winner Skip Away went ...

Risen Star recap

Feb

2011

Well, our pick couldn’t get it done in the Risen Star. Rogue Romance had a somewhat rough trip, was a tad rank and had a dawdling pace to run after. He ended up third. It was Mucho Macho Man that got the win for trainer Kathy Ritvo. He sat a perfect trip under new jockey ...

2011 Risen Star Preview 8

Feb

2011

The $300,000 Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes from Fair Grounds has attracted a strong field of 10 sophomores hoping to continue on the path to the Kentucky Derby. The race is a prep for the $1 million Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 26. Last years winner, Discreetly Mine, currently stands at Lanes End for ...