After winning a Gulfstream Park maiden race, Kentucky Derby winning trainer Graham Motion threw Ring Weekend (Tapit x Free The Magic by Cryptoclearance) to the wolves and the chestnut gelding answered the bell with a powerful three-length win in the ....
Ring Weekend scores Tampa Bay Derby
Posted on: Mar 09, 2014
Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Derby Chances
Posted on: Mar 06, 2014
Trainer Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby three times, but can he get it done a fourth time? Here are his main candidates for the race! Bayern (Offlee Wild x Alittlebitearly by Thunder Gulch): This striking colt appears to be the white wizard....
Field favored in third Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Posted on: Mar 04, 2014
The third Kentucky Derby Future Wager ended with “All Others” favored at odds of 3-1. Top individual 2014 Kentucky Derby contenders include Cairo Prince (9-1), Top Billing (11-1), Honor Code (11-1), Candy Boy (12-1), Shared Belief (15-1)....
NBC, Churchill Downs Extend Kentucky Derby TV Deal
Posted on: Feb 27, 2014
ESPN got out of the horse racing business a few years ago, deciding that the iconic Triple Crown horse races didn’t fit with their ‘dumbed down’ format of poker, competitive eating and 24/7 catch phrase spewing. NBC was quick to benefit....
‘Field’ Still Favored After Kentucky Derby Futures Pool 3
Posted on: Feb 26, 2014
With pool three of the Kentucky Derby Futures Wager completed, the mutual field (eg: ‘All Others’) is the current betting favorite at 6-1. Seven new names were added to the latest round of on track futures betting (as opposed to the ‘unoffi....
Orb Trainer Shug McGaughey Back With a Pair of Prospects
Posted on: Feb 21, 2014
Well liked Kentucky horse trainer Shug McGaughey won his first Kentucky Derby last year as Orb took the roses. He apparently liked the experience so much that he’s doubling down this year. Horse racing observers suggest that McGaughey has a p....
Churchill Downs Hoping for a Record Derby Day Turnout
Posted on: Feb 14, 2014
The Kentucky Derby is still several months away and the field of contenders is only now starting to take shape. It’s really too soon to bet on anything involving the 140th ‘Run for the Roses’ but Churchill Downs—host track for t....
Kentucky Derby Ticket Distribution Format Changes for 2014
Posted on: Feb 12, 2014
The last two races of the horse racing’s annual ‘Triple Crown–the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness—have reserved seat tickets that are fairly easy to come by. Not so with the Kentucky Derby where the reserved tickets for the ....