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The Kentucky Derby is less than a week away, and the Run for the Roses is shaping up to be a more wide-open race in 2019. While fans and recreational race bettors focus on the favorites, the professional players and bettors interested in a better payoff believe this will be the year that a favorite does not win the Kentucky Derby.
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Kentucky Derby post positions and odds
Post positions and opening odds were released on Tuesday morning. The original 20-horse field of 3-year-olds was made up from the Top 20 points earners during the 35 Derby prep races from September through April leading up to the Kentucky Derby on May 4.
Two horses — Omaha Beach and Haikal — were scratched this week. Bodexpress replaced Omaha Beach in the field.
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| Post Position | Horse | Current Odds (5/4) | Opening Odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | War of Will | 15-1 | 20-1 |
| 2 | Tax | 20-1 | 20-1 |
| 3 | By My Standards | 15-1 | 20-1 |
| 4 | Gray Magician | 50-1 | 50-1 |
| 5 | Improbable | 5-1 | 6-1 |
| 6 | Vekoma | 15-1 | 20-1 |
| 7 | Maximum Security | 8-1 | 10-1 |
| 8 | Tacitus | 8-1 | 10-1 |
| 9 | Plus Que Parfait | 30-1 | 30-1 |
| 10 | Cutting Humor | 30-1 | 30-1 |
| Haikal | SCRATCHED | 30-1 | |
| Omaha Beach | SCRATCHED | 4-1 | |
| 13 | Code of Honor | 12-1 | 15-1 |
| 14 | Win Win Win | 12-1 | 15-1 |
| 15 | Master Fencer | 50-1 | 50-1 |
| 16 | Game Winner | 9-2 | 5-1 |
| 17 | Roadster | 5-1 | 6-1 |
| 18 | Long Range Toddy | 30-1 | 30-1 |
| 19 | Spinoff | 30-1 | 30-1 |
| 20 | Country House | 30-1 | 30-1 |
| 21 | Bodexpress | 30-1 | 30-1 |
Betting the Kentucky Derby
Why is the Kentucky Derby such a great wagering opportunity? Beyond being a major event and the biggest 3-year-old race in the world, the Derby is stacked with a 20-horse field. So a big betting pool with a lot of uniform money is bet on the Kentucky Derby.
Now while the favorites have won the last six runnings of the Run for the Roses, those favorites have paid out pretty well between $6.60 and $12.80 on a $2 win wager. But it’s the chance for a big exacta, trifecta or superfecta score that brings out more bettors for the Derby.
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When favorite Always Dreaming won in 2017, a $2 exacta with Lookin’ At Lee (33-1) returned $336.20. A $1 trifecta with Battle of Midway (40-1) in 3rd returned $8,297.20. And a $1 superfecta with Classic Empire (6-1) in 4th paid $75,974.50.
So, a big score is possible in the Derby, and most recreational bettors will miss the potential midrange or long shots with some value and potential to hit the board.
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2019 Kentucky Derby runners and contenders
These three horses will take the most wagering action and one of them will go off as the Kentucky Derby favorite:
- Roadster: First place in Santa Anita Derby
- Game Winner: Second place in Santa Anita Derby, Champion in 2-year-old and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion
- Improbable: Second Arkansas Derby
The next wave of contenders includes the other four major prep winners:
- Tacitus: First Wood Memorial
- Maximum Security: First Florida Derby
- Vekoma: First Blue Grass
- By My Standards: First Louisiana Derby
The remaining two-thirds of the Derby field will provide some potential for a big score. Recall in the 2017 Kentucky Derby, Always Dreaming won with a clean trip and good post over a sloppy track, but super longshots at 33-1 and 40-1 finished second and third to trigger big exotic payouts.
- Plus Que Parfait: First UAE Derby
- Code of Honor: Third Florida Derby
- War of Will: Ninth Louisiana Derby
- Cutting Humor: First Sunland Derby
- Tax: Second Wood Memorial
- Win Win Win: Second Blue Grass
- Country House: Third Arkansas Derby
- Long Range Toddy: Sixth Arkansas Derby
- Spinoff: Second Louisiana Derby
- Gray Magician: Second UAE Derby
- Master Fencer: Second Fukuryu Stakes (Japan)
Kentucky Derby recent history
The 2019 Kentucky Derby will have the biggest purse in the Derby’s 145-year history of $3 million. The race-day favorite at post time has won the Kentucky Derby six years in a row, including in 2018 when Justifywon the Run for the Roses on his way to Triple Crown glory. American Pharoah (2015) was also a Triple Crown winner, snapping the long 37-year drought without a Triple Crown winner.
| Year | Winner | Odds | Payout | Time | Track | Favorite |
| 2018 | Justify | 3-1 | $7.80 | 2:04.20 | Sloppy | 1st |
| 2017 | Always Dreaming | 9-2 | $11.40 | 2:03.59 | Wet | 1st |
| 2016 | Nyquist | 5-2 | $6.60 | 2:01.31 | Fast | 1st |
| 2015 | American Pharoah | 3-1 | $7.80 | 2:03.02 | Fast | 1st |
| 2014 | California Chrome | 5-2 | $7.00 | 2:03.66 | Fast | 1st |
| 2013 | Orb | 5-1 | $12.80 | 2:02.89 | Sloppy | 1st |
| 2012 | I’ll Have Another | 15-1 | $32.60 | 2:01.83 | Fast | 2nd |
| 2011 | Animal Kingdom | 21-1 | $43.80 | 2:02.04 | Fast | 8th |
| 2010 | Super Saver | 8-1 | $18.00 | 2:04.45 | Sloppy | 6th |
| 2009 | Mine That Bird | 51-1 | $103.20 | 2:02.66 | Sloppy | 18th |
Kentucky Derby tips
Beyond having a few places to bet on the Kentucky Derby like top online sites TVG, TwinSpires and BetAmerica, look for sportsbooks that offer more Derby betting options like head-to-head matchup wagering. As more legal sports books enter the market in the US, like FanDuel Sportsbook, DraftKings Sportsbook and PointsBet, you’ll also see these sportsbooks get more creativeand offer special offers and promotions on big events like the Kentucky Derby.
In handicapping and preparing for the Kentucky Derby, you can be more informed and have a better chance to win if you follow some simple tips from experts like Mike Shutty; author of Super Screener and founder of Horse Racing Nation.
- Learn to project the pace of the race
- Form cycle analysis – look at contenders form cycle
- Workout analysis – last workouts before Derby
While we wait for the Derby draw, final workouts and track condition, some early indications are that a horse at midrange odds like Tacitus is clearly capable of winning the 2019 Kentucky Derby.
Longshots like Spinoff or Maximum Security can’t be ruled out on the win or Top 3 finish, while By My Standards is another potential underneath type horse that would provide a big payoff even if the projected favorite Roadster were to continue improvement and run well to win.
Mike Smith, who road Justify to a Kentucky Derby victory and Triple Crown achievement, has elected to ride Omaha Beach instead of Roadster.
Bettors beware.
A sign that both have taken on money since the Wynn Las Vegas race book opened early 2019 Kentucky Derby odds, Roadster and Instagrand are now co-15-1 favorites. Yes, with more than eight months until the first Saturday in May...
Johnny Avello, the Wynn's executive director of race and sports book, confirmed the drop in price from starting odds back on Aug. 3 of 25-1 for Roadster and 30-1 for Instagrand.
Roadster hasn't run back since his first start, but it was an impressive one as the Bob Baffert-trained son of Quality Road sat behind horses before circling the leaders. In the irons was jockey Mike Smith -- not known to ride debut runners -- and the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 3 is next.
Instagrand, a son of Into Mischief, backed up his flashy unveiling with another 10-length win over the weekend in Del Mar's Best Pal Stakes (G2). He did it going wire to wire, with trainer Jerry Hollendorfer saying the Futurity is likely next for this colt, too.
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Should either of those win the Futurity, they'd likely appear as the lone favorite when Avello opens wagering on a much longer list of 2-year-olds the second week of September.
Saratoga's Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes, also on Sept. 3, will determine the East Coast's top early Derby choice. The race is expected to include flashy maiden winners Nitrous (Steve Asmussen) and Mucho (Bill Mott), while Sombeyay, the Todd Pletcher-trained winner of the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes should also appear.
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