Handicappers Matt Bernier and Kenny Peck are going head to head with $500 to wager on the Kentucky Derby Day card at Churchill Downs.
I had nothing good to report on my front Friday - and the worst part was I hardly had a horse fire. With the exception of Buster Rose, all of my horses fizzled in a major way.
Not to worry, though! The main event is tomorrow, and we'll come back swinging.
Hitting any pick four requires some degree of good fortune, and when that race includes a 19-horse Kentucky Derby, you need a little extra luck. Knowing how difficult it is, let’s still swing away, knowing the mutuel upside, starting with the Distaff Turf Mile.
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Handicappers Matt Bernier and Kenny Peck are going head to head with $500 to wager on the Kentucky Derby Day card at Churchill Downs.
Friday was a disastrous day, where I recovered only $30 thanks to a scratch. My biggest regret is underrating Lovely Maria as I would love to be alive in the Oaks/Derby double and the Oaks/Woodford/Derby pick three. Best of luck if you are.
Let’s say you have $50 that you would like to wager on the best two minutes in sports. How should you break up that money? You could just pick your favorite horse and put all $50 on win, place, or show. In a 20-horse field that’s a fair strategy, since the odds will be good with so many options to bet. However, in a race like the Kentucky Derby it’s fun to mix things up and use that money to play a few different wagers.
The following is a list of DRF Plus resources and content related to Friday's Kentucky Oaks card at Churchill Downs.
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Stellar Wind leads solid core of favorites in Kentucky Oaks (DRF Plus)
Total Talent (#4, ML 5-2) will return to action in Friday’s seventh race at Parx Racing, a six-furlong allowance. It will be her first start since a first-place finish by a head in a six-furlong allowance March 15 at Parx. The second- and third-place finishers from that race came back to win their next starts.
Get the Key Race report as part of DRF Plus.
There are 34,560 possible combinations in the late pick four (races 10-13) at Churchill Downs. The sequence includes a Grade 1 on turf, the Kentucky Derby, an N1X route for 3-year-olds, and a maiden sprint.
It’s a 50-cent bet. Let’s try to keep the pick four somewhat affordable.
Race 10, Woodford Reserve Turf Classic
