The Kentucky Derby Future Wager parimutuel pools are behind us, but with less than a month until the first Saturday in May, there are still bets to be made in the fixed-odds futures.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes already is being touted as wide-open, and there is a possibility a full gate of 14 could contest the annual spring showcase at Keeneland next Saturday, April 16.
But if past performances and company kept and many of the other factors that go into determining a rough pecking order among Kentucky Derby contenders are to be considered, there is little doubt that Santiva deserves to be the favorite for the $750,000 Blue Grass.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Bob Baffert must have the source code, because he keeps going in for more. It’s a month before the Kentucky Derby, and, like seemingly every spring, here he is with a couple of top contenders, this year’s models being Jaycito and The Factor. Yes, there are some familiar names among trainers on the Derby trail every year, but since his first appearance in 1996, Baffert has been the most consistent in terms of achievement.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. − Todd Pletcher operates the most successful training operation in the country. Coming off an Eclipse Award-winning season, Pletcher has gotten off to a rousing start in 2011 with 84 winners, including 26 stakes, and his horses have earned more than $4.2 million.
LEXINGTON, Ky. − In 2006, when they forked over the money for their first broodmare, Mike Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge thought $135,000 looked like a pretty serious investment in a horse. But they have gotten more than they dreamed out of Oatsee. Two years after buying her, they resold her for $1.55 million. Now her son Shackleford, who finished a head behind Dialed In in the Florida Derby, could take them to the Kentucky Derby.
“I attribute most of it to luck,” Lauffer said. “You just have to enjoy it.”
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Trainer Jeff Bonde said Sway Away will most likely add blinkers for the Grade 1, $1 million Arkansas Derby on April 16 after he breezed six furlongs in the equipment Thursday morning at Oaklawn Park.
Sway Away covered the distance in 1:12.60, under jockey Luis Quinonez. Patrick Valenzuela has the mount in the Arkansas Derby.
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