Horse Racing
Betting tips from over 20 years of experience.
April 4, 2009
Horse Betting Road to Kentucky Derby 4-4-09
There are four big Kentucky Derby prep race today so let us take a look at them.
- 4/4/2009
- $750000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita, 1 1/8 miles
This is always an entertaining race, and the winner will usually be one of the early Kentucky Derby Favorites. I like the horses below, and would look to bet them straight depending on the odds offered in each pool. I would key them both with the next likely contenders.
- #9 Gallant Son
- #4 Pioneerof the Nile
- $750000 Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct, 1 1/8 miles
Did you see the fog at Aqueduct last week? ESPN had one of the funniest sound bites I have ever heard of an announcer calling a race. Anyway, I like only one horse as my key. I would check the pools for overlays and if there are not any I would key this horse in every position, in every exotic they offer.
- #2 I Want Revenge
- $500000 (G1)llinois Derby (G2) at Hawthorne, 1 1/8 miles
Since this is my home track, I should have some great inside information, right? Believe that and I have a bridge for sale, cheap. The way I will write up about the race you will think I know something because there is only one horse who can win this race. (ha, ha). I do have only one key horse in this race so look for overlays and key him in all spots in your exacta plays.
- #1 Nowhere to Hide
- $200000 Bay Shore (G3) at Aqueduct, 7 furlongs
I am not quite sure why this one is on as a Kentucky Derby Prep race, but as a true degenerant gambler I will play it. It looks like a pretty wide open affair so here are the key horses I like. I do not like to bet crazy on a race this wide open. I would look for overlays among the three horses and only use these three in the exotics. The favorite will probably be within these three horses.
- #6 Not for Silver
- #4 Captain Candyman Can
- #10 Taqarub
