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The 2023 Breeders’ Cup takes place on Friday and Saturday with many of the best horses in the world competing against each other. This year’s race takes place at Santa Anita Park for the 11th time in history. There are five races on Friday and nine on Saturday. The Saturday card features the $6 million dollar Breeders’ Cup Classic with Bob Baffert’s Arabian Knight listed as the... 

There’s a good chance that either Brad Cox or Todd Pletcher emerges with a victorious horse at the Belmont Stakes this weekend. Cox has entered three horses in the nine-horse field including one of the favorites in Angel of Empire. Meanwhile, Pletcher has the two favorites to win the race in Tapit Trice and Forte, making it difficult for another trainer to pick up a victory at one of the ... 

The Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday with Kentucky Derby winner Mage listed as the 8-5 morning line favorite. A field of eight will go to the post on Saturday and for the first time this century only one horse from the Kentucky Derby will be entered and that horse is Mage. He will be trying to become the eighth horse since 2000 to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown. Post t... 

For the first time since 1969, the Preakness Stakes will have just one Kentucky Derby horse running. Kentucky Derby winner Mage leads a field of eight for Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Mage is listed as the 8-5 morning-line favorite, followed by Lexington Stakes winner First Mission at odds of 5-2. Mage will be looking to become the first horse since Justify won the Triple C... 

A total of 20 horses will go to the post for the 2023 Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 6 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby can be a good race for longshots because anything can happen when 20 horses battle for position. The morning line favorite for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is Forte at odds of 3-1. Following closely on the morning line odds is Ta... 

Trainer Todd Pletcher has the two top favorites to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Forte is listed as the morning-line favorite at odds of 3-1, while Tapit Trice is listed at 5-1. Angel of Empire, trained by Brad Cox is the third choice in the morning-line odds at 8-1. Pletcher said to the media that he was happy with the post position of his two favorites. “I’ve ... 

The 2022 Breeders’ Cup takes place on Friday and Saturday with a total of 14 races, including the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday. The Breeders’ Cup Classic will feature the unbeaten Flightline who could go off as the biggest favorite in Breeders’ Cup history. Other top horses to keep an eye on are Nest in the Distaff, Jackie's Warrior in the Sprint and Cave Rock in the Juvenile. We’ll take a look at the Breeders’ Cup Classic and see if there is any horse that can challenge Flightli... 

We the People is listed as the 2-1 favorite to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC. This year’s Belmont Stakes will lack the drama of a Triple Crown and only one of the Triple Crown winning horses is in the race, Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike at odds of 7-2. Three other horses, Mo Donegal, Creative Minister and Nets are listed at single-digit odds of 5-2, 6-1 and 8-1 respectivel... 

The 2022 Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday with Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter listed as the 6-5 morning line favorite. There will be no Triple Crown on the line this year, as Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike will not be in the field, as he will instead race in the Belmont Stakes in June. Rich Strike was a shocking 80-1 winner of the Kentucky Derby and would not have been a se... 

The 2022 Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday on NBC with a post time of 7:01 p.m. Eastern Time. Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter is listed as the 6-5 favorite on the morning line with Early Voting second in Preakness odds at 7-2. Also listed at single-digit odds are Secret Oath at 9-2 and Simplification at odds of 6-1. The Preakness will not include Kentucky Derby longshot winner R... 

Are you ready for a wide-open Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7? This year’s Kentucky Derby has three horses listed at single-digit odds on the morning line, but more than half the field can make a realistic case for winning this race. Zandon is listed as the morning-line favorite at odds of 3-1, with Epicenter a close second choice at 7-2. Zandon is coming off a win in the Blue Grass Sta... 

A total of 20 horses will go to the post for the 2022 Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby is oftentimes an excellent race for longshots because anything can happen when 20 horses battle for position. The morning line favorite for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is Zandon at odds of 3-1. Following closely on the morning l... 

We don’t know the full field for the 2022 Kentucky Derby yet or even most of it, as there are several prep races on the docket in the coming weeks. However, the biggest horse race in the United States has already seen plenty of early betting action. Kentucky Derby futures betting recently closed on March 13, and it was the fourth round of early betting on The Run for the Roses. There will be one more early betting pool before the Kentucky Derby odds are posted in earnest, but here are some of th... 

The Breeders’ Cup Classic takes place on Saturday on NBC with a strong field of horses set to go a mile and a quarter. Knicks Go is the slight morning-line favorite at odds of 5-2, while Essential Quality is the second choice at odds of 3-1. Both horses are trained by Brad Cox and if one of them wins the race they will likely be named Horse of the Year. Knicks Go has won four races in six starts this year, while Essential Quality has won three Grade 1 races this year including the Belmont Stakes. Del Mar Racetrack just north of San Diego will be hosting the two-day Breeders’ Cup that will feature 169 horses from eight countries with the Classic closing things out on Saturday at 8:40 p.m. Eastern Time on NBC. ... 

A field of eight will head to the post on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes on NBC, with Essential Quality listed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite. Five of the eight horses in the field are listed at single-digit odds, so we have just three longshots to consider. Those three horses are Bourbonic at odds of 15-1, Overtook at odds of 20-1 and France Go de Ina at odds of 30-1. Let’s cons... 

Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning-line favorite to win the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday on NBC. Essential Quality was the favorite in the Kentucky Derby but finished fourth. Preakness winner Rombauer is the second choice on the morning line at odds of 3-1. A field of eight will go to the post at approximately 6:49 p.m. Eastern Time. Let’s look at Saturday’s Be... 

The Preakness Stakes is set for Saturday with Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit listed as the 9-5 morning-line favorite. The horse failed a post-race test after the Derby, but horse racing officials have allowed Medina Spirit to race in Saturday’s Preakness. This year’s Preakness looks to have one of the weakest fields in recent memory, so Medina Spirit definitely has a chance to win as the betting favorite. The 2021 Preakness Stakes takes place on Saturday at Pimlico Race Course with a post t... 

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit will race in Saturday’s Preakness and is listed as the morning line favorite. The Triple Crown hopeful failed a postrace drug test after the Derby, as betamethasone was found in his system. Horse racing officials decided that Medina Spirit will be allowed to race in the Preakness although trainer Bob Baffert will not be in attendance. Saturday’s Preakness Sta... 

Medina Spirit was impressive at the Kentucky Derby on May 1. The horse wasn’t one of the favorites to win the Run for the Roses, but he toppled Essential Quality, Hot Rod Charlie, and Rock Your World. He is now considered one of the favorites for the Preakness Stakes, but the oddsmakers aren’t too high on Medina Spirit winning the Triple Crown.

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Essential Quality is the 2-1 morning line favorite to win Saturday’s Kentucky Derby which can be seen on NBC. Essential Quality is unbeaten in five starts and has been extremely impressive, but he will have to buck some history to win. No gray horse has won the Derby since Giacomo in 2005 and only eight grays have won the race since 1930. Three other horses are listed at single-digit Kentucky Derby odds. They are Rock Your World at 5-1, Known Agenda at 6-1 and Hot Rod Charlie at 8-1. Saturday’s Kentucky Derby on NBC has a post time of 6:57 p.m. Eastern Time. Let’s look at Kentucky Derby odds and Kentucky Derby picks. ... 

We finally get back to a sense of normalcy with the Kentucky Derby being held on the first Saturday in May. The 2021 Kentucky Derby takes place on Saturday at Churchill Downs with a post time of 6:57 p.m. Eastern on NBC. Essential Quality is listed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in a full field of 20 horses. With so many horses, a clean trip is no guarantee, so that means a longshot could win this race. Let’s look at Kentucky Derby odds and Kentucky Derby longshots. ... 

Secretariat remains the grandest name in the history of Triple Crown horse racing. In 1973 Secretariat clinched the Triple Crown with a blowout win at the Belmont Stakes that remains the standard to which all other horses are judged. For 2021 there is a new horse that is starting to draw comparisons to Secretariat. Undefeated Essential Quality is dominating in a way that has made him the 2021 Kentucky Derby Odds betting favorite. Also meriting considerations are Concert Tour, Hot Rod Charlie, Bo... 

The 2021 Kentucky Derby will return to its usual place in the sporting calendar this year. The Run for the Roses will take place on the first weekend of May, and while we won’t have 200,000 people at Churchill Downs to catch the action, there’s a good chance we will see a decent number of fans in the stands after last year’s tepid affair. We don’t have the field set yet as there are still prep ... 

The best two days of horse racing action take place on Friday and Saturday with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. There are five races on Friday and nine on Saturday with the headliner, the $6 Million Dollar Breeders’ Cup Classic. Trainer Bob Baffert will have three horses in that race including Kentucky Derby winner Authentic. While many people will focus on the top horses, we want to look at the horses that can pay big prices. Let’s look at Breeders’ Cu... 

The 2020 Breeders’ Cup takes place on Friday, November 6th and Saturday, November 7th at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. There are five races on Friday and nine on Saturday, including the $6 million dollar Breeders’ Cup Classic. Friday’s races can be seen on NBCSN from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, while Saturday’s races will be shown on NBCSN and NBC with NBCSN coverage from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time, while NBC will show the races from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Let’s take a first look at the 2020 Breeder’s Cup with a focus on the Breeders’ Cup Classic. ...