How to Bet on the Kentucky Derby: Online Betting Guide

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How to bet on the Kentucky Derby online is a complete guide to the historic race. It covers everything from where to place bets to what bets you can place. The guide also explains the latest odds for the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.

TVG is the world's leading horse race wagering network. It allows you to watch and bet on live horse races from hundreds of tracks across the globe. TVG also provides you with complete race information and statistics for the races you want to bet.

4NJBets is New Jersey's version of TVG, the world's leading horse race wagering network. It allows you to watch and bet on live horse races from over 150 tracks around the globe. This includes the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont and every big thoroughbred race in the US.

TwinSpires is Churchill Downs Inc.'s own horse race wagering network. It was an online sportsbook and casino for a while, but now it's solely focused on horse racing.

AmWager is the No. 1 online source for horse racing. It features live video and replays, and it posts entries and results for most races, including the Kentucky Derby.

DRF Bets is The Daily Racing Form’s online horse wagering site. It offers streamlined wagerering, integrated data, multiple video windows and a fully functional app.

No, you can't legally bet on horse races in all 50 states. Make sure the horse race wagering network you want to use is legal and operational in your state.

How to bet on the Kentucky Derby. Minimum bets range from $1 to $2. Show bets can be as little as $ 1 or $ 2. If your horse wins, you get paid at the best odds. If it doesn't win, it gets nothing.

There are three bet types for the Kentucky Derby: Win, Place and Show. Minimum bets range from $1 to $2. Show bet is a bet on a horse to take first, second or third place. You get paid at the best odds available for a win or second-place finish.

Exotics are where you combine different horses and finishing orders in the Kentucky Derby into a single bet or group of bets to earn bigger returns. Exacta is where the two horses you picked finish first and second in that exact order. Trifecta: You pick a horse to win the race, another to finish second, and another one to come third. Superfecta bets are betting the same horses in every possible combination for the top four places.

How to bet on the Kentucky Derby? Exacta, trifecta and superfecta are the options. in the online betting guide. The winner of the race is decided by the horses that finish first and second.

You can box exotics covering every possible combination of finishing orders for the same horses in your exacta, trifecta or superfecta with additional bets.

Online horse betting is pari-mutuel betting. The odds depend on the number and the winning bets. Favorites pay less because so many people bet on them.

Odds are fixed after the race starts. The morning odds are just an estimate. Winning bets are calculated after all the bets have been placed.

Rich Strike was 80/1 to win the 2022 Kentucky Derby. He paid $163.60 to the win, $74.20 to place and $29.40 to show.

The Kentucky Derby is a 3-year-old horse race.

Rich Strike was an 80/1 longshot winner in 2022. The favorite won six straight Kentucky Derby races from 2013 to 2018.

The Kentucky Derby Prep Races give 3-year-old horses the chance to qualify for the Derby. The winners earn prep race points. Seven of the last 10 winners had at least 100 prep points or more.

Nine of the last 12 Kentucky Derby winners won their previous race. Rich Strike in 2022, Mandaloun in 2021 and Country House in 2019 didn't win their race before the Derby.

Six of the last 15 Kentucky Derby winners had raced five times or fewer.

Seven of the last 12 winners were unbeaten as 3-year-olds.

Jockeys and trainers can influence who wins the Kentucky Derby.


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