Kentucky Derby odds 2018: Favorite Justify, Magnum Moon try to break ‘Apollo Curse’

BALTIMORE - National Treasure won the 148th Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert a record eighth victory in the second jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown. National Treasure outdueled Blazing Sevens down the stretch to defeat the seven-horse field in the $1.65 million, 1 3/16-mile Grade I stakes race on a cloudy…

BALTIMORE - Mage's path to a potential Triple Crown is not an easy one. The Kentucky Derby winner opened as the favorite for Saturday's 148th running of the Preakness Stakes, but Mage will have to top a talented field - albeit small in number - to become the first horse to take the first two Triple Crown races since Justify won them all in…

Mage's path through Triple Crown season is not an easy one. The Kentucky Derby winner opened as the favourite for this weekend's Preakness Stakes, but Mage will have to top a field that includes Bob Baffert -trained National Treasure and others to become the first horse to take the first two Triple Crown races since Justify in 2018. The race…

The Kentucky Derby winner opened as the favorite for this weekend's Preakness Stakes, but Mage will have to top a field that includes Bob Baffert -trained National Treasure and others to become the first horse to take the first two Triple Crown races since Justify in 2018. The race changed when top contender First Mission was scratched early…

Mage's path through Triple Crown season is not an easy one. The Kentucky Derby winner opened as the favorite for this weekend's Preakness Stakes, but Mage will have to top a field that includes Bob Baffert-trained National Treasure to become the first horse to take the first two Triple Crown races since Justify in 2018. The result will depend on…

The 2023 Preakness Stakes (Saturday 6:50 p.m. ET post time, NBC) will mark the 148th running of the Triple Crown horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. With the Preakness post positions being drawn on Monday, it's time to break down the field, which includes Kentucky Derby winner Mage in his quest for the second jewel. Mage (15-1) won the…

Unlike Kentucky Derby week, the lead-up to the Preakness has been mercifully drama-free: no big scratches (), and (touch wood), so far, no horse injuries. What the Preakness has that the Derby didn't is Bob Baffert: 1/ST Racing, which owns Pimlico Race Course, didn't follow Churchill Downs in banning the trainer two years ago, and he'll have a…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Mage won the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on a day when the prerace favorite was scratched and two horses on the undercard were euthanized, bringing the death total to seven. Mage, who was a 16-1 choice at post time, became only the third horse to prevail at the Kentucky Derby without winning as a…

LOUISVILLE - The late, great John Asher, former vice president of communications at Churchill Downs and unofficial chief historian, was fond of saying, "Nothing is bigger than the Kentucky Derby." Racing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has certainly put that maxim to the test over the past eight years. Baffert came into the 2015 Kentucky Derby…

You have questions about the 2023 Kentucky Derby? We've got answers. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is the 12th of 14 races at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 6, with a scheduled post time of 6:57 p.m. ET. Derby Day coverage will begin at noon ET on NBC and Peacock. Entry into the Kentucky Derby is determined by a point system that began…

We are less than a month away from the Kentucky Derby. The most exciting two minutes in sports run'usually', barring a pandemic, on the First Saturday in May. Ah, the Run for the Roses, can't wait. Videography: Jim Gazzale In this column we'll take a look at the current state of affairs for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby and see if we can get…

The 2023 Santa Anita Derby runners see 9 entries heading to post for Saturday's big Kentucky Derby Trial race. The Tim Yakteen barn have a strong hand with both Practical Move and National Treasure - can the former Bob Baffert assistant win the race for a season year in-a-row? We've got all the entries, riders, betting and post positions for the…

Arabian Knight finishes a race on Nov. 5, 2022, at Keeneland. Arabian Knight is entered in today's Grade 3 $750000 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn. - Photo courtesy of Coady Photography Flightline gave them something to talk about leaving Keeneland on a November Saturday following a smashing victory in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Flightline's…

LEXINGTON, Ky. - For Mike Smith, it's the horses that keep him young. The 56-year-old Smith, a Dexter native, has a reputation that precedes him. A two-time Kentucky Derby winner with long shot Giacomo (2005) and favorite Justify (2018), Smith also rode Justify to victories in the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, becoming the oldest jockey to…

See the latest odds for the 2019 Kentucky Derby, which will take place on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 145th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, May 4. Post positions were assigned for all the horses who will compete for the $1.86 million prize. Omaha Beach was the early favorite but the…

So what is it about these Southern California-based horses that have made them so lethal the past seven years on the first Saturday in May? Dating to I'll Have Another in 2012, five of the past seven winners of the Kentucky Derby had ties to the Southland. The two Triple Crown champions, American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify last year, both called…

Justify is one win from becoming the 13th horse to win the Triple Crown. The 3-year-old son of Scat Daddy is the 24th horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, and the fifth to do so for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Baffert has one Triple Crown under his belt, courtesy of American Pharoah in 2015. " I've never had a horse work…

Who wins the Preakness Stakes? And what huge long shot hits the board hard? Visit SportsLine now to get Jody Demling's Preakness winner, see which huge long shot contends, and get the finish positions for every single horse, all from the man who's nailed 8 recent Preakness winners. Will it be lucky No. 7 again for Justify? The Kentucky Derby…

Who wins the Preakness Stakes? And what huge long shot hits the board hard? Visit SportsLine now to get Jody Demling's Preakness winner, see which huge long shot contends, and get the finish positions for every single horse, all from the man who's nailed 8 recent Preakness winners. It's a mudfest at the Preakness, but is that good or bad news for…

There is a reduced field at the Preakness Stakes relative to the first leg of the Triple Crown, and Kentucky Derby winner Justify is heavily favored to win again at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. Bovada had Justify at -225 to win the Preakness, which means it would take a $225 bet to win $100. But just before race time the official line was 1/5…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Since 1882, when the Standard Oil Trust was formed, Franklin D. Roosevelt was born and the electrical age began with the flip of a switch that lit up one square mile of Lower Manhattan, no horse has won the Kentucky Derby without racing at the age of 2. The horse that did it way back then was the chestnut gelding Apollo, named…

In the most competitive in recent memory, it is easier to justify why not to bet on one of the favorites than to wager on one of them Saturday. Justify remains the+350 favorite (bet $100 to win $350) on the at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark despite being one of two horses in the 20-strong field that did not race as a two-year-old. Two of the…