Win, To Hit the Board, Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta
The Kentucky Derby is on Saturday, May 7. There is a field of 20 horses set to race 1 1/4 miles on Churchill Downs’ historic race track. One of them is undefeated, a Japanese-bred starter, and a multiple graded stakes winner.
Mo Donegal won the Wood Memorial (G2) on April 9 at Aqueduct. Todd Pletcher's horse has the highest last race speed figure among the horses in the field. He has a 5-3-0-2 lifetime record.
Epicenter is the second favorite to win the Kentucky Derby behind morning-line favorite Zandon. Steve Asmussen is winningest trainer in North America but has never won the Derby in 23 tries. Epicenter won by 2 1/2 lengths in the Louisiana Derby last time out.
Zandon is the morning-line favorite. Flavien Prat will ride him. Prats won the Derby in 2019 with Country House.
Smile Happy has placed no worse than second in four career starts. The Kenny McPeek trainee was beaten by more than two lengths as the favorite in his last two starts, the Blue Grass and the Risen Star.
Messier is the son of Empire Maker. He lost to Taiba in the Santa Anita Derby. It's his first start at Churchill Downs. Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez won the Derby with Animal Kingdom (2011), Always Dreaming (2017), and Authentic (2020).
Crown Pride is the second Japanese-bred starter in Derby history. He has won three of four career starts, including the UAE Derby in Dubai. Trainer Koichi Shintani is looking to become the first to win the Triple Crown with a horse bred outside the United States since David Cross won with Sunny’s Halo in 1983.
Taiba (12/1) won the Santa Anita Derby in his third start. Taiba is the second of two starters for Tim Yakteen. Both Taibas were trained by Bob Baffert.
Cyberknife is worth adding to your superfecta. He won the Arkansas Derby and is trained by hometown hero Brad Cox. Cyberknife is 2-1-0-2 in his two Kentucky Derby starts.
Win, To Hit the Board, Exacta, Trifecta and Superfecta. No. 10 Zandon, No 3 Epicenter, 1 Mo Donegal, and No 12 Taiba will win.
Win, To Hit the Board, Exacta, Trifecta and Superfecta. To win is No. 10 Zandon. Second place is No 3 Epicenter, No 1 Mo Donegal, and third place Smile Happy.
Win, To Hit the Board, Exacta, Trifecta and Superfecta. To win, No. 1 Mo Donegal, N. 10 Zandon, and No 3 Epicenter.
No. 1 Mo Donegal, No. 10 Zandon are going to win the competition.
Knicks Go Overnight Stakes, 1 mile, 4-year-olds and up, is the first race of the pick 5 ticket. No. 7 South Bend (8/1), Necker Island (6/2) and No., 11 Neckar Island are the other horses.
Jack Christopher won the Champagne Stakes at Belmont by 2 3/4 lengths. Trainer Chad Brown is a 27% winner with horses coming off a long layoff and a 22% in graded stakes races. Pappacap, who finished fourth behind three Kentucky Derby runners in the Florida Derby (G1), and My Prankster are also in this race.
Just One Time won the Derby City Distaff (G1) at Keeneland on April 9. Edgeway (4/1), who won by seven lengths last out at six furlongs, is a good option for a larger Pick 5 ticket.
Churchill Downs S. (G1) is a race for 4-year-olds and up. It's a rematch between champion sprinter Jackie's Warrior and Aloha West. Alohawest won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint ( G1), but Jackie's Warriors has since won a Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (3). Prevalence is 6/1 in larger Pick 5 tickets.
The final leg of the All Dirt Pick 5 concludes with the Kentucky Derby. The 50-cent ticket includes two of our win contenders and one longer shot from the Derby analysis.
