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So what qualities do these elite Kentucky Derby contenders have?

November 18 at Churchill Downs witnessed an uncommon feat with a win by $16,000 claiming competitor Big Exchange.

Newcomers or once-a-year visitors to the racetrack can easily figure out straight wagers like Win, Place, and Show, but what about so-called 'exotic' bets?
The number of intra-race and multi-race wagers has exploded in the last several decades....

If you’re planning to visit your first racetrack or watch the races on TV and want to employ more advanced strategies than wagering based off name or coat color, here are five tips for your first time betting on horse racing.

You can learn a lot in a little time in horse racing, and at the same time, you’ll never stop discovering new strategies and techniques as a horse racing bettor.

When Kentucky Derby handicappers refer to the betting odds – 5-2, 8-1, 50-1, etc. – what do they mean? And how can you filter through all the betting terminology to make a well-reasoned wager on the greatest two minutes in sports?
The odds...

The Kentucky Derby regularly features 20 three-year-olds in the starting gate and finding true win contenders in the field is a difficult task. It involves determining which horses will thrive at a distance that most have never attempted, and which horses...

Includes James Beard Award finalist and Top Chef Winner to Highlight the Flavors of America's Racing Regions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, April 26, 2019) – The 10th annual Taste of Derby presented by Angry Orchard will kick off the...

In 1780, Sir Charles Bunbury and the 12th Earl of Derby flipped a coin. Heads for Derby, tails for Bunbury.
Heads faced up when the coin landed.
And that, or so the tale goes, is how England’s iconic race came to be known as the Derby Stakes and not...

We all know about the 12 colts that entered the Belmont Stakes (G1) with a chance at a Triple Crown sweep that succeeded. Will Justify be 'Lucky 13' or will he join a list that currently numbers 20 of those that missed reaching the mountaintop?
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