Kentucky Derby Preview: Justify Is The Colt To Beat
Despite having just three starts under his belt, Justify enters the 144th running of the Derby as the favorite.
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Despite having just three starts under his belt, Justify enters the 144th running of the Derby as the favorite.
Classic Empire is the 4-1 pre-race choice. Two horses, Always Dreaming and McCraken, are the co-second choices at 5-1.
Kentucky Derby starters, from the rail out
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Classic Empire has been made the early 5-1 favorite for the Kentucky Derby, with just four of the 20 horses listed at single digits.
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The trainer of Nyquist says the Kentucky Derby winner is sick and won't run in the Belmont Stakes on June 11.
The most probable result for this Saturday's Preakness is a repeat of the Derby and there will be value in playing the top two from the Kentucky Derby in Nyquist and Exaggerator.
The California-based Nyquist added a Kentucky Derby win to his already stellar resume at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Nyquist made it a perfect eight wins from eight career starts and handed his doubters a definitive statement proclaiming himself a potential superstar.
Handicappers will call Nyquist - the favorite in this Saturday's Kentucky Derby - a bad bet because he will offer little value at odds that could go as low as 2-1.
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This year's favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, Nyquist, has raced seven times at four different tracks from California to Kentucky to Florida and has landed in the winner's circle every time.
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Named for Detroit Red Wings forward Gustav Nyquist, the colt is owned, trained and ridden by the same team that campaigned 2012 Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another.
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