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Saturday may not be the Super Bowl, but for the average player, it is terribly close.
The first Saturday in May has arrived, which means that Kentucky Derby is there, and 20 horses will start their quest to descend in history as champions of the Triple Crown.
“Overall for horse players, there are a lot of big days. But for quite simply, it’s the biggest day. It is more media traction, more media threshing than any other race,” Draftkings Oddsmaker Johnny told PK Press Club Digital, in a recent interview.
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Mage, jockeyd by Javier Castellano, wins the 149th Kentucky Derby in Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 2023. (Photo / jeff dresserson, file)
It is undoubtedly the most popular horse race for the general public, and everyone wants a piece of action.
This means that many irregular bettors will try to catch “lightning in a bottle”, as Avello said.
“This is not one of those races where the favorites will take the most money. People will look for horses with better value,” said Avello.
A general view of Churchill Downs before 149th of the Kentucky Derby race on May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves / Getty Images)
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“What they will bet in this derby, they bet the exact, trifectas and superfectas. There have been superfectas that paid six digits. Even if you are a victory, a place and show, you generally get a fairly good jolt for your bet. The customer bets a lot of different things.”
It is difficult to earn a lot of money on a small bet on a favorite, so creative bets.
“No one is going to become rich in the derby, unless you hit a crazy superfecta. But you are still looking for a certain race. You want to really excite yourself when you win and try to hit a lightning in a bottle,” added Avello.
Draftings are also presented at the party, because new users can use their first $ 5 bet on the winner, and if their selection wins, they will divide a $ 1 million pot among others with the same bet.
Roses in the circle of the winner with the twin turns in the background during the 147th race of the Kentucky Derby on May 1, 2021, in Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Brian Spurlock / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Journalism is the current favorite at 3-1 (betting one dollar, gaining three back), followed by sovereignty at 9-2 and Sandman at 5-1.
Bet the odds via kentuckyderby.com (19:02)
No. 1: Citizen Bull (Martin Garcia) 13-1
No. 2: Neoequos (Flavien Prat) 47-1
No. 3: Final Gambit (Luan Machado) 15-1
N ° 4: Rodriguez – Rayé
No. 5: Promised American (Nik Juarez) 12-1
No. 6: Admire Daytona (Christophe Lemaire) 41-1
No. 7: Luxor Cafe (Joao Moreira) 11-1
N ° 8: Journalism (Umberto Rispoli) 7-2
N ° 9: Burnham Square (Brian Hernandez Jr.) 16-1
No. 10: Large – Striped
No. 11: Flying Mohawk (Joe Ramos) 31-1
No. 12: East avenue (Manny Franco) 37-1
No. 13: publisher (Irad Ortiz Jr.) 29-1
No. 14: Tiztastic (Joel Rosario) 18-1
No. 15: Render the judgment (Julien Leparoux) 14-1
N ° 16: Battle of coal (Juan Vargas) 25-1
No. 17: Sandman (Jose Ortiz) 9-2
N ° 18: Sovereign (Junior Alvarado) 9-1
No. 19: Chunk of Gold (Jareth Loveberry) 28-1
No. 20: Owen Almighty (Javier Castellano) 39-1
No. 21: Baeza (Flavien Prat) 18-1
How to look?
- Where: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky
- When: May 3, 2024
- Time of the planned post: 7:02 p.m.
- TV: NBC
- Purse: $ 5 million
