![]() ![]() He has been the post-time favorite in all five starts, won’t be in the Derby but isn’t without chances.Ĩ. Mandaloun, 15-1 (Florent Geroux, Brad Cox) Into Mischief colt won the Grade II Risen Star at Fair Grounds, then finished sixth, beaten more than 11 lengths, in the Louisiana Derby - a performance that still puzzles the trainer. Pedroza gets his first Derby ride aboard the Orb colt.ħ. O Besos, 20-1 (Marcelino Pedroza, Greg Foley) Yet another who barely qualified for the Derby field with points from a fourth-place finish in the Grade II Risen Star and a third in the Louisiana Derby. The Buckets OTB in Chesapeake is conveniently located in the Great Bridge area, in the Battlefield Shopping Plaza.Ħ. The Mshawish colt is owned by WinStar Farm and China Horse Club, the combo that sent out 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify. Sainthood, 50-1 (Corey Lanerie, Todd Pletcher) Notched a second and a win in two maiden races in Florida in January and February, then earned a Derby spot by running second in the Jeff Ruby Steaks on the Turfway Park all-weather strip. ![]() On the downside, his two starts as a 3-year-old were a sixth in the Grade II Rebel at Oaklawn Park and a fifth in the Grade II Blue Grass at Keeneland.ĥ. Keepmeinmind, 50-1 (David Cohen, Robertino Diodoro) Another latecomer to the Derby field, he has the advantage of a win over the Churchill Downs track, which not all horses like, that in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes last November. Brooklyn Strong, 50-1 (Umberto Rispoli, Danny Velazquez) Won the Grade II Remsen at Aqueduct, then finished fifth in the Grade II Wood Memorial and was one of the last to qualify for the Kentucky Derby after a raft of late defections.Ĥ. Ward has had a hot hand early in the season but this is his first Kentucky Derby starter.ģ. Two of his three wins have come on the Turfway all-weather course, the other on the grass at Belterra Park. Like the King, 50-1 (Drayden Van Dyke, Wesley Ward) Palace Malice colt earned his ticket with a victory in the Grade III Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park - a race accorded 100 qualifying points after Churchill Downs acquired the facility. Known Agenda is the 6-1 third early favorite in the morning line.Ģ. ![]() The Curlin colt, with British blood on the bottom of his pedigree, stepped up at Gulfstream Park after earlier disappointments, including a fifth-place finish in the Grade III Sam F. Known Agenda, 6-1 (Irad Ortiz, Todd Pletcher) The impressive winner of the Florida Derby has not raced since that March 27 victory. The field for the 147 th Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, May 1 at Churchill Downs, by post position, with morning-line odds, jockey and trainer:ġ. Betting is available at any VA-Horseplay Off Track Betting Center in Henrico (Breakers), Chesapeake (Buckets) and Collinsville (The Windmill), at any Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in Richmond, New Kent, Vinton, Hampton and Dumfries) and online via TVG.com,, and. The Kentucky Derby is coming up on Saturday May 1 from Churchill Downs and there are plenty of places in Virginia to wager the annual “Run for the Roses. ![]()
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