Instagrand moves to the top of my list,\u201d <\/span><\/strong>Shutty said.<\/span> \u201cWhat a performance off the layoff participating in those brutal fractions and then hanging on for third when the race collapsed.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nEven with the third-place showing, Win Win Win saw his futures odds go from 50-1 in the morning line to 34-1.<\/p>\n
Neither Tacitus nor Haikal were listed among the entries in Churchill Downs\u2019 latest pool, and that meant they were part of the field entry, which finished with 9-2 odds after garnering the biggest share of the more than $282,000 wagered in the pool. Both horses earned 50 points for their win and likely guaranteed themselves spots in the Derby.<\/p>\n
Sportsbook.ag<\/em> lists Tacitus at 20-1 and Haikal at 25-1.<\/p>\nSomelikeithotbrown, the Jeff Ruby winner, also was not among the named entries in the Churchill Downs pool, and with only 20 points for his win, the son of Big Brown isn\u2019t as certain for the Derby yet. Sportsbooks.ag lists him at 65-1.<\/p>\n
Game Winner, Improbable Head to Arkansas, Remain Favorites<\/h2>\n
The unexpected suspension of racing at Santa Anita last week kept racing fans from seeing trainer Bob Baffert\u2019s horses compete against each other, and while they\u2019re both expected to race in Arkansas this upcoming weekend in the Rebel Stakes, it\u2019s possible they\u2019ll still avoid facing off.<\/p>\n
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After Santa Anita officials decided to postpone the race, Oaklawn representatives proposed running their stakes race in two heats, provided they could land enough horses. If 20 horses enter, the race would be divided, leaving open the possibility of Baffert\u2019s horses not facing each other until the first Saturday in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe two horses find themselves atop of Horse Racing Nation<\/em>\u2019s Kentucky Derby media poll and are also popular with bettors. Game Winner — the No. 1 horse in the media poll — started as the 5-1 morning-line favorite in the Churchill futures pool, and went up slightly to 6-1, the same odds as Improbable, who started the round at 8-1.<\/p>\nAt Sportsbook.ag<\/em>, Game Winner lists 11-4 odds, while Improbable is available at 5-1.<\/p>\nIf the Rebel ends up drawing 20 horses, the field will include several other top Derby contenders, including Extra Hope (50-1 at Sportsbook.ag<\/em>), Omaha Beach (30-1), Galilean (20-1), Gunmetal Gray (9-1), and Long Range Toddy (75-1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cancellation of the San Felipe Stakes took a lot of luster off this past weekend\u2019s Kentucky Derby prep races, and as such, there was little movement among the contenders for a spot in racing\u2019s crown event. Three prep races went off, but only one of them — the Jeff Ruby Steaks at Kentucky\u2019s Turfway […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":100243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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