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As for a potential Triple Crown winner this year, oddsmakers feel there’s little hope. Online sportsbook Bovada sets the prop bet at 11\/2, or implied odds of 15 percent. A $100 bet and a horse going on to become just the 13th Triple Crown winner would net $550.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Betting against a 2018 Triple Crown is a gamble with little reward. The 1\/10 odds net just $10 for every $100 wagered.<\/p>\n
Justify is the favorite should any horse win the Triple Crown at 17\/2. Mendelssohn and Good Magic are next at 22\/1.<\/p>\n
Prop Bets<\/b><\/h2>\n
In addition to the standard parimutuel wagering options, bettors can take various propositions on the 2018 Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n
Bovada poses a line asking whether Secretariat’s record time of 1:59:40 will be broken (Yes 11\/1, No 1\/50). The odds imply there’s little to no chance a horse will cruise past the event’s all-time mark.<\/p>\n
Gamblers can also take bets on the winning time, with 5\/6 odds on both over and under 2:02:65. Bovada does feel there’s a decent chance the Kentucky Derby winner will go on to win the Preakness, with those odds at 6\/4, or 40 percent.<\/p>\n
Horse Betting Explained<\/b><\/h2>\n
The three most common wagers in horse racing are to win, place, and show.<\/p>\n
Win: choose only one horse to win the race<\/strong><\/p>\nPlace: choose only one horse to win or place second<\/strong><\/p>\nShow: choose only one horse to win, finish second, or third<\/strong><\/p>\nMore complicated bets include exactas and trifectas. In an exacta, gamblers must choose the winning and second-place horse in correct order. In a trifecta, the first three horses must be chosen in correct order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kentucky Derby odds favor Justify and Mendelssohn at Churchill Downs this Saturday in Louisville. Justify, a three-year-old colt who was sold to a Chinese horseracing club in 2016 for $500,000, is the favorite as of Thursday at 3\/1. Trained by Bob Baffert, whose horses have won four Kentucky Derbies, six Preakness Stakes, and two Belmont […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":76914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Kentucky Derby Odds Favor Justify, Triple Crown Winner Unlikely<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n