It is the most exciting two minutes in sports, and this Saturday, the Kentucky Derby will be run for the 148th time, kicking off horse racing’s Triple Crown.
So put on your fancy hat, pour yourself a mint julep, and join the 160,000 fans in attendance with the singing of “My Old Kentucky Home.” Then cheer like mad for the Kentucky Derby horse where you put your money.
2022 Kentucky Derby Betting Odds
- Mo Donegal (10-1)
- Happy Jack (30-1)
- Epicenter (7-2)
- Summer is Tomorrow (30-1)
- Smile Happy (20-1)
- Messier (8-1)
- Crown Pride (20-1)
- Charge It (20-1)
- Tiz the Bomb (30-1)
- Zandon (3-1)
- Pioneer of Medina (30-1)
- Taiba (12-1)
- Simplification (20-1)
- Barber Road (30-1)
- White Abarrio (10-1)
- Cyberknife (20-1)
- Classic Causeway (30-1)
- Tawny Port (30-1)
- Zozos (20-1)
- Ethereal Road (30-1)
Zandon is the pre-race Kentucky Derby favorite, breaking from the 10th post at 3-1 odds. Zandon is a closer who is coming off a win at the Blue Grass Stakes.
Something to note on Zandon is that he will spend the least amount of time in the starting gates since the horses are loaded 1 and 11, 2 and 12, and so on. The final two horses to be loaded in are 10 and 20.
Epicenter, at 7-2, is next among the favorites and might have even taken the top spot had he been given a more favorable post. He’s won four of his last five races, including the Louisiana Derby in March.
The only other horse with single-digit odds is the Canadian-bred Messier. In February, he won the Robert B. Lewis stakes at Santa Anita and followed that up with a Grade I second-place finish at Santa Anita in April.
Following those three horses, there are a pair of contenders at 10-1, Mo Donegal and White Abarrio. A winner of four of his last five starts, White Abarrio won the Florida Derby, the Hot Bull Stakes, and was third in last year’s Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs.
It’s also worth noting that White Abbario is in the 15th starting post, which is the same spot Authentic won from in 2020 – one of three Derby winners in the last ten years to race from 15th.
Longer Shots to Consider
It’s a wide-open field, which makes this a perfect race to bet on horses with longer odds.
Like Cyberknife, at 20-1. He dominated in a win at the Arkansas Derby and has been coming into his own these last few months.
Barber Road, paying 30-1, has finished in the money at three graded stakes races this year and appears to be on the verge of finally getting to the wire first.
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