Kentucky Derby 2025

Saturday, May 03, 2025 | 06:00 EDT

HORSE	ODDS
Citizen Bull	+1200
Rated By Merit	+1800
East Avenue	+2000
Gaming	+2000
Barnes	+2200
Chancer McPatrick	+2500
Getaway Car	+2500
Bullard	+2500
First Resort	+2500
Sovereignty	+2800
Jonathan's Way	+3300
Ferocious	+3300
Owen Almighty	+3300
Hill Road	+3300
Iron Man Cal	+3300
Patch Adams	+4000
Authentic Strike	+4000
Showcase	+4000
Uncaged	+4000
Incentive Pay	+4000
Madaket Road	+4000
Uncle Jim	+4000
Sacrosanct	+4000
Sandman	+5000
Ecoro Azel	+5000
Tip Top Thomas	+5000
McKinzie Street	+5000
Journalism	+5000
Mentee	+5000
Governor Sam	+5000
Kalea Bay	+6600
Built	+8000
Tiztastic	+10000
Tenacious Leader	+10000
Vekoma Rides	+10000
Shin Believe	+10000
Dapper Moon	+15000
Filoso	+15000

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RACE REPLAY: 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic

November 2, 2024

Watch Sierra Leone overtake the field down the stretch to win the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Del Mar Racetrack on Saturday afternoon. Derma Sotogake led the race early but favorite Fierceness took the lead heading into the final turn. But Sierra Leone left the field in the dust and won by 1 1/2 lengths. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE RESULT: 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic

Finish	Horse	Rating	Trainer	Jockey	Odds
1	Sierra Leone	7.88	Chad C. Brown	Flavien Prat	12-1
2	Fierceness	7.86	Todd A. Pletcher	John R. Velazquez	3-1
3	Forever Young	7.74	Yoshito Yahagi	Ryusei Sakai	6-1
4	Newgate	7.14	Bob Baffert	Frankie Dettori	20-1
5	Senor Buscador	7.53	Todd W. Fincher	Joel Rosario	30-1
6	Tapit Trice	7.64	Todd A. Pletcher	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	30-1
7	Pyrenees	7.63	Cherie DeVaux	Brian J. Hernandez, Jr.	30-1
8	City Of Troy	7.79	Aidan O'Brien	Ryan Moore	5-2
9	Highland Falls	7.78	Brad H. Cox	Luis Saez	20-1
10	Ushba Tesoro	7.62	Noboru Takagi	Yuga Kawada	12-1
11	Mixto	7.35	Doug F. O'Neill	Kyle Frey	30-1
12	Arthur's Ride	7.45	William I. Mott	Junior Alvarado	15-1
13	Derma Sotogake	7.09	Hidetaka Otonashi	Christophe Patrice Lemaire	20-1
14	Next	7.02	William D Cowans	Luan Machado	8-1

RACE REPLAY: 2024 Belmont Stakes

June 8, 2024

Watch Dornoch hold off a late charge from favorites Mindframe and Sierra Leone to win the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Springs on Saturday night. With Dornoch's win, each Triple Crown race had a different winner in this year. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE RESULT: 2024 Belmont Stakes

Finish	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Margin (Lengths)	Winnings
1	Dornoch	Luis Saez	Danny Gargan		$1,200,000
2	Mindframe	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Todd A. Pletcher	½	$360,000
3	Sierra Leone	Flavien Prat	Chad C. Brown	1+½	$200,000
4	Honor Marie	Florent Geroux	D. Whitworth Beckman	5+½	$100,000
5	Antiquarian	John R. Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	7+½	$60,000
6	Protective	Tyler Gaffalione	Todd A. Pletcher	9+¾	$40,000
7	Seize the Grey	Jamie Torres	D. Wayne Lukas	12+¾	$20,000
8	Mystik Dan	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Kenneth G. McPeek	15+¾	$20,000
9	The Wine Steward	Manuel Franco	Michael J. Maker	21+¾
10	Resilience	Junior Alvarado	William I. Mott	33+¼

RACE REPLAY: 2024 Preakness Stakes

May 18, 2024

Watch Seize the Grey pull away in the final strides to win the 2024 Preakness Stake at Pimlico on Saturday. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan came in second, 2¼-lengths behind. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE RESULT: 2024 Preakness Stakes

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	MARGIN	WINNINGS
1	Seize the Grey	Jaime Torres	D. Wayne Lukas		$1,200,000
2	Mystik Dan	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Kenneth G. McPeek	2+¼	$400,000
3	Catching Freedom	Flavien Prat	Brad H. Cox	2+¼	$220,000
4	Tuscan Gold	Tyler Gaffalione	Chad C. Brown	8+¼	$120,000
5	Just Steel	Joel Rosario	D. Wayne Lukas	10+½	$60,000
6	Uncle Heavy	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Robert E. Reid Jr.	13
7	Imagination	Frankie Dettori	Bob Baffert	15+½
8	Mugatu	Joe Bravo	Jeff Engler	40+½
SCR	Muth	Juan J. Hernandez	Bob Baffert

RACE REPLAY: 2024 Kentucky Derby

May 4, 2024

Watch Mystik Dan, ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr, win the 150th Kentucky Derby in an thrilling photo finish at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, on Saturday, May 4 2024. Sierra Leone, ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, finished second while Forever Young, ridden by Ryusei Sakai, came in third. Credits to the video owner.

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RACE RESULT: 2024 Kentucky Derby

#	HORSE	TIME	PURSE
1	Mystik Dan	2:03.34	$3.1 million
2	Sierra Leone	Nose	$1 million
3	Forever Young	Nose	$500,000
4	Catching Freedom	1 3/4 length behind	$250,000
5	T O Password	6 1/2	$150,000
6	Resilience	7 3/4
7	Stronghold	12 3/4
8	Honor Marie	13 1/2
9	Endlessly	13 3/4
10	Dornoch	18
11	Track Phantom	18 1/2
12	West Saratoga	22 1/2
13	Domestic Product	22 1/2
14	Epic Ride	23 1/2
15	Fierceness	24 1/4
16	Society Man	31 1/4
17	Just Steel	33 1/2
18	Grand Mo The First	36 3/4
19	Catalytic	40 1/2
20	Just A Touch	53 3/4

OTB Off Track Betting

Off Track Betting or OTB means sanctioned wagering on horse, harness or greyhound racing outside of a race track.

Horse racing is the second most widely attended U.S. spectator sport, after baseball. In 1989, 56,194,565 people attended 8,004 days of racing, wagering $9.14 billion. Horse racing is also a major professional sport in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America.

By far the most popular form of the sport is the racing of mounted thoroughbred horses over flat courses at distances from three-quarters of a mile to two miles. Other major forms of horse racing are harness racing, steeplechase racing, and quarter horse racing.

OTB is growing in popularity throughout the United States. OTB facilities offer an alternative to wagering at racetracks. And like betting done at tracks, states receive a portion of the pari-mutuel handle, or take.

The advent of the internet has given a whole new meaning to OTB. Many observers say that Off Track Betting is fast becoming Online Track Betting. Online race books bring betting on your favorite thoroughbred, harness, greyhound racing and jai alai events in the comforts of home.

Horse racing continues to be one of the popular spectator sports in America.

But in its early beginnings, horse racing was a sport that was enjoyed and wagered on mostly by the upper class.

After the Civil War, horse racing tracks opened throughout the east coast paving the way for bettors from all economic sectors to enjoy the thrill of the past paced action.

In the Early days of horse racing, many enterprising bookmakers started 'auction pools' which involved auctioning off bets for each horse in a race.

But this format was short lived because bettors were out of luck if the horse that they wanted to wager on was already taken.

The bookies, known for being innovative, soon realized that setting odds on individual horses would increase betting handle and, in turn, the bookie's hold.

When there was overwhelming money on one horse, the bookmaker would simply lower the odds to increase the attractiveness of other horses in the race. This format is still in use today.

By the 1920s there were more than 300 racetracks in the US in addition to thousands of 'pool halls,' or off-track betting facilities, which were connected to the tracks by telegraph wires.

Here locals could place their bets on horses at a multitude of racing venues around the country.

Illinois was the first state to permit race tracks to own and operate OTB facilities. Balmoral opened Illinois' first OTB parlor, located at Peoria, on September 8, 1987.

Place a bet on your favorite horse now.

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OTB Wagers

OTB wagers are categorized as Basic and Exotic.

Basic OTB Wagers

All variations of the Basic OTB wager stem from the premise that you will receive payouts based on the first, second, third and fourth place finishers.

• Win
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first (to win).

• Place
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first or second (to place)

• Show
  You win by selecting the horse that finishes first, second or third (to show)

• Across the Board
  You are wagering on a horse to Win, Place and Show. You receive one ticket for all three wagers. If your horse wins, you receive Win, Place and Show payouts; if your horse finishes second, you receive Place and Show payouts; and if your horse finishes third, you receive the Show payout. This type of bet might also include any two or three horse combinations of win, place and show bets such as win/show, win/place or place/show.

Exotic OTB Wagers

• Quinella
  You win by selecting the first two finishers, in any order, in a designated race.

• Exacta
  You win by selecting the first two finishers, in exact order, in a designated race.

• Trifecta
  You win by selecting the first three horses in the exact order of finish, in a designated race.

• Superfecta
  You win by selecting the first four horses in the exact order of finish, in a designated race.

• Daily Double
  To win, you must select the winners of two designated, consecutive races by placing the wager before the first of the two races.

• Pick-3 or Pick-4
  To win you must select the correct first place finisher in each of the races that make up the Pick-3 or Pick-4 ticket.

• Pick-Six
  To win you must select the correct first place finisher in each of the races that make up the Pick-Six ticket.

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