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Jude T. Feld This has been a crazy Derby season so the wagering figures to be out of line as well. Here is my betting line for the race. Look for the overlays. No sense in taking a short price on a so-so horse when you can get a big number on other contenders. Best […]

Updated May 3, 2011 By Jude T. Feld Who will win that big pot of gold at the end of the Churchill Downs rainbow?DARREN ROGERS PHOTO With less than a week to go until the first Saturday in May, it is time to focus on who can win the Kentucky Derby (G1) and not worry […]

By Jude T. Feld The Kentucky Derby (G1) picture may be scrambled, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a golden egg or two the day before Easter. Reader’s emails came flooding in after both Brilliant Speed and Archarcharch came home winners as overlays on our graded handicap lists last week. Everybody wanted more of […]

By Jude T. Feld Updated April 20, 2011 When favored Santiva finished ninth and 19-1 shot Brilliant Speed won the Toyota Blue Grass (G1), you had the feeling that it would be more of the same at Oaklawn Park. A little more than an hour later, highly regarded The Factor folded like a lawn chair […]

To view our Kentucky Derby Watch List – Volume 7 click here. By Jude T. Feld Several racehorsereport.com fans have requested an old-fashioned “graded handicap” with a morning line for these last few Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races. The line is my own opinion for wagering purposes, with no “official” standing. It is based on […]

By Jude T. Feld This is a Jackson Pollock version of the Kentucky Derby picture. Chaos. No rhyme or reason to what we have witnessed. Puzzling. Who will win at Keeneland and Oaklawn and who will get in? Muddled. Like mint leaves in a julep cup. Premier Pegasus and Jaycito exit stage left. Uncle Mo […]

By Jude T. Feld Moses says, “Uncle Mo is still without a doubt, number one.” There is nary a place to rest on the trail to the Triple Crown. It is all out all the time from February to the first Saturday in May and then two weeks to the Preakness and three to the […]

By Jude T. Feld Upsets were the order of the day this weekend in both the NCAA basketball tournament and horseracing as every 1 or 2 seed tanked in the games to the Final Four and every favorite in the Kentucky Derby prep races went down to defeat. Animal Kingdom and Pants on Fire were […]

By Jude T. Feld Claiborne Farm sire War Front has two top Kentucky Derby (G1) contenders – Soldat and The Factor – a major accomplishment for the young stud.CLAIBORNE FARM PHOTO “Clarity of thought” is often talked about but seldom found. It came to me at 2:29 a.m. on Monday morning. Baffert’s stumbling, bumbling interview […]

By Jude T. Feld Premier Pegasus catapulted into the Derby mix with his impressive San Felipe (G2) victory at Santa AnitaBENOIT PHOTO Lots has happened to alter the Kentucky Derby picture in the last fortnight. It has been another form of “March Madness” as some fancied horses have gotten creamed and some new shooters have […]