Horses Betting

Mucho Macho Man, like the rest of the field, had high hopes entering the Kentucky Derby. He managed to come through with a solid performance, finishing third at the first leg of the Triple Crown. Mucho Macho Man may not have won the race as he would have liked, but he figures to be a key figure in the quest for Animal Kingdom towards the Triple Crown.

Horse racing odds have Mucho Macho Man as one of the favorites at 5-1.

Mucho Macho Man had a great run at Belmont Park on the 17th of May, running the half-mile in 49 1/5 seconds. The track wasn’t in great condition, but the horse ran well over the four furlongs anyway.

One of the encouraging things was that the horse was pretty steady throughout his most recent run. He showed no signs of slowing down and it appears that the horse could have an even better race at the Preakness Stakes than he did at the Kentucky Derby.

Animal Kingdom was the winner of the Kentucky Derby and his biggest rival might be Mucho Macho Man due to some recent changes in the lineup at the Preakness Stakes. Nehro, the second place finisher at the Kentucky Derby, has withdrawn from the Preakness. Mucho Macho Man will likely start the Preakness Stakes as one of the favorites for the upcoming race.

Mucho Macho Man is owned by Reever Thoroughbred Racing and Dream Team Racing Stable. He is the son of Macho Uno and is ridden by Rajiv Maragh.

The Preakness Stakes will take place on the 21st of May in Pimlico.

There are a few horses that seem like favorites for the biggest horse race in the world as the Kentucky Derby is coming up.

In Kentucky Derby Odds, Uncle Mo is at 4-1 to win the Run for the Roses. Dialed In, at 3-1 is the only horse ahead of Uncle Mo in Kentucky Derby Betting.

Through his excellent racing in a number of G1 races, Uncle Mo earned his role as a favorite for the race. In October the horse started out his success in G1 races when he won at Champagne. In November, he continued with a winner at the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. At the Timey Writer S. in March, his win continued to help his stock.

His last race raised some questions unfortunately. Uncle Mo was only able to finish in the 3rd place spot at the Wood Memorial, a G1 race. For the Kentucky Derby, some people felt like this showed that Uncle Mo wasn’t as much of a favorite as he was assumed to be.

Mike Repole of Repole Stable is the owner of Uncle Mo. For the horse, Repole has Todd A. Pletcher as the trainer. It looks like the Puerto Rican Jockey John Velazquez will ride the horse in the Derby as he has raced the horse for a while.

At Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the Triple Crown, is scheduled to take place on the 7th of May, this Saturday. This Saturday Uncle Mo hopes to show up and put out a good performance. Uncle Mo may be a good candidate for a run at the Triple Crown if he is able to win the first leg of the Derby.

Premier Pegasus was seen as one of the best up and coming horses in the world coming into this year. While he is still a horse with a lot of potential, it looks the hopes of his trainer, owner and fans to win the Kentucky Derby will be disappointed.

Premier Pegasus is at 6-1 in Kentucky Derby Odds.

The Kentucky Derby field is thinning out slowly as there are several horses that are affected by injuries. Premier Pegasus is one of the horses that was affected by injury and it looks like the horse will now undergo surgery to try to try correct the injuries that the horse has sustained.

The horse was an early favorite to win the events prior to the Kentucky Derby and many people thought that the horse would come through as the favorite in the Derby. Much of the hype around Premier Pegasus is because of his fantastic win at San Felipe.

The horse was dominant at the San Felipe Stakes and won the race by 7.75 lengths over Jaycito, the second place finisher. The event was a $250,000 event and it was actually the largest margin that any horse had won the race by in 74 years. With that impressive victory the horse had high expectations for the Kentucky Derby.

While expectations were high, the sustained injury left Myung Cho, his trainer, with no choice but to send the horse to surgery. Cho is also the trainer and many people hope that the horse will return to full health and have a career ahead of him with Cho’s training.

Bob Baffert will have a chance to put out a solid horse for the Kentucky Derby in 2011 and in the horse racing world he is known as one of the best trainers. Even though Jaycito will have to overcome injuries if he is going to compete with the other horses in the race, he is seen as one of the top horses in the field.

In horse racing betting, Jaycito is among the favorites at 12-1 odds.

To overcome a bruise on his hoof, Jaycito has been struggling. The bruise may continue to plague the horse as it has already kept him out of the Santa Anita Derby.

The good news is that the horse is one of the favorites to win when he is healthy while the injury is bad news. After the original favorite was scratched from the line with an injury, the horse was chosen as the replacement favorite for the Santa Anita Derby.

Baffert claims that the injury is healing as the horse has had the issues with the bruise since late March. The horse will only need a few more days off before returning to full speed what Baffert feels. Jaycito came in second a month ago in San Felipe as he has won a race at Norfolk. The horse is certainly capable of taking the cake when he is healthy.

As there will be a race in Keeneland on the 23rd of April, the horse does have one more chance to warm up for the Kentucky Derby. Ahmed Zayat is the owner of Jaycito. Zayat decided to change Jaycito’s trainer to Baffert from Mike Mitchell.

Reigning World Hurdle champion Big Buck recorded an exceptional fourth win in the event subsequent to an easy victory at Aintree. Big Buck is now even-money (from 6/4) with totesport.

Big Buck strolled through lengthened three miles of the BGC Partners Liverpool Hurdle and he was in a dissimilar league to his opponents. To secure a five length victory, he pulled clear of his nearest competitor Grands Crus. He jumped the final hurdle as if the first.

Totesport spokesman Andrew Griffiths said that with the exception of the accidents, Big Buck has produced another display that will survive long in the memory. He added that for an unheard-of fourth World Hurdle crown, it is hard to see anything stopping him in his mission.

The 4-6 favorite walked over all over Grands Crus; therefore, he did not even come off the bridle. Slightly heavy weather of the Matalan Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle was made by the Triumph Hurdle winner Zarkandar (4-6 favorite) as Kumbeshwar pressed him all the way to the line.

In the Liverpool event, Big Buck effortlessly held off his chief adversary Grands Crus and he gave a magnificent performance. Big Buck has added his 12th triumph of his career, after claiming this race. Since he won this event for the third successive time, the colt has officially established himself as the champion of the Liverpool Hurdle.

The renowned jockey Ruby Walsh rode the winning race horse. After the event ended in his interest, he was very ecstatic. On the other hand, David Pipe was astonished by the performance of Big Buck and Grands Crus. The latter colt is trained by Crus.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association released its latest three-year-old poll Monday, with Uncle Mo extending his lead while The Factor jumped five spots.

Uncle Mo is the early Kentucky Derby favorite in Horse Racing Odds, at +350.

The Kentucky Derby, the first of Horse Racing’s Triple Crown, takes place May 7 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky (5:30 pm ET, NBC).

Uncle Mo, which won the Eclipse Award is owned by Mike Repole. The colt gained a top vote and added 17 points in the latest NTRA balloting. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the 2010 champion two-year-old received 19 first-place votes and 205 total points.

Uncle Mo will likely make its next start in the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 9.

Fountain of Youth Stakes winner Soldat continues in the second spot with one top vote and 160 points.

The Factor moved up five places to third after its big win in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Trained by Bob Baffert, The Factor picked up the remaining first-place vote and 133 points.

The Factor is at +500 to win the Kentucky Derby in Horse Racing Odds.

San Felipe Stakes champ Premier Pegasus climbed one spot to fourth, garnering 116 points.

Completing the three-year-old poll are Dialed In (113), Stay Thirsty (101), Mucho Macho Man (94), To Honor and Serve (39), Flashpoint (38) and Jaycito (24).

With impressive business numbers, the Hong Kong Jockey Club kicked off its 2011-racing season, an indication horse racing and betting remains a major attraction.

At Sha Tin Racecourse, the largest Chinese New Year meet crowd in nine years, the HKJC reported more than 96,000 people attended the first meet. From 2010, Pari-mutuel handle increased 8.6%, with HK$1,261 million ($154 million in U.S. dollars) wagered on an 11-race card. On the most popular day on the Hong Kong racing calendar, betting turnover for the 11 races soared to the equivalent of £98.7 million, which was the healthiest handle since 2001.

The $557,800 Chairman’s Sprint Prize, in which Dim Sum edged reigning Horse of the Year and heavy favorite Sacred Kingdom by a nose. More than 96,000 people gathered at Sha Tin Race course for Chinese New Year card and they were treated to a thrilling finish in the day’s feature.

Dim Sum, a seven-year-old Kyllachy gelding won the 1,200-meter (5.97-furlong) race two years ago at 50-to-1 odds while Sacred Kingdom finished third. In the Kent & Curwen Centenary Sprint Cup on January 16 in his previous start, he finished a promising second, three-quarters of a length behind Sacred Kingdom, although his only other win since then was the Sha Tin Vase last May at Sha Tin.

In this year’s Chairman’s Sprint Prize, Trainer John Moore said he was not entirely caught off guard by Dim Sum’s win. In the race, Sacred Kingdom was seeking to equal the Hong Kong record of 18 wins by Silent Witness and 1970s runner Super Win. At odds of 50-1 in what seemed a one-off success, two years ago Dim Sum (formerly Algol when trained by Howard Johnson) won this race.

As Sacred Kingdom was reserved at the back of the field early, Dim Sum raced in second behind a swift pace set by Ultra Fantasy. After turning into the straight, Dim Sum seized command soon and had enough energy in reserve; hold back Sacred Kingdom for the victory. In 1:08.74 on firm turf, Dim Sum covered 1,200 meters under Olivier Doleuze. In Hong Kong, the Chairman’s Sprint Prize is considered a Group 1 race.

Climbing 15.5% for last Saturday’s card, the overall handle for the Breeders’ Cup held at Churchill Downs increased to set a new record.

Fan-favorite and horse racing betting favorite as well, Zenyatta’s attempt to win her 20th race in the Classic helped the success of this year’s Breeder’s Cup. Other factors also helped increase the handle, such as an increase in race field size and a lower minimum for many exotic bets even though beyond Zenyatta’s fan base increasing television ratings. Last year, the all-sources handle on the 14 races was over $157 million, up from just over $136 million.

As did betting numbers on Zenyetta to win, betting on the Classic itself, set a record. As bettors could place a wider variety of bets, handle in exotic pools were increased due to the larger field sizes and bet minimums set to fifty cents.

Compared to previous years, attendance was also very strong for Saturday’s card, with over 70,000 at Churchill Downs and for Friday’s card almost 42,000 at the track. Enjoying two races Friday and the Classic Saturday under Churchill Downs’ track lights were the attendees, who enjoyed prime-time racing.

A successful Breeder’s Cup was contributed by innovative new betting offerings, increased field size, and the presence of a track favorite, of which many features will be utilized at the 2011 Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs.

The retirement of 2010, Kentucky Derby Winner Super Saver was announced by WinStar Farm.

There was a fear that Super Saver would not recover his racing form after such an injury, making retirement the preferable option, although the three-year-old colt had an injury to his cannon bones that he could have recovered.

While a stud fee has yet to be named for him, he will be put out to stud.

Super Saver managed to take home $1,889,766 in his racing career. Including the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby, he also won two races and finished second in two others. In addition, in the Odysseus’s Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby, he had a third place finish.

In the wake of the departure of Bill Casner and Ken Troutt, Super Saver’s campaigners, from the WinStar partnership comes Super Saver’s retirement. For WinStar Farm, Super Saver represented a major breakthrough, giving them their first Kentucky Derby winner.

While the winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, the farm had previously bred Funny Cide, their sale of him as a yearling prevented them from reaping any reward from it. Super Saver was one of four WinStar horses, the year he won the Derby by 2 ½ lengths. Cementing WinStar’s position was another WinStar horse, Drosselmeyer, won the Belmont Stakes.

Yet another blow was suffered at the Breeder’s Cup Sprint, as Discreetly Mine will miss the race because of an injury to his left stifle. Horse racing bets will be affected because of Discreetly Mine’s absence.

Majesticperfection, division leader was the first major defection from the race when retired because of injury late this summer.

To diagnose the exact nature of Discreetly Mine’s problem, trainer Todd Pletcher said it took several days but received the bad news from Dr. Larry Bramlage on Wednesday.

Pletcher said, “It’s nothing too serious, but he’ll have to be given 60 days off, which naturally eliminates the Sprint from consideration. If all goes well we hope to have him back in training again this winter at Palm Meadows. This is terribly disappointing to us because obviously this horse found his niche sprinting during the second half of the season.”

At distances ranging from six to seven furlongs including the Grade 1 King’s Bishop and Grade 2 Amsterdam, Discreetly Mine won his last three starts this summer at Saratoga.

Girolamo and Riley Tucker are the two horses who do appear headed for the Sprint after finishing first and second respectively on Saturday in Belmont’s Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational.

Friday’s Grade 3 Phoenix at Keeneland featuring Warrior’s Reward and Saturday’s Grade 1 Ancient Title at Hollywood Park are the final two major Sprint preps are on tap this week.