Horses Betting

On March 13, Lookin At Lucky made his debut race in the three-year-old division at the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes.  The two-year-old champion colt was also racing on dirt for the first time.  It wouldn’t end up being a problem for him, as he overcame being checked down the backside to win by a head over Noble’s Promise.

Lookin At Lucky settled in near the back early in the Rebel after breaking from post 2. He moved out down the backside and heading into the final turn was forced to check after bumping with Noble’s Promise. Lookin At Lucky was undeterred, however, and began to pass horses.  In the end, it was Lookin At Lucky with his sixth win in seven races.

The race marked the third consecutive time Noble’s Promise would finish immediately behind Lookin at Lucky.  He finished third to Lookin At Lucky’s second at the Grade 1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile and second to Lookin At Lucky’s first at both the Grade 1 CachCall Futurity Stakes and Grade 2 Rebel Stakes.

The following is the order of finishers of the seven horses (and jockeys) who participated in the race: Lookin At Lucky (Garrett Gomez), Noble’s Promise (Robby Albarado), Dublin (Corey Nakatani), Uh Oh Bango (Glenn Corbett), Cardiff Giant (Christian Santiago-reyes), Pleasant Storm (Jon Kenton Court), and Royal Express (Perry Compton).

The Rebel is held annually in March at Oaklawn Park racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is open to three-year-olds and is raced on a dirt track that is 1 1/16 miles.  The purse is $300,000.  It is the second leg of the Oaklawn three-year-old stakes program, with the first being the Southwest Stakes and the third being the Arkansas Derby.

After a pair of big prep races on the weekend, including the Arkansas Derby the field for the 136th Kentucky Derby is starting get a little clearer.

Two horses of trainer John Sadler will now have in the May 1 Kentucky Derby after his Line of David, at odds of 17-1, won the Arkansas on Saturday. Sidney’s Candy at Churchill Downs will also be with Sadler.

Line of David had won his last two on grass, and had never tried dirt before Saturday.

At Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby was held.  The final Grade 1 race before the Kentucky Derby is this along with the Blue Grass Stakes (also held on Saturday).  The Derby was highly competitive, as many online betting horses tie their chances to start in the Kentucky Derby with the outcome of this race.

Whether a horse would emerge, who will be placed on the same level as Eskendereya, Lookin At Lucky and Sidney’s Candy (the three favorites for the Kentucky Derby) was the biggest question going into the race.  The odds-on favorites are Super Saver, Noble’s Promise, and Dublin.  All three have a good chance to start in next month’s Kentucky Derby.

The second and third place finishers at the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes behind Lookin At Lucky were Noble’s Promise and Dublin.  The favorite for the Arkansas Derby is Noble’s Promise with three victories in his last six starts.  This will be the first time in four races that he won’t be racing against Lookin At Lucky.

A different jockey was being raced by Dublin for the fifth consecutive time.  The next two horse betting races were finished by Dublin in 5th and 7th after winning his first graded stakes race (the Grade 1 Hopeful).  His last two have been more successful, with 2nd and 3rd place finishes at the Southwest (G3) and Rebel (G2).

The complete field for the Arkansas Derby, in post-position order was the following: Noble’s Promise, Robby Albarado, 2-1; Uh Oh Bango, Shaun Bridgmohan, 15-1; Super Saver, Calvin Borel, 9-5; Dublin, Terry Thompson, 7-2; Berberis, Aaron Gryder, 30-1; Northern Giant, Victor Espinoza, 8-1; New Madrid, Abel Castellano, Jr., 20-1; Line of David, Jon Court, 15-1 and Pulsion, Corey Nakatani, 15-1.