Where Can I Bet This Years Kentucky Derby?
Horse racing is the ‘Sport of Kings’ but most betting enthusiasts bet the races at horse betting sites. You can also bet on the races at the actual track, off-track venue or online racebook.
When the biggest horse betting event rolls around, some of the best value can be found at your favorite online sportsbook. This year’s Kentucky Derby is set for a 7:05 p.m. (ET) start at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Sept. 5.
Where Can I Bet This Year’s Kentucky Derby at Your Favorite Online Sportsbook?
All the top-rated online books such as Bet Online also offer a racebook for horse betting. However, betting the Kentucky Derby offers the best of both worlds. You can bet this race through the racebook using variable track odds. You can also bet this race through the online sportsbook using fixed odds.
Following Tuesday’s draw for the starting gate positions, the morning line odds were released. As expected, Tiz the Law is a heavy 3/5 favorite. The betting odds at the track will fluctuate right up until the start of the race based on constant money coming in.
Right now, 3/5 odds on the favorite would equate to -140 odds at an online book. BetOnline is already offering better value on Tiz the Law at -125. Betting the race now through the sportsbook locks this number in.
The second-favorite on the morning line odds is Honor A. P. at 5/1 or +500. His fixed odds to win at SportsBetting.ag are +600 as another value play. Those odds could go down to 9/2 or 4/1 at the track come race day.
Moving to the third-favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, Authentic has been opened at 8/1 on the morning line. This is another value play through the sportsbook futures odds at +900. Once again, you have to keep in mind that these odds are fixed. The actual track odds are not.
The best reason to bet the Kentucky Derby at your favorite online sportsbooks is the variety of options including:
- Future Odds to Win
- Odds for Head-to-Head Matchups
- Prop Bet Options
Head-to-head matchup odds are unique to sportsbooks. The horse you bet does not have to win the race or even finish in the Top 3. They simply have to finish in a better position than the horse they are pitted against.
This is especially helpful in a race with such a prohibitive favorite. Pitting the second-favorite against the third-favorite, you can get Honor A. P. at -160 odds to finish better in the final running order than Authentic at +130.
In a battle of entries trained by Bob Baffert, Authentic is the -205 favorite at BetOnline against Thousand Words as a +165 underdog.
The other big betting category for the Kentucky Derby is race props. This list is extensive by covering a number of different aspects. A few of the biggest betting props cover winning time, margin of victory, winning saddle cloth number (odd or even).
So if you are planning to bet on Saturday’s ‘Run for The Roses’, be sure to check out all your betting options at your favorite online sportsbook.
