Azcarinals Horse Racing Betting News
I'll Have Another holds on to win Santa Anita DerbyArcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I'll Have Another held off 4-5 favorite Creative Cause to capture Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby for three- year-olds. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, the 4-1 second choice ran the 1 1/8- miles i
Gemologist shines in Wood Memorial
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gemologist, ridden by Javier Castellano, held off Withers Stakes winner Alpha to capture Saturday's $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The 6-5 favorite covered the 1 1/8-miles in 1:50.96 on a fast
Meyerhoffs go for Illinois Gold
Stickney, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course drew an overflow field of 17 three-year-olds for the 1 1/8-mile stakes. The field is limited to 14 with none of the entrants seen as the
The son following in dad's footsteps
Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Eight years ago Smarty Jones won the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park and proceeded to capture the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before finishing a heart wrenching second to Birdstone in the Belmont
Let's Be Frank: Wood Memorial is big test for Gemologist
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Union Rags, Creative Cause and Hansen were the only three single entrants lower than 10-1 in Pool 3 of the Future Wager for the Kentucky Derby. In addition, Gemologist took more action than the other 19 horse
Creative Cause tops field for Santa Anita Derby
Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - San Felipe Stakes winner Creative Cause leads a field of 10 for Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby for three-year-olds. The 1 1/8-mile race has produced 15 winners of the Kentucky Derby. Creative Cause,
Full field of 14 to start in Illinois Derby
Stickney, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 55th edition of Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby has attracted an evenly matched field of 14 three-year-olds for the 1 1/8-mile stakes at Hawthorne Race Course. A total of 17 horses were entered leaving th
Alpha and Gemologist headline Wood Memorial
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Withers Stakes winner Alpha and undefeated Gemologist lead a field of eight for Saturday's the $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The 1 1/8-mile stakes comes four weeks before the Kentucky Derby Alpha, t
Let's Be Frank: Union Rags still favored despite loss
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Was it the track bias? Was it a bad ride? Is Union Rags not as good as advertised? These are the questions that must be asked after Union Rags, the prohibitive 2-5 favorite, finished third behind Take Charge
Up the Backstretch: Derby horse helps Byrne end long stakes drought
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trainer Patrick Byrne hadn't had a stakes winner since 2005 at Arlington Park. He broke his losing streak in a big way on Saturday by taking the $1 million Florida Derby. The native of England sent out 7-1