The Street to the Kentucky Derby continues Saturday with the ultimate three main prep races on April 8. The largest races and the most important days on the tracks draw essentially the most betting curiosity, and Saturday’s most wager races are the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland, Grade 2 Wooden Memorial at Aqueduct and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.

• $1 million Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (Race 9 at 5:15 p.m. ET)
• $750,000 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (Race 6 at 5:43 p.m. ET)
• $750,000 Wooden Memorial (Race 11 at 6:16 p.m. ET)

The highest-5 finishers in every race obtain qualifying factors (100-40-30-20-10) in direction of the Run for the Roses and Might 6 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. All three races are contested at 1 1/8 miles, and extra betting previews and picks are added in hyperlinks.

The 86th version of Santa Anita Derby can be televised on NBC as a part of NBC Sports activities’ “Street to the Kentucky Derby” protection and reside streaming of the most important races is offered via FanDuel Racing and likewise proven on FanDuel TV.

Santa Anita Derby Preview and Picks

FanDuel Racing gives promotions, suggestions and added content material for horse racing and the most important races to assist information you to the winners circle. I additionally turned to the specialists at Horse Racing Nation (HRN) and it’s Tremendous Screener large stakes race evaluation for extra perception and full racing protection. Horse Racing Nation gives racing previews, picks and perception, and the HRN Tremendous Screener options race evaluation and wagering suggestions for key graded stakes. A bonus version with 13 stakes races over three tracks at Keeneland, Aqueduct and Santa Anita is offered for horse gamers.

Kinds of horse racing bets

Morning Line pari-mutuel odds are indicated beneath, and alter on race day as wagering takes place forward of the races.

Of the three preps being run this weekend this one boasts the sphere with the best high quality, based on Horse Racing Nation.

HRN high win contenders

• #5 Sensible Transfer (8/5)
• #3 Geaux Rocket Journey (3/1)

Added horses to fill out exotics and exacta, trifecta or superfecta spots:

• #6 Nationwide Treasure (3/1)
• #7 Skinner (4/1)
• #1 I Don’t Get It (20/1) high longshot

Sensible Transfer is already assured of a beginning place within the Run for the Roses with 60 qualifying factors. “He’s a powerful win contender with tactical velocity power and high flip of foot when the tempo turns up pedestrian,” based on HRN Tremendous Screener. Sensible Transfer has been one of the best within the West up to now on the Street to the Kentucky Derby.

Geaux Rocket Journey may be very flippantly raced and extremely regarded Sweet Journey colt. He has each proper to enhance in his third profession begin and can try to shut the 2-length margin of distinction that separated him when ending 2nd because the slight favourite within the San Felipe Stakes behind Sensible Transfer. A modest tempo is to his profit, and this colt will welcome extra floor and distance with a urgent journey.

“When a flippantly raced horse reminiscent of Geaux Rocket Journey strikes from a dash to a two-turn route and improves, that’s very bullish,“ says HRN Tremendous Screener. A 3rd place end or higher will get Geaux Rocket Journey into the Kentucky Derby discipline.

Skinner is a Kentucky-bred colt by the good Curlin. He is improved dramatically, ending third within the San Felipe regardless of a sluggish begin with stable velocity and a 103 velocity determine (Equibase, ESF).

Nationwide Treasure scratched out of the San Felipe however returns right here in search of a top-2 end to get a spot within the beginning gate for the Kentucky Derby. Nationwide Treasure has high class however is coming off a pair of third-place finishes within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Sham Stakes throughout his final begin in January.

Following the Santa Anita Derby in Race 6 is the Santa Anita Oaks in Race 11, which awards qualifying factors to the Kentucky Oaks on Might 5 at Churchill Downs.

HRN high win contenders

• #8 And Inform Me Nolies (4/1)
• #5 Faiza (9/5)

Together with watch and wager motion on the Santa Anita Derby, bettors can be taking pictures for a much bigger rating Saturday at Santa Anita. A Choose 6 Jackpot necessary payout and an enormous prize pool at “The Nice Race Place” attracts extra betting motion. That’s good for racing and the tracks like Santa Anita, which can also be the host of this yr’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4.

The winners and high finishers in these main prep races together with the Santa Anita Derby make the Street to the Kentucky Derby races value watching as you make your bets forward of subsequent months Run for the Roses.

You’ll be able to wager on it.