Kentucky Derby: Selections and Bets

Kentucky Derby: Selections and Bets

HorseracingFLA Staff Report

Here are our predicted order of finish and recommended bets for today’s Kentucky Derby – post time 6:34 p.m. Eastern.

Our bets are geared toward groups that combine money in a hedging strategy aimed toward hitting exactas, some with poentially long odds payoffs.

–Photo on home page is of Nyquist winning this year’s Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park

Predicted Order of Finish:

First: Exaggerator  (11)

Second: Nyquist  (13)

Third Brody’s Cause   (19)

Fourth: Mohaymen     (14)

Fifth: Suddenbreakingnews (

Suggested bets

Program Numbers for Horses

2 – Suddenbreakingnews

5 – Gun Runner

6 – My Man Sam

10 — Destin

11 – Exaggerator

13 – Nyquist

14 – Mohaymen

17 – Mor Spirit

18 – Majesto

19 – Brody’s Cause

Recommended bets;

*$3  Win and Show   11      $6

*$3   Win and Show   13     $6

$2     Show                    2     $2

$2      Show                 18     $2

$2      Show                 19     $2

*$1   Exacta Box      2  11  13  14  19    $20

*$1 Exacta Part Wheel

First    11  13                                           $14

Second    5  6 11 13 14  17 18  19

*50 cent trifecta part wheel               $24

First     11 13

Second   2 11 13  19

Third    2 5 6 10  11  13  14  17  18  19