Here is an analysis of the big race with an eye on which horses should be used to win in the horizontal bets or as part of the vertical wagers. The 20-horse Kentucky Derby field exaggerates the odds of horses like no other race in America. In the vertical bets – exactas, trifectas or superfectas – you have the opportunity to key horses underneath that is, in the second, third and fourth positions. Playing the horizontal wagers – daily doubles and pick 3, 4 and 5s – means that you must identify the horse or horses that have a chance to win the Derby.
That large field provides unique opportunities for American bettors with payoffs in all exotics, both vertical and horizontal, being unusually large. There is only one Kentucky Derby, and it is the only race in our country with a 20-horse field. Read the analysis below to find out who they are. The 2021 Derby field has only two horses that check all four of those boxes. Except for Orb in 2013, each of the horses raced forwardly – stalked the pace, pressed the pace or set the pace.
In 2019, Country House had only 50 points when he was awarded first after the disqualification of first-place finisher Maximum Security who did exceed the 100-point barrier.
