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Big-Race Showdown: Expert Selections for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks

For the ninth year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2025 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2025 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

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Journalism the Top Choice in Deep Kentucky Derby Field

The 151st running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve May 3 at Churchill Downs offers not only a purse of $5 million, with $3.1 million going to the winning connections, it also sets the stage for one of the entrants to become world famous with a victory in the “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports.”

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Chunk of Gold Takes Trainer Ethan West, 32, to First Kentucky Derby

Ethan West, 32, didn’t expect to find himself in the position of saddling a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve starter so early in his training career, which launched in 2018.

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Andrew Champagne’s Live Longshots and Value Bets for Kentucky Derby Weekend

The Longines Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve headline two of the best horse racing betting days of the year. In total, there are 27 races across Friday and Saturday at Churchill Downs. Here, we’ll give you some prices you’ll want to consider.

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Kentucky Derby Diary: An ‘Extra Special Experience’ With Coal Battle for Bethany Taylor

Overachieving Coal Battle, a $70,000 purchase for Norman Stables at the Texas Thoroughbred Association summer yearling sale, has to be the greatest feel-good story of the 151st Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve.

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