Our Kentucky Derby Bets:
See Our Horse Racing Betting Success in the Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is the first racing event in the Triple Crown and it is the true, secret "jewel of the crown". This race is one of the most famous horse races worldwide, and therefore, both serious and recreational horseplayers enjoy horse racing betting during this event. The Kentucky Derby is held every year at Churchhill Downs, which lies just three miles outside of downtown Louisville in Southern Kentucky. This race is held on the first Saturday in May and is accepted by many as the best "two minutes in sports". Because of its popularity, horse racing betting in the Kentucky Derby can yield some of the highest payouts.

Our Horse Racing Betting Selections for Saturday, May 5, 2012



For our horse racing betting in the Kentucky Derby, we placed a total of 12 win wagers on Saturday May 5th at Churchill Downs. This includes two win wagers each in race for races 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 11 at $200.00 each for a total of $2400.00. We won four of these races, and our four winning tickets returned $7180.00. Therefore, our profit on win wagers was $4780.00.

Other horse racing betting tickets that we also purchased included a $50.00 exacta ticket that returned $7,665.00 and a $20.00 trifecta ticket that returned $30,656.00.

Our Horse Racing Betting Selections & Results:

Our Bets: Results:
Race 2 #2 Big Ring ML 9-2 WINNER!!! WIN - #2 Big Ring $12.20 $3.80 $2. 80
#8 Heated ML 12-1   PLACE - #10 Vasten $2.60 $2.20
    SHOW - #9 Kingwood $3.60
 
Race 4 #7 Night Party ML 10-1 WINNER!!! Win - #7 Night Party $13.00 $6.60 $4.40
#4 Silver Rock ML 10-1   Place - #2 The Program $11.00 $6.60
    Show - #6 Stay Put $4.00
 
Race 5 #6 Thermal Cat ML 6-1   Win - #10 Macho Macho $17.00 $8.20 $3.80
#1 Seven Lively Sins ML 10-1   Place - #6 Thermal Cat $4.80 $3.40
    Show - #3 Mile High Magic $2.60
 
Race 7 #1 Smiling Tiger ML 4-1   Win - #4 Schackleford $5.60 3.20 2.40
#3 Apriority ML 8-1   Place - #6 Amazombie $4.80 $3.40
    Show - # Gantry 4.20
 
Race 8 #10 Hungry Island ML 6-1 WINNER!!! Win - #10 Hungry Island $13.80 $6.40 $4.60
#5 Daisy Devine ML 5-1   Place - #4 Tapitsfly $6.00 $3.80
    Show - #9 La Reine Lionne $5.00
 
Race 11 #19 I'll Have Another ML12-1 WINNER!!! Win - #19 I'll Have Another $32.80 $13.80 $9.00
#15 Gemologist ML 6-1   Place - #6 Bodemeister $6.20 $5.60
    Show - #5 Dullahan $7.20
EXACTA #19/ #6+#15 EXACTA WINNER!!! $2 EXACTA [#19-#6] Paid $306.60
Trifecta #19/ #5+#6=#15/#5+6+15+18 TRIFECTA WINNER!!! $2 TRIFECTA [#19-#6-#5] Paid $3,065.60

Learn More About How We Made Our Selections for Horse Racing Betting

To find out more about the horse racing handicapping methods and techniques that we used when making our horse racing betting selections for this and other races, see the information on our What We Do and How We Do It Page. You can also purchase one of our horse racing picks packages to see our selections for today's horse races scheduled to be held around the country.

What Makes Us Horse Racing Experts?

  1. We use information that people at the track don't have
  2. Utilize the combined efforts of our expert staff
  3. We collect and analyze rare information not often published from past performances
  4. We provide our clients with a daily comprehensive list of the horses and acceptable odds we will be wagering
  5. We continually monitor all mid-level and large tracks currently running and only wager on horses when we have positive, non-publicized information on a horse