Cikings Horse Racing Betting News
Hansen versus 12 in Blue Grass StakesLexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Champion colt Hansen will take on 12 rival three-year-olds Saturday in the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Racetrack. This will be the 88th running of the 1 1/8-mile Kentucky Derby prep.
Five ladies to start in Apple Blossom
Hot Springs, AR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A small but evenly matched field of five older fillies and mares have been entered for Friday's $500,000 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park. Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace, last year's
I'll Have Another - The Rodney Dangerfield of Racing
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - When will the public start embracing one of the top 3-year-olds of the year? I'll Have Another began 2012 by winning the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at 43-1 odds. No respect there despite losing to Cr
Hero of Order headed to Keeneland
Lexington, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trainer/owner Gennadi Dorochenko has informed Keeneland Race Course that his Louisiana Derby winner Hero of Order is a candidate for the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday. The colt won the Fair Gr
Union Rags keeps small lead in Three-Year-Old Poll
New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Weekend Kentucky Derby prep races made the NTRA Three-Tear-Old Poll a little tighter with less than four weeks until the Run for the Roses. Union Rags keeps his place in first, but his advantage has dropped
Wood and Santa Anita horses going to Churchill
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 138th Kentucky Derby is next on the plate for the top horses coming out of two of the prep races held this past Saturday. Coming out of the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct will be undefeated Gemologis
Up the Backstretch: Unfair weights a matter of opinion
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning Horse of the Year Havre de Grace will not be running in Friday's Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park, a race she won last year. Her connections have decided that the weight assignment is unfair,
Done Talking speaks loudest in Illinois Derby
Stickney, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - A full field of 14 three-year-olds went postward for the 55th edition Saturday of the $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course. Bursting through to win in the crowded field was Done Talking
I'll Have Another holds on to win Santa Anita Derby
Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - I'll Have Another held off 4-5 favorite Creative Cause to capture Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby for three- year-olds. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, the 4-1 second choice ran the 1 1/8- miles i
Gemologist shines in Wood Memorial
Ozone Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gemologist, ridden by Javier Castellano, held off Withers Stakes winner Alpha to capture Saturday's $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. The 6-5 favorite covered the 1 1/8-miles in 1:50.96 on a fast