Kentucky Derby: Selections and Bets

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 potentially 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 (2)

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                  17    $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

-- Jim Freer