An Overview of Kentucky Derby Betting at LinesMaker

An Overview of Kentucky Derby Betting

Ken­tucky Derby bet­ting needs no intro­duc­tion to horse bet­ting enthu­si­asts. The Ken­tucky Derby is con­sid­ered the high­light of the elu­sive Triple Crown bet­ting, which com­prises the Bel­mont Stakes and the Preak­ness Stakes, in United States.   It is a stakes race among the three-year-old thor­ough­bred horses. The Derby is held every year on the first Sat­ur­day in May in Louisville and is the major attrac­tion of Ken­tucky Derby Fes­ti­val that lasts for two weeks.  Being held for over 125 years, Ken­tucky Derby is undoubt­edly the world’s pre­mier horserac­ing event.

It is among the old­est tra­di­tional races and the Derby atmos­phere is incom­plete with­out numer­ous tra­di­tions, like the tra­di­tional bev­er­age ‘Mint Julep’, ‘Bur­goo’ and the noto­ri­ous hats. One can­not for­get the tra­di­tion of award­ing a gar­land of red roses to the Ken­tucky Derby win­ner each year, also pro­vid­ing the Derby the name “The Run for the Roses.” Since the begin­ning of the Derby, the Uni­ver­sity of Louisville march­ing band plays “My Old Ken­tucky Home” as the horses parade in front of the grandstands.

The colts, fil­lies and geld­ings com­pete against each other in the race that cur­rently cov­ers one and one-quarter miles at Churchill Downs. Not many know that legal Ken­tucky Derby bet­ting is allowed on the race through pari-mutuel bet­ting at the track. Many online horse bet­ting web­sites also offer online bet­ting facil­ity and pro­vide live Ken­tucky Derby odds for the gam­blers worldwide.

Related Posts:

• Preak­ness Stakes Bet­ting: Ani­mal King­dom Among Few Derby Run­ners to Contend
• Ken­tucky Derby Bet­ting: Toby’s Cor­ner Out of the Race

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