Here is the Top 10 list of what to do or when handicapping the 132nd Kentucky Derby Dave Letterman style, so pay attention:
10. Don’t wait until Derby Day to decide what you can afford to wager and the kind of bets you will make. Set a total dollar amount and stick to it, win or lose, unless one of your selections is scratched.
9. Don’t try to assimilate so much information that you become confused. Stay with the handicapping formula that works best for you.
8. Thoroughbreds that did not race as a 2-year-old have not smelled the roses since the 19th Century. Apollo did it in 1882. Other winners of Triple Crown races that year: Vanguard in the Preakness and Forester in the Belmont.
7. No runner with only four career outings has won since Exterminator in 1918. There were so many horses (26) in that year’s Preakness, it was run in two divisions. The winners: War Cloud and Jack Hare Jr.
6. Avoid horses with a pedigree that does not display both stamina and speed. In 19 of the past 131 derbies, 13 horses with Buckpasser in their bloodline finished first or second. Ironically, quarter-cracks kept him off the Triple Crown trail,...
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