Overanalyzing Kentucky Derby Betting at SBG Global

Kentucky Derby for the 2008 Kentucky Derby will have Big Brown as the likely favorite. He is by far the most talented of the 20 horses in the Kentucky Derby  field. He will probably go off at odds of anywhere between 5-2 and 3-1 in online Kentucky Derby betting. He really should be 6-5 or even money in online betting but he has those “knocks” against him. He has only raced three times in his career and has had a layoff of more than a month. No horse that has started three times or less has won the Kentucky Derby since Regret did it in 1915. Curlin tried it last year in Kentucky Derby betting and failed.

Kentucky Derby is more overanalyzed than any other type of horse racing betting. Horse bettors continually look at factors like the Dosage Index, prep races, pedigree, etc. In recent years all of these factors seem to be going out the window in Kentucky Derby. Barbaro won the  after a five week layoff. If you really want to keep things simple in Kentucky Derby ; and most people won’t, then just look at speed figures. Big Brown dominates the 2008 Kentucky Derby betting field. In fact, this group of 20 horses other than Big Brown could be the weakest betting field in recent memory.

Sometimes in Kentucky Derby, and in all forms of betting, keeping things simple works the best. You can look at all of the factors and the history and the trends and try and come up with a betting winner or you can simply take the best horse. That is Big Brown and he should win in 2008 online betting.