Kentucky Derby Betting Online

Has Kentucky Derby online betting tilted the scales in favor of the favorites? Over the past couple years, Kentucky Derby online betting has skyrocketed while simultaneously collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in online wagers.

Over the past two Kentucky Derbys, the favorites California Chrome and American Pharoah have emerged victorious. Could Nyquist continue the trend of favorites winning the Derby? The trend of favorites winning the Kentucky Derby is a rather recent trend. Outside of the past two years, longshots have faired better at winning the Run for the Roses.

Nyquist is trained by Doug O’Neill and even famed odds makers such as Mike Battaglia have deemed Nyquist as the 2016 Kentucky Derby “Legitimate favorite.”

With so much riding in favor of the 2016 Kentucky Derby favorites, it is important to remember that there are 19 other horses in the race. Because of the recent trend of favorites winning the Kentucky Derby, you’ll likely find other horses listed at much higher odds.

The beauty of using online racebooks to bet on the Kentucky Derby is that you can spread your money out and create safe bets with favorites while exploring long shots inside of your exotic bets. Online betting has changed the Kentucky Derby landscape, making it more likely that a longshot will pay off huge, should an outside pull off an upset at the 2016 Kentucky Derby.