Monster Payouts at the Kentucky Derby

You want to win and you want to win big? Let’s face it; the best part of Kentucky Derby online betting is the part where you get to wager on the horses over the Internet or in person. In last years Kentucky Derby, if you would have bet on Orb to win, you would have won $12.80 on a $2 bet. If you had bet $2 on a (16-4) exacta, that bet would have paid $981.60. The $1 (16-4-3) trifecta paid out $3,462.80 and the (16-4-3-5) $1 superfecta paid out $28,542.00.

These monster payouts are what make the Kentucky Derby so unique. In many lower graded horse races, you will see favorites just dominate the field. In the Kentucky Derby, every horse has a chance because it is almost guaranteed that none of these horses have raced in front of 150,000 screaming fans before. That variable alone makes the Kentucky Derby unpredictable thus a lot of the winners of the Kentucky Derby are horses that have higher odds.

Some people prefer just to guess a number between 1-20 and that will be the horse they pick for the Derby. Others like to use that strategy with exacta and trifecta wagers when they decide to bet on the Kentucky Derby. Regardless of what you plan on doing for the Derby, just review the odds posted for each horse on the day of the race and lock in your bet. Who knows? Maybe you will become the next big Kentucky Derby winner at the window.