Horse Racing

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As evidence of its iconic stature in US horse racing, when Hollywood Park closed in 2014, the Hollywood Derby was not allowed to die but was moved to Del Mar Race Track. The 2018 version of the Hollywood Derby goes this Saturday, and has drawn 14 entries for betting in Bovada's racebook. They'll be racing 1 1/8 miles on the Del Mar Turf for a purse of $300,000.

The race to qualify for the 2019 Kentucky Derby picks up steam again this weekend with the running of the $250,000 (G2) Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct, which will award Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers in a 10-4-2-1 scale. In an interesting handicapping angle, several of the colts in the field will be making a switch from turf-to-dirt racing surface.

Named for one of the superstar race horses of the 1990s, the $750,000 (G1) Cigar Mile Handicap is open to horses age three and older, racing on the dirt at Aqueduct Race Track. As the final Grade 1 stakes race in New York this year, the 2018 Cigar Mile has drawn a competitive field of eight with one heavy favorite and several interesting online betting options.

A full field of fourteen two-year-old colts are ready to go to the gate at Churchill Downs on Saturday for the running of the (G2) $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. In addition to the purse money, the horses and their connections will be trying to secure points to qualify for a return trip to Churchill on the first Saturday of May for the 2019 Kentucky Derby.

The turf is the main focus of racing at Del Mar this coming Friday, as the southern California track hosts the $200,000 (G2) Hollywood Turf Cup. A very tough field of eight older horses are expected to go to the Del Mar gate to battle for the win over 1 1/2 miles in what should be an excellent betting opportunity in Bovada's online racebook.