This determines the larger part of my political reporting year being spent in Europe to this day. Typically run on the first Saturday in May, this will be the first Derby to not take place in May since 1945. However, he's been successful everywhere, as he's won six of his first seven career races, including the Belmont in June and the Travers Stakes last month.Next, Tiz the Law will head to the Preakness on October 3 looking to become the third Triple Crown winner in six years. But before we get into who might give him a run for his money on Saturday in Louisville, for comparison with today's Churchill morning line, here's a sample. Kentucky Derby 2020: Post Positions, Morning Line Odds, And Why The Race Is Tiz The Law’s To Lose Guy Martin Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. That's because the three favorites—Tiz the Law, Honor A. P. and Authentic—will be starting next to each other in the Nos. In what we might call a topsy-turvy year across all sports, and especially in horse racing's 2020 season, Tagg's logic is actually impeccable: The pandemic pushed the Belmont into June, the Travers was brought up by three weeks, and Tagg was sitting there with a healthy horse who needed to run. Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby 2020: Latest Vegas Odds and Predictions After Post Positions Draw Jake Rill Senior Writer I September 2, 2020 Comments Currently at work in Berlin on a book for Alfred A. Knopf Publishers about the Cold War in East Berlin, I have since reported from London, Warsaw, Prague, Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong, Lima, Manila, Beirut, Tel Aviv, St. Moritz, Granada, Mindanao, and from my native South for Esquire, Town and Country, Garden and Gun, Conde Nast Traveler, Men's Journal, US Racing, the New Yorker, and a host of other publications and platforms in the States and overseas.Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hats off to Mr. Battaglia. The gimlet-eyed oddsmen at CBS Sports break the large and unruly Derby field down this way: Here to parse the race for us is the inimitable Kentucky horseman, the Bluegrass Wise Man ™, who has so generously shared his deep knowledge of horses and racing with us in many Triple Crown seasons past. Churchill Downs has announced that the esteemed track oddsmaker, Mike Battaglia, is doing this for his 47th Kentucky Derby. ... Wouldn't it have been great if both these great fillies ran in the Kentucky Derby instead? I accidentally learned German, then studied in Berlin, which drove me to cover the fall of the Berlin Wall. Kentucky Derby 2020 has been postponed to September 5, 2020. Kentucky Derby 2020 Odds: Predictions And Picks By Specialist Who’s Hit 6 Straight Races Kentucky Derby Favorite: Tiz the Law The New York-bred Kentucky Derby contender, Tiz the Law, possessed by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg are the prohibitive favorite Derby regardless of who shows up in Louisville. 3. Finnick The Fierce (Jockey: Martin Garcia) - 50/1 odds. 16-18 posts.Because of that, don't be surprised if they quickly jump out to the front and help dictate the pace of the race. "I like it being on the outside," he said, according to While several strong contenders could be battling for the lead throughout the Derby, Honor A. P. could be in the lead around the midway point. The horses have arrived at Churchill Downs, the post draw has taken place and the race is nearing. We were pamphleteers in the 18th-century sense, with approximately the same tech, but at a military school—M.A.S.H, basically, minus the operating rooms and the grownups. 17 post at the Kentucky Derby, so Tiz the Law will make history by being the first to do so. Will It Look Like This: Tiz the Law (8), with jockey Manny Franco up, decisively winning the Belmont That Tiz The Law would go off as the heavy favorite in the 2020 Kentucky Derby seemed like a cinch as he handily took the abbreviated Belmont in June, and trainer Barclay Tagg's old-school race-'em-if-you-got-'em training strategy seems to have proved out with the stallion's decisive Travers win on August 8. The Belmont Stakes still took place in June, as Tiz the Law ran to victory. And although Honor A. P. will give it everything he has, Tiz the Law's strong closing abilities will help him surge ahead, extend his lead and end up as this year's Kentucky Derby winner.That's how the colt was victorious at the Belmont, and it's how he'll get it done again at Churchill Downs. Kentucky Derby 2020 Horses and Predictions 1.
Selections for the 2020 Kentucky Oaks, ... Kentucky Oaks 2020: Betting guide and predictions. Now, the Kentucky Derby is taking place Saturday, followed by the Preakness Stakes on Oct. 3.Tiz the Law will now have the opportunity to win the Triple Crown in a different order than the 13 horses to previously accomplish the feat.Here's a look at the full post lineup and current odds for the 18 horses in this year's race, followed by predictions for how the Derby will unfold.When the 2020 Kentucky Derby gets underway Saturday evening, fans are going to want to be watching the outside posts.
On Saturday, 18 horses will take part in the 2020 Although this will be the 146th Kentucky Derby, it's not taking place at the same time as usual. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)