Essential Quality leads field in 147th Kentucky Derby
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The Kentucky Derby and the first Saturday in May are back together again.
The first jewel of horse racing s Triple Crown will be held Saturday before an expected crowd of around 45,000 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race was run last year without paying spectators and was delayeduntil Labor Day weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Essential Quality, trained by Brad Cox, was made the 2-1 morning-line favorite for the 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds. Post time is 6:57 p.m. ET.
A son of Tapit, Essential Quality made it 5-for-5 in his career when he won the Blue Grass Stakes by a neck on April 3.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Because of the pandemic, the handle on the 2020 Kentucky Derby dropped significantly from the previous year. Handle on America s signature horse race fell 49.8% from 2019. Churchill Downs didn t run the race until September 5, four months after Derby s traditional race day on the first Saturday in May.
PayPerHead agents are hopeful the 2021 Triple Crown results in a racebook revenue bounce back. The 2019 Kentucky Derby set a record handle of $165.5 million. 2019 s handle was 10% higher than 2018 s $149.9 million, which had been the previous record.
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