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12 Pedigree fun facts: Classic Causeway at the Kentucky Derby. The 2022 Kentucky Derby is the 148th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Live odds, betting, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates from Churchill Downs Race Track.
Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., has announced its second 6 percent purse increase of the current meet, which will take effect with the Friday, Feb. 25, card. Horsemen will be competing for an additional $1,000 per race in all overnight races (all races except stakes). The first increase, which took effect Feb. 10, also raised purse money by $1,000 a race.
Handicappers Andie Biancone and Jeremy Pond deliver their best bets, plus their favorite long shots, for Saturday's Grade III Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds.
Saturday's Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., marks the first 85-point qualifying race for this year's G1 Kentucky Derby, with 50 points to the winner, 20 for second, 10 for third and five for fourth. The same points formula is in place for the G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes, a qualifying race at Fair Grounds on the road to the Kentucky Oaks. Those two races, along with two other graded stakes, highlight a big 13-race card at Fair Grounds.
Patrick O’Keefe’s on-ramp for the Road to the Kentucky Derby with Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes winner Classic Causeway began more than 20 years ago at an OTB in Wyoming.