Here is how Sports Illustrated writer Pat Forde would bet $100 in the 150th Run for the Roses on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
is one of the hardest horse races to bet because it’s unknown territory for the equine competitors. They’ve never run this far and never been part of a field this size. With 20 3-year-olds going 1¼ miles, things can get wild and weird.
Accordingly, this is how I would bet $100 in the 150th Run for the Roses on Saturday at Churchill Downs. He’s not physically imposing and isn’t a dazzling morning galloper, but when asked to race, his best is far better than any of his competition. He could, to use a racing term, “bounce” off his massive Florida Derby effort and still win. Fierceness has the raw speed to get away from early traffic problems as long as he breaks well.
I’ll also take a swing at a $1 trifecta part wheel, trying to hit the top three finishers. I’ll play Fierceness and Sierra Leone in first with those two, Just A Touch, Catching Freedom and Forever Young in both the second and third spots. That’s a $24 bet.
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