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Expert Picks for Kentucky Derby: Race 12 at Churchill Downs
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5/2/2025
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All right, let's talk about Saturday afternoon, the 12th race, the Derby,
00:04
the run for the Roses.
00:06
Give me your four-pack Shakur for this puppy at Churchill Downs.
00:12
Yeah, when I sent in to the show that I was on earlier in the morning
00:15
with you guys, I actually sent last night, I liked the number 10 Grande.
00:19
In the morning, Grande got scratched.
00:21
He was one of a couple before Rodriguez has also been scratched.
00:25
So that makes the 21 Baeza come in.
00:28
That one's in.
00:29
We called a little bit of an audible.
00:31
We had to go check, check.
00:31
That's fine.
00:32
I'm going to put the number 18 now, Sovereignty, on top.
00:35
I really like the horse that beat Sovereignty last time out.
00:38
His name was Tapan Street.
00:40
He also would have been in the Derby, but he got hurt about a week ago.
00:43
Sovereignty ran a great race in his first start of the year a couple months ago.
00:47
And then after that, he didn't really need to win his next race.
00:51
He ran a good second.
00:52
I think it should set him up really well for this race.
00:54
He is a closer, though.
00:55
So don't be too worried if you see him like 10th, 12th early.
00:58
He'll be in the middle or the back of the pack early on.
01:01
He'll try to mow them all down late.
01:03
That's who I have on top.
01:04
I'll probably put a few bucks to win on him.
01:06
But the other horses who I'd want to use, the 8, Journalism, he's the horse to beat.
01:10
He's going to be the favorite.
01:11
Right now, he's in about 3-1 or so.
01:14
He comes in from Southern California.
01:16
There's nothing really bad to say about what he's done.
01:19
He just hasn't faced a big field like this.
01:21
He's kind of been beaten up on horses that he's much better than.
01:24
So now he has to step up, and things might get a little tougher for him.
01:28
So we'll go 18 on top with the 8, Journalism.
01:31
The other two that we'll use, the 7, Luxor Cafe, comes in from Japan.
01:36
This horse has been really good in Japan, but we don't know how good the horses he's been defeating.
01:40
Japanese have been doing a great job with their horse racing pedigree, with the way they build their runners,
01:45
and they go all over the world and win big races.
01:48
East Avenue is a horse who will be maybe the fastest early, and I think he can hang around for a little slice.
01:54
So those are who we're using.
01:55
And remember, you want to head to shop.drf.com for any extra help that you need,
02:01
because that's the command center, the data, all the past performances,
02:05
that big newspaper-looking thing that you see when you're at the track.
02:07
That's the daily racing form.
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