Kentucky Derby Proposition Bets Are Now Available

• Prop bets are starting to show up for the Kentucky Derby.
• This will be the first race of the Triple Crown.
• Post time for the race is Saturday at 6:50 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Proposition bets for the Kentucky Derby are being accepted at online sportsbooks until post time this Saturday at 6:50 ET.

Triple Crown Props Posted

Prop bets allow you to wager on different scenarios that could happen during the Kentucky Derby. One of the biggest prop bets that are probably going to be played this year is will there be a Triple Crown Winner. Some sportsbooks in states with legal sports betting may not offer Kentucky Derby Props, but Bovada and other online sportsbooks will and that is where these odds came from.

Bookmakers are currently saying that there are -600 odds of there being ‘no Triple Crown winner’ this year. This is understandable because the Triple Crown is difficult to achieve. Last year, we saw the Triple Crown achieved when Justify won all three races. Before him, American Pharoah won the Triple Crown in 2015 and then Affirmed won it in 1978. That large gap shows how uncommon a Triple Crown win is.

Right now, Omaha Beach is currently the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby which defaults him to be the favorite to winning the Triple Crown with +1600 odds. Right behind Omaha Beach are both Game Winner and Tacitus with +2200 odds of either of them winning the Triple Crown.

Other Props To Consider

There are a lot of different props that can be bet on during the Kentucky Derby. One of the likely more popular props is ‘will the winner this year beat Secretariat’s record’, which is 1 minute, 59.4 seconds. This will be popular because it will be likely an easy win as the record has been untouched since 1973. Odds are saying the chances of ‘no’ are -7500 and ‘yes’ is +1200.

There are also other timed-based props posted. Props are asking bettors to decide whether or not the first half mile will be completed under or over 46.8 seconds. You can break this further down by betting if the first quarter mile of the Derby will be completed in over or under 22.8 seconds.

There are also light-hearted props that are going to be posted in racebooks as well. One of these kinds of props is ‘how long it will take to sing My Old Kentucky Home?’ There are props for certain celebrities to be present at the race as well and even a prop on ‘how many tweets President Trump will have during the day of the race?’

One important thing to note is that states with legal sports betting, like Mississippi, will likely not have prop bets on the Kentucky Derby. Instead, online sportsbooks will be your best choice for proposition bets. These prop bets are made to be a fun addition to betting on which horse is going to win. Sportsbooks are going to be accepting prop bets until post time at 6:50 p.m. on Saturday.

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