Bodog Taking Kentucky Derby Wagers Now

Written by Haylie | Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The 135th Kentucky Derby will take place, as usual, on the first Saturday in May, which lands on May 2, 2009 this year. The event will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, closing the two-week Kentucky Derby Festival leading up to the big event. Currently, the stakes race will cover 1 ¼ miles at Churchill Downs and will feature 3-year old thoroughbred horses. Colts and geldings carry 126 lbs. and fillies 121 lbs.

The Kentucky Derby is known as the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” for its approx. time length is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in the U.S., drawing on average about 155K fans. The Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes complete the Triple Crown.

The event has been everyone’s race for more than 130 years, from the elite men and women who attend, sporty their spring hats drinking mint juleps (a traditional drink), to the infield crowd of laidback common folk who dine on fried chicken. As the paddock judge announces, “Riders up,” the trainers notion the riders, and out they go onto the most famous track in the world, as the University of Louisville plays Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home.”

The Kentucky Derby is also known as “The Run for the Roses” for the garland of red roses that is presented to the winner along with a trophy every year by the governor of Kentucky.

Place your wagers now online at Bodog for the 135th Kentucky Derby and get more attractive odds than those of race day. Bet on your Kentucky Derby favorite now! US players welcome at Bodog!

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