Oaklawn Park Picks - Racing Dudes (2024)

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What is the best bet on horse racing? ›

The safest bet you can make is a SHOW bet on the favorite. While it's the most likely to hit, it delivers a small return. If you want to make more money, you need to bet on the more exotic wagers. They include the EXACTA (top two horses in order), the TRIFECTA (top three in order) or the SUPERFECTA (top four in order).

The Arkansas Derby is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Trifecta Costs

This bet is like the Exacta but with one extra horse, so a basic Trifecta means selecting three horses in a race to finish first, second and third in the exact order. As there is one combination involved here, a $2 Exacta would cost a total of $2 but there is the option of placing a Trifecta Key.

In the steeplechase, the numbers between 11 and 29 have proved to be the most successful, supplying 12 winners over this period. 35 and 29, 13 and 10 lead the way, however, with these numbers claiming victory twice each so far.

Apart from metropolitan tracks, the handicapper's preferred horses, (number one) won more races than any other number. Sadly, this didn't result in profitable returns from betting on it. Well, that rather knocks a hole in the concept of following lucky numbers and making a fortune.

Picking a Winner by Reading the Form

Form is the record of a horse's performance in previous races and is seen by many as a good way of predicting a horse's future performance. Comparing horses' form should enable you to pick the likely best performers in a race.

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Who is the leading jockey at Oaklawn Park 2024? ›

Oaklawn had a record 11 trainers exceed $1 million in purse earnings surpassing last season's seven trainers who earned the same amount. Jockey Cristian Torres secured his second consecutive Oaklawn riding title by winning 82 races, earning a new single-season Oaklawn record of $6,200,702 in purses.

Currently, Oaklawn Park hosts two Grade I races. The Arkansas Derby is limited to three-year-old colts and serves as one of the major prep races for the Kentucky Derby. Oaklawn Park also hosts the Apple Blossom Handicap, a contest limited to fillies and mares ages four and up with implications for the Kentucky Oaks.

By pocketing the HK$11.4 million Champions Mile first prize, Golden Sixty took his earnings to almost HK$148 million and sailed past the A$26.45 million [HK$137 million] wonder mare Winx banked during her incredible career.

56 wins in succession - Camarero (Puerto Rico)

Holding the world record for most consecutive wins is Camarero - a Puerto Rican galloper who got about in the 1950s. Camarero won 73 of his 75 starts, which included a stretch of 56 wins in a row. He now has a racetrack named in his honour - Hipódromo Camarero.

Hot Springs, AR (Sept. 22, 2023) — Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs announced Friday that Matt Dinerman has been hired as the track announcer for the upcoming Thoroughbred racing season, which begins December 8.

Horse Racing Betting Strategy #1 : Use A Key

1 horse is the strongest contender to win a particular race, they can select that No. 1 horse as a “key”. A common way to use a key is to make an exacta or trifecta bet.

Apart from metropolitan tracks, the handicapper's preferred horses, (number one) won more races than any other number.

Combination Straight Bets

If it is second, you collect on place and show and if it is third you collect on only the show part of the bet. Win/Place or Place/Show: Simply a combination of win & place or place & show. There are two combinations, so a $2 bet would cost $4 in total.

Here, you bet 80% of your stake on the horse finishing second (or within the places) and 20% of your stake on it winning the race. The idea is that you'll win a decent profit regardless of where the horse finishes.