By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs headlines Saturday’s card as Race 12, featuring a $5 million purse for three-year-olds going 1 1/4 miles on the main track. With a full field of contenders and a projected honest pace, this year’s Derby shapes up as a wide-open betting race. For this […]
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Kentucky Derby handicapping always starts with the same challenge: which horses in this field have already shown the kind of finishing power required to win at Churchill Downs? One of the best ways we attack that question is through Today’s Racing Digest’s Final Time Rating, or FNL RAT. It is one of the clearest tools […]


