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2026 Kentucky Derby preview: Should you fade the favorites at the Run for the Roses?

New York Post·Michael Leboff·about 1 month ago
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The Twin Spires at Churchill Downs. Getty Images Every Kentucky Derby is wide open. It’s why bettors love it. Any horse race is tough to predict, but when you throw 20 of the world’s best thoroughbreds on the same track in front of 150,000 people, chaos will ensue. But the 152nd Run for the Roses may be even more unpredictable than usual. No. 1 Renegade is the favorite to win this year’s Derby, but the Kentucky-bred is a lukewarm 4-1 price, putting him just a shade ahead of No. 6 Commandment and No. 18 Further Ado, who both were priced at 6/1 by oddsmaker Nick Tammaro. The Mike Repole-owned, Todd Pletcher-trained colt comes into the Triple Crown season off of back-to-back wins at the Sam F. Davis Stakes and Arkansas Derby, but he hasn’t really separated himself from the other contenders in this field, and he caught a bad break at Saturday’s post-draw. Renegade was slotted into the dreaded No. 1 position, which hasn’t produced a winner since Ferdinand in 1986.…

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