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Kentucky Derby Betting – The Jockeys Game
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The Jockey Shuffle takes place all year long in thoroughbred racing and the Kentucky Derby is
no stranger to jockeys changing mounts from one day to another.
And the shuffling jockey game
greatly affects Kentucky derby betting.
Many of...
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The Jockey Shuffle takes place all year long in thoroughbred racing and the Kentucky Derby is
no stranger to jockeys changing mounts from one day to another.
And the shuffling jockey game
greatly affects Kentucky derby betting.
Many of the top jockeys in the nation usually ride more
than one top Derby contender as they weight their options with them.
Or they just play the waitand-see game in hopes that none of them come down with an injury.
This had happened plenty of times before to John Velazquez, who for four straight years, had
various top horses, and decided among them who at the moment was the top contender for
the Derby.
Then that horse got injured and he was out of the Derby, or at least out of a top
candidate.
Last year when Uncle Mo was scratched because of health reasons, he got a twist of fate.
Robbie Albarado—the jockey for Animal Kingdom—got thrown off a horse and kicked in the
face, having to miss two days of racing.
The uncertainty on Albarado s availability for
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