Inside the 2025 Kentucky Derby: Unveiling the Dark Horses Set to Shake Up Churchill Downs and the American Turf Stakes

They call horse racing the “Sport of Kings,” and nothing feels more regal than hitting a longshot or an exotic. That said, here are my bets for the Grade 1 Churchill Down, American Turf, Derby City Distaff, and Turf Classic Stakes races on Derby Day. 

Eleven horses on a 7-furlong dirt track for 4-year-olds and upward with a $1M purse. 

I used Mindframe in the Belmont Stakes 2024 at Saratoga in my winning Exacta Box bet where he finished second by a half-length to Dornoch. He was second to Dornoch in his following race, the Grade 1 Haskell in July 2024. Otherwise, Mindframe has won every other race. This is his second sprint. The first was Mindframe’s fastest race, breaking his maiden in a win by 13.75 lengths last March. 

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