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KENTUCKY DERBY

WAGERING FACTS

Below are some informative wagering tidbits from past Kentucky Derby events.

WIN-PLACE-SHOW ODDS DERBY FAVORITES BY DECADE
(Last 25 Years, Odds to $1) 2010s 6-for-10
Win Odds: Average: 14.75-to-1 2000s 4-for-10
High: 65.20 (Country House, 2019) 1990s 0-for-10
Low: 2.30 (Fuscaichi Pegasus, 2000; Nyquist 2016) 1980s 0-for-10
Notable: Country House registered the second-largest $2 win payoff 1970s 6-for-10
in Derby history at $132.40. Donerail paid $184.90 in 1913. Favorites are 10-for-20 since 2000 when Fusiachi Pegasus ended
a 20-year drought by the Derby chalk.
Place Odds: Average: 17.47-to-1
High: 71.60 (Closing Argument, 2005) LOWEST-PRICED DERBY FAVORITES
Low: 2.50 (Empire Maker, 2003) (Last 20 Years, Odds to $1)
Notable: Bodemeister (2012) and Empire Maker (2003) are the only Odds Horse Year Fin.
Derby favorites to finish second since 2000. 1.80 Point Given 2001 5th
2.30 Nyquist 2016 1st
Show Odds: Average: 10.31-to-1 2.40 Big Brown 2008 1st
High: 40.00 (Battle of Midway, 2017) 2.50 California Chrome 2014 1st
Low: 2.70 (Indian Charlie, 1998)
Notable: Only 2 of the last 25 third-place finishers have been over ODDS-ON DERBY FAVORITES
20-1 odds. (Less than 1-1, Parimutuel Era 1908-present)
Odds Horse Year Fin.
EXACTA PAYOFFS .80 Arazi 1992 8th
(Last 25 years, $2 Payoffs) .80 Easy Goer 1989 2nd
Average: $907.98 .60 Spectacular Bid 1979 1st
High: $9,814.80 (Giacomo-Closing Argument, 2005) .50 Seattle Slew 1977 1st
Low: $30.60 (Nyquist-Exaggerator, 2016) .40 Honest Pleasure 1976 2nd
Notable: Last year’s $2 exacta return of $3,009.60 with Country House .70 Native Dancer 1953 2nd
over Code of Honor was second-largest in the past 25 years. Only .80 Olympia 1949 6th
Giacomo-Closing Argument ($9,814.80 in 2005) paid more. .40 Citation 1948 1st
.40 Bimelech 1940 2nd
TRIFECTA PAYOFFS .60 Johnstown 1939 1st
(Last 25 years, $2 Payoffs) .80 Brevity 1936 2nd
Average: $11,701.62 .88 Twenty Grand 1931 1st
High: $133,134.80 (Giacomo-Closing Argument-Afleet Alex, 2005) .85 Old Rosebud 1914 1st
Low: $173.40 (Nyquist-Exaggerator-Gun Runner, 2016) .80 Worth 1912 1st
Notable: The $2 trifecta return of $22,950.60 last year was third-highest Overall record 7-for-14, but 2-for-last-7.
ever in the Kentucky Derby, which began offering the bet in 1995.
HIGHEST-EARNING DERBY ENTRANTS (ALL-TIME)
SUPERFECTA PAYOFFS Horse Year Pre-Derby $ Derby Fin. Odds
(Since 1996, $1 Payoffs) Nyquist 2016 $3,322,600 WON 2.30 *
Average: $77,714.52 Classic Empire 2017 $2,120,120 4th 6.80
High: $864,253.50 Tiz the Law 2020 $2,015,300 TBD TBD
(Giacomo-Closing Argument-Afleet Alex-Don’t Get Mad, 2005) *favorite
Low: $350.00 (Silver Charm-Captain Bodgit-Free House-Pulpit, 1997)
Notable: The $1 superfecta return of $278,503.20 last year was
second-highest ever in the Kentucky Derby, which began offering
the bet in 1996.

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