Lookin At Lucky 2010 Kentucky Derby Odds: While Lookin At Lucky and Eskendereya have been the clear standouts and solid 2010 Kentucky Derby Contenders on May 1st, there are six to eight others who could jump in and win without anyone being too surprised. Lookin At Lucky breezed an easy 5 furlongs in 1:01.20 in his first trip over the Churchill Downs surface this past Thursday. Online racebook BODOG.com had listed Lookin At Lucky 13 to 4 odds to win the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
Trainer Bob Baffert said he would make an equipment change in the Derby , r
emoving the blinkers the colt has worn in his last two starts. "You learn more from your losses than your wins, so I'm taking the blinkers off him," Baffert said. "The thought was he needed a target, because he'd make the lead. But he's going to have plenty of targets in the Derby with all those horses in there."
Kentuckyderby.com posted these interesting points about Lookin At Lucky: “By two-time leading sire Smart Strike, winner of the nine-furlong Philip H. Iselin H. (G1) in 1996, Sire's best son is two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, North America's all-time leading money earner and 2007 Preakness S. (G1) winner, Other notable runners by Smart Strike include champion turf horse English Channel, top sprinter Fabulous Strike and Canadian Horse of the Year Soaring Free, Smart Strike's progeny are a versatile bunch, ranging from sprinters to marathoners on all kinds of surfaces, Lookin at Lucky's dam, Private Feeling, has also produced 2009 Jim Dandy S. (G2) and Dwyer S. (G2) winner Kensei, Private Feeling is a daughter of multiple Grade 3-winning sprinter Belong to Me, whose other exceptional fillies include champion turf mare Forever Together, Lookin at Lucky is bred on the same cross as Papa Clem, last year's Arkansas Derby (G2) winner and fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby (G1); both are by Smart Strike out of mares by Belong to Me, Belong to Me's other daughters have produced the likes of Circular Quay, winner of the 2007 Louisiana Derby (G2), and Radiohead (GB), a smart juvenile last year, Lookin at Lucky comes from the same family as champion filly Wait a While, Figures to inherit more stamina from his sire's half of the pedigree than from his dam's side.”
Online racebook BODOG.com has posted horse racing betting odds to win the 2010 Kentucky Derby:
A LITTLE WARM: 50/1
ALPHIE'S BET: 100/1
AMERICAN LION 18/1
AWESOME ACT 12/1
BACKTALK 50/1
CALL SHOT 150/1
CARACORTADO 50/1
CONNEMARA 75/1
CONVEYANCE 25/1
DEAN'S KITTEN 40/1
DISCREETLY MINE 50/1
DISTORTED DAVE 100/1
DROSSELMEYER 60/1
DUBLIN 10/1
EIGHTYFIVEINAFIFTY 50/1
ESKENDEREYA 2/1
FIRST DUDE 150/1
GAME ON DUDE 85/1
HOMEBOYKRIS 60/1
ICE BOX 15/1
INTERACTIF 40/1
JACKSON BEND 20/1
KETTLE RIVER 150/1
LINE OF DAVID 30/1
LOOKIN AT LUCKY 13/4
MAKE MUSIC FOR ME 40/1
MENDIP 40/1
MISSION IMPAZIBLE 30/1
NOBLE'S PROMISE 15/1
NORTHERN GIANT 100/1
PADDY O'PRADO 25/1
PLEASANT PRINCE 50/1
PRINCE WILL I AM 200/1
RULE 20/1
SETSUKO 25/1
SIDNEY'S CANDY 6/1
STATELY VICTOR 40/1
SUPER SAVER 15/1
TEMPTED TO TAPIT 75/1
UPTOWNCHARLYBROWN 75/1
YAWANNA TWIST 75/1
