2009 Derby odds makers at internet racebook BetUS.com list Atomic Rain as a +5000 odds longshot. Atomic Rain finished fourth in the Wood Memorial and all Derby Picks Experts polled by Point-Spreads.com agree that the late entry has no shot to win. Atomic Rain was immediately loaded in a van to Louisville to race at Churchill Downs from New Jersey.
“Didn't even get into the field until Tuesday and for good reason, he doesn't belong,” stated VegasInsider.com 2009 Derby Picks Expert Anthony Stabile when asked to comment on Atomic Rain. “He'll serve as nothing more than an early pacesetter.”
Trainer Kelly Breen is making his first appears in the 2009 Derby and the top horses he has trained include 2006 Astoria Stakes winner Desire To Excel and 2008 Astoria winner Bold Union, Praying for Cash, who in 2006 won the G3 Long Branch Breeders’ Cup and was second in the $1 million Haskell Invitational (G1), and Appealing Spring, winner of the 2007 Bergen County Stakes.
Jockey Joe Bravo will be riding Atomic Rain from the 14th post. Bravo has won nine riding titles at Meadowlands Racetrack and thirteen at Monmouth Park and won the Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup Stakes five times including three straight from 2004 through 2006.
BetUS.com has posted horse racing betting odds to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby:
West Side Bernie: +3000
Musket Man: +2000
Mr Hot Stuff: +2800
Advice: +2800
Hold Me Back: +1400
Friesan Fire: +500
Papa Clem: +2000
Mine That Bird: +5000
Join in the Dance: +4000
Regal Ransom: +2500
Chocolate Candy: +1500
General Quarters: +2000
I Want Revenge: +350
Atomic Rain: +5000
Dunkirk: +400
Pioneerof the Nile: +500
Summer Bird: +4000
Nowhere to Hide: +5000
Desert Party: +1500
Flying Private: +4000
