Morning Odds 2022 Santa Anita Derby

Written by:

Don Shapiro

Published on:

Apr/09/2022

Messier was coming in as the EVEN odds favorite to win this year's Santa Anita Derby as of Saturday morning.

2022 Santa Anita Derby Odds

1 Happy Jack 20-1

2 Armagnac 20-1

3 Forbidden Kingdom 6-5

4 Messier 1-1

5 Win the Day 20-1

6 Taiba 4-1

The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is currently run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt and carries a purse of $400,000. It is one of the final prep races on the official Road to the Kentucky Derby.

This race's winner needs to be a focus when making your Kentucky Derby picks as a total of ten Santa Anita Derby winners have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Additionally, seven horses who lost at Santa Anita went on to triumph in Kentucky.

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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