Pennsylvania Derby Betting Tips PT 1

One of the last really big three-year-old contests in America is looming large this weekend as a group of well-qualified former triple crown conteners all head towards the racino track at Parx Racing, formerly known as Philadelphia Park, for a big money prep before the upcoming 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic.

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It looks like a fascinating race but the real interest during the build-up to the contest has been a lot of American racing punters keeping an eye firmly fixed on the weather forecast. This is because Exaggerator – the winner of the Preakness, the Haskell and a few other key preps this year – is almost entirely dependent on access to a wet or sloppy track when he's tackling this specific distance of ground.

The fact that the weather forecast for the bulk of Pennsylvania that day is going to be nice and sunny means that the betting public has cooled off on him on the ante post markets and it appears as though Nyquist, winner of the Kentucky Derby, is now gaining favour as the betting choice to pull off the big money victory at Parx on Saturday.

As it currently stands, the bookmakers have him trading as high as a 3/1 margin to pull off the win and this comes on the back of a couple not so hot efforts after his big victory in the Derby. A lot of people thought he could be the second coming and there was even chatter about a possible triple crown bid before that was dashed by Exaggerator a few weeks later at Pimlico.

A number of American racing observers seem confident that Nyquist is simply a horse that matured a bit faster than the rest of his crop and the rest of them caught up to him as the season has gone on and the Saratoga and Del Mar meets have now come to a conclusion as we head towards the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita.