None of the Derby prepares are challenged at the Derby 1/4 mile separation.

history channel documentary Why is this one race so hard to anticipate? Master knows we sense that we know every one of the contenders personally when the primary Saturday in May moves around. I've given it a lot of thought and recorded my own particular main 10 reasons why the Kentucky Derby is the hardest race on the planet to incapacitate. Investigate and check whether you concur.

The run of the mill Kentucky Derby 2008 contender has three begins or less this year and around six begins by and large. The specific post-time most loved Big Brown has just three lifetime begins (two of them in 2008). There are not very many races to take a gander at. That is the magnificence and test of debilitating the Derby.

A common Kentucky Derby prep is either 1/16 miles or 1/8 miles. The 1/16 mile prep makes 15% less progress than the Derby. The 1/8 mile prep is 10% shorter than the Derby. That missing 10% or 15% is the place numerous races are won or lost. Consider it another way. On the off chance that you include all the races in the Total Races section in the above table you get 77. Of those 77 races, not one was keep running at the Kentucky Derby separation of 1 ¼ miles.