{"id":16324,"date":"2024-04-25T06:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckyderbybettingsites.net\/?p=16324"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T09:56:00","slug":"who-is-the-kentucky-derby-favorite-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckyderbybettingsites.net\/features\/who-is-the-kentucky-derby-favorite-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is The Kentucky Derby Favorite 2024 Ahead Of Churchill Downs Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
US horse racing fans are getting excited by the day as the 150th edition of the Run For The Roses<\/em> is fast-approaching, but just which horse is the Kentucky Derby favorite 2024 for the first leg of the US Triple Crown?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Todd Pletcher barn have won the Run For The Roses<\/em> twice in the past and the best Kentucky Derby racebooks<\/a> feel they’ve a huge chance of making it three with Fierceness.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is because the City Of Light colt has been installed as the Kentucky Derby favorite for 2024 after impressing when winning the Florida Derby by 13 1\/2 lengths on March 30 (watch below).<\/p>\n He had another 2024 Kentucky Derby hopeful Catalytic back in second that day and, with only five career runs, this Repole Stables-owned 3 year-old looks certain to have more improvement to come.<\/p>\n With the 2024 Kentucky Derby purse boosted to $5m<\/a> in 2024, and the winner getting a cool $3.1m, then should Fierceness win the first US Triple Crown race this will take his career earnings to $4,803,850.<\/p>\n This would also see Fierceness become the highest earner for his owners Repole Stable, with this billing currently sitting with their 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso, who banked $4,803,125 during his career.<\/p>\n Fierceness will also be ridden by veteran jockey John Velazquez, who has ridden three previous Kentucky Derby winners<\/a> in the past. The most recent of those being Authentic in 2020.<\/p>\nFierceness Is The 2024 Kentucky Derby Favorite<\/strong><\/h2>\n