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2008 Arkansas Derby Racing Picks & Tips

2008 Arkansas Derby Racing Picks & Tips

Stakes: Grade II for 3-year-old thoroughbreds and fillies
Distance: 1 1/8 miles
Track: Dirt
Purse: $1,000,000

The Racing Festival of the South culminates with the annual Arkansas Derby race. Horse racing fans are eager to see if the next Oaklawn Park champ will finally bring home the Triple Crown trophy.

Discuss Arkansas Derby Picks & Tips in the horse racing handicapping forum.

The Arkansas Derby is the second leg of the Big 3 Pick 3, a $1 minimum national wager where horse bettors will try to pick the winner of three important prep races for three-year-olds planning on running in the Kentucky Derby and the prestigious Triple Crown.

Two favorite horses in recent years, Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex, both captured the Arkansas Derby and finished their careers as top three-year-olds.

The Arkansas Derby has really gained in stature because of this, keeping its reputation as a vital race for any Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown hopeful.

Besides, history tells us that horses who did not finish strongly in the Arkansas Derby do not fare well in Kentucky.

The race is being held at Oaklawn Park, which was incorporated in 1904 and one of the select few that features the finest in live thoroughbred horse racing in America.

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Kentucky Breeders' Cup S (gr. III), $100,000a, $50,000 Breeders' Cup Fund, 2yo, 5f. Churchill Downs
Mamzelle S, $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, 5f (turf). Churchill Downs

Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), $500,000a, 3yo f, 9f. Churchill Downs
Louisville Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), $200,000a, $100,000 Breeders' Cup Fund, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f. Churchill Downs
Alysheba S (gr. III), $150,000a, 3&up, 8.5f. Churchill Downs
Crown Royal American Turf S (gr. IIIT), $150,000a, 3yo, 8.5f (turf) Churchill Downs
Aegon Turf Sprint S (gr. IIIT), $100,000a, 3&up, 5f (turf). Churchill Downs

Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), $2,000,000g, 3yo, 10f. Churchill Downs
Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S (gr. IT), $500,000a, 3&up, 9f (turf). Churchill Downs
Humana Distaff H (gr. I), $300,000a, 4&up, f/m, 7f. Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs H (gr. II), $250,000a, 4&up, 7f Churchill Downs
La Troienne S (gr. III), $150,000a, 3yo f, 7.5f. Churchill Downs

Bouwerie S (R), $100,000a, 3yo f, New York-bred, 7f. Belmont Park
Hawthorne H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f. Hollywood Park

Danzig S (R), $75,000g, 3yo, c/g, Pennsylvania-bred, 6f. Penn National
Wonders Delight S (R), $75,000g, 3yo f, Pennsylvania-bred, 6f. Penn National

Inaugural S, $100,000g, 3yo f, 6f. Presque Isle Downs

Peter Pan S (gr. II), $200,000g, 3yo, 9f. Belmont Park
Bold Ruler H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, 6f. Belmont Park
Jim Murray Memorial H (gr. IIT), $250,000g, 3&up, Hollywood Park
Los Angeles H (gr. III), $100,000a, 3&up, 6f. Hollywood Park
Lone Star Derby (gr. III), $400,000g, 3yo, 8.5f. Lone Star Park

Kingston H (R), $100,000a, 3&up, New York-bred, 8.5f (turf). Belmont Park
Railbird S (gr. III), $100,000a, 3yo f, 7f.. Hollywood Park
Hendrie S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, f/m, 6.5f. Woodbine

Hancock County H, $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, 5f. Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort
Trevose S, $75,000g, 3yo f, 6.5f. Philadelphia Park

Shuvee H (gr. II), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 8f Belmont Park
Matt Winn S, $100,000a, 3yo, 6f. Churchill Downs
Will Rogers S (gr. IIIT), $100,000a, 3yo, 8f (turf). Hollywood Park
Preakness S (gr. I), $1,000,000g, 3yo, 9.5f. Pimlico
Dixie S (gr. IIT), $250,000g, 3&up, 9f (turf). Pimlico

Mount Vernon H (R), $100,000a, 3&up, f/m, New York-bred, 8.5f (turf). Belmont Park
Golden Poppy, $75,000g, 3yo f, 8.5f (turf). Golden Gate Fields
Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial S (gr. III), $100,000a, 3yo, 7f. Hollywood Park
Selene S (Can-III), $250,000g, 3yo f, 8.5f. Woodbine

Vigil S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, 7f. Woodbine

Quicken Tree S (R), $75,000a, 4&up, California-bred, 12f (turf). Hollywood Park

American 1000 Guineas, $200,000g, 3yo f, 8f (turf). Arlington Park
Hanshin Cup H (gr. III), $100,000g, 3&up, 8f. Arlington Park
Sheepshead Bay H (gr. IIT), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m,, 11f (turf). Belmont Park
Louisville H (gr. IIIT), $150,000a, 3&up, 12f (turf). Churchill Downs
My Juliet S, $250,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6f Philadelphia Park

Vagrancy H (gr. II), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6.5f. Belmont Park
Willard L. Proctor Memorial S, $75,000a, 2yo, 5.5f. Belmont Park
Connaught Cup S (Can-III), $150,000g, 4&up, 8.5f (turf). Woodbine

Arlington Matron H (gr. III), $150,000g, 3&up, f/m, 9f. Arlington Park
Metropolitan H (gr. I), $600,000g, 3&up, 8f. Belmont Park
Memorial Day H (gr. III), $100,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Calder Race Course
Berkeley H (gr. III), $150,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Golden Gate Fields
Lone Star Park H (gr. III), $400,000g, 3&up, 8.5f. Lone Star Parks

Ohio Valley H, $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, 6f. Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort

Sussex S, $75,000g, 3&up, 8.5f (turf). Delaware Park

Nepal H (R), $75,000g, 3&up, Pennsylvania-sired, 8.5f. Penn National
Power By Far H (R), $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, Pennsylvania-sired, 6f. Penn National
Roanoke S (R), $75,000g, 3&up, Pennsylvania-sired, 6f. Penn National
Robellino (R), $75,000g, 3&up, f/m, Pennsylvania-sired, 8.5f. Penn National

Sands Point S (gr. IIT), $150,000a, 3yo f, 9f (turf). Belmont Park
Golden Gate Fields Turf (gr. IIIT), $100,000g, 3&up, 11f (turf). Golden Gate Fields
The Californian (gr. II), $250,000g, 3&up, 9f. Hollywood Park
Ohio Derby (gr. II), $300,000g, 3yo, 9f Thistledown
Nassau S (Can-II), $300,000g, 3&up, f/m, 8.5f (turf). Woodbine

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