FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA DERBY

Listed below are the minimum playable odds....

FORIDA DERBY

Not a really competitive race. Three contenders, one longshot who's likely to be over bet, and five outsiders.

The contenders:

7 Materiality 5/2 (Win 9/5) 

9 Upstart 3/1 (Place 1/1)

4 Itsaknockout 9/2 (Fourth 5/1)

The live longshot:

1 Ami's Flatter 12/1 (Show 7/1)

The outsiders:

2 Jack Tripp 22/1

3 Indiannaughty 22/1

5 Quimet 22/1

6 Mypointexactly 22/1

8 Dekabrist 30/1

No surprises. None of the top four horses was worth a bet. The superfecta was so obvious it paid $2.83 for a $2.40 box.

LOUISIANA DERBY

This is a more competitive race than the Florida Derby. There are two contenders, and six live longshots.

The contenders:

6 War Story 3/1 (Show 2/1)

2  Mr. Z 7/2

The live longshots:

9 International Star 9/1 (Win 2/1)

1 Stanford 10/1 (Place 7/1)

7 Keen Ice 10/1 (Fourth 5/1)

8 St. Joe Bay 10/1

5 A Day in Paradise 14/1

3 Defondo 17/1

The hopeless outsider:

4 Fusaichi Flame 26/1
Obviously, the crowd was sharper than we were, backing International Star at low odds. But none of the top horses went off at fair odds.