One of the best gambling days on the calendar has arrived.
will take place on Saturday, May 6 at 6:57 p.m. ET on the iconic dirt track at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
The race will feature 19 horses and is headlined by No. 15 Forte , No. 5 Tapit Trice and No. 14 Angel of Empire .Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale – a furniture tycoon from Houston that uses betting as a hedge against promotions at his furniture store – will bet millions of dollars on Forte to win. It sounds ludicrous, but McIngvale’s money will completely change the outlook of the pool when it hits.For one, there does seem to be a lack of pace — or at least nobody feels confident of what the pace situation will look like — and the railbirds also appear to be in agreement that this field is pretty weak compared to previous years.
These factors seem to point to this being a wide-open race with several horses that could reasonably be considered a contender to win.
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