Game Winner Kentucky Derby Payout Odds

Game Winner will pay out $75 for every $10 bet with a 2019 Kentucky Derby win.

Game Winner, after finishing first in two grade 1 races, came in 2nd in his last two: The Rebel Stakes and Santa Anita.

Game Winner is one of three horses trainer Bob Baffert is entering in this weekend's Kentucky Derby.

“The Kentucky Derby is still the one,” Baffert said. “I could win the Derby and just go home, that kind of race it is.”

Baffert knew he was bringing the best horse to the Derby with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify last year. He hasn’t talked up his current trio the same way.

“It’s sort of wide-open,” he said about the 20-horse field.

Game Winner has the strongest resume of Baffert’s entries. He was last year’s champion 2-year-old male and won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs. The colt lost last month’s Rebel Stakes by a nose to Omaha Beach.

“He’s tough, he’s gritty. Coming to the Derby, you want a horse that’s resilient,” Baffert said. “He’s ready for a big effort.”

- Don Shaprio, Gambling911.com (The Associated Press was used for this article)