Messier was coming in as the EVEN odds favorite to win this year's Santa Anita Derby as of Saturday morning.
2022 Santa Anita Derby Odds
1 Happy Jack 20-1
2 Armagnac 20-1
3 Forbidden Kingdom 6-5
4 Messier 1-1
5 Win the Day 20-1
6 Taiba 4-1
The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is currently run at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles on the dirt and carries a purse of $400,000. It is one of the final prep races on the official Road to the Kentucky Derby.
This race's winner needs to be a focus when making your Kentucky Derby picks as a total of ten Santa Anita Derby winners have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Additionally, seven horses who lost at Santa Anita went on to triumph in Kentucky.
- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
