Morning Odds 2022 Santa Anita Derby

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