Blue Grass Stakes 2016 Odds to Win: Zulu Favorite to Win

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Gambling911.com has your Blue Grass Stakes 2016 odds to win with Zulu coming in as the 5-2 favorite.

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This Kentucky Derby prep race is run on 1⅛ miles (9 Furlongs) of polytrack and features a $750,000 purse.

"He's done well since the Fountain of Youth," trainer Todd Pletcher said of the favorite Zulu. "We kind of surveyed all of our options and felt like the Blue Grass was a good fit for him timing-wise. We weren't making any secrets about the fact we didn't want to run against Nyquist and Mohaymen, so it just seemed like with those horses going in the Florida Derby (gr. I), we wanted to put ourselves in the position of instead of being third choice, being possibly the favorite.

"At least for the morning line we handicapped it properly, and now we need him to move forward and improve and handle the 1 1/8 miles and the big field and all those things. But we're pleased with the decision we made to go the Blue Grass route."

All Blue Grass Stakes 2016 odds to win appear below.

2016 Blue Grass Stakes Post Positions and Odds

Post Position

Odds

1. Lookin for a Kiss

50-1

2. Donegal Moon

5-1

3. Cherry Wine

12-1

4. Zulu

5-2

5. Crescent Drive

20-1

6. Brody's Cause

4-1

7. Laoban

12-1

8. Twizz

12-1

9. Goats Town

20-1

10. American Dubai

20-1

11. Cards of Stone

20-1

12. Zapperini

30-1

13. Star Hill

10-1

14. My Man Sam

10-1

 

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com

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