2018 Arkansas Derby Betting Odds

The 2018 Arkansas Derby betting odds have Magnum Moon as the 8/5 favorite followed by Solomini at 2/1 and Quip at 9/2.  SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE

• Stakes: Grade II for 3-year-old thoroughbreds and fillies
• Distance: 1 1/8 miles
• Track: Dirt
• Purse: $1,000,000

This is an important prep race leading up to the Kentucky Derby with winners proving especially successful in modern history including the likes of Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex.  It is the last major Kentucky Derby prep race that doles out qualifying points to the top finishers.

"He's kind of one who we had been high on all along going back to when my dad was breaking him as a yearling. We felt like there was big potential there," trainer Todd Pletcher said of the unbeaten son of Malibu Moon favorite Magnum Moon. "But it's always great to see it actually happen. You always reserve judgment until you see them deliver performances like he did in the Rebel."

Solomini, with the second shortest odds, hasn't won a race since September and finished second to Magnum Moon in last month's Rebel Stakes.

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com