What Will the Payout Be on NY Traffic to Win the Kentucky Derby?

NY Traffic payout would be $2000 for every $100 bet.   For the latest live odds and promos click here (max bonus $2500)

NY Traffic has finished 2nd in each of his last three starts, all graded races.

In his last start at the Haskell Stakes, Authentic beat him by a nose. This is definitely a great horse to have among your triecta.

NY Traffic has one interesting thing going for him that suggests the potential to improve on these second place finishes come Saturday.

He has improved his Beyer speed figure with each race, from an 82 in the Risen Star to an 89 in the Louisiana Derby to a 95 in the Matt Winn to a 101 in the Haskell.

He's also 4-for-4 in the money in stakes this year.

And even more appealing to the typical gambler, his owner John Fanelli is a former a professional poker player.

John Fanelli (in suit left)

From Dick Jerardi of Patha.org:

John Fanelli grew up in South Philly (Sixth and Fitzwater and then 16th and Mifflin). He was introduced to gambling and the race track by his father who owned a nearby bar called Sidestreet.

“My dad took me to (Keystone) when I was 7 or 8 years old,” Fanelli said. “From there, Garden State. I just loved racing. It was in my blood even though I came from South Philly where there’s no farms, no horses.”

It was the gambling that got him into it. During high school in the mid to late 1980s, he was a regular at Garden State with his dad, even though the racing was at night and he had school the next day. It was his father’s passing in 2001 that got him involved in horse ownership.

“I wanted to do something for him so I decided to claim a couple of cheap horses,” Fanelli remembered. “At the time, I was playing poker professionally. I came here and claimed some horses with Lou Linder. Came back in three weeks. They were both running on the same day. One wins, the other finishes second and gets claimed. I made like $25,000 the first day and I’m walking around like this is the greatest thing in the world.

“I was hooked right then and there, beginner’s luck. Coincidentally, I didn’t win a race for another nine months. I learned my lessons. For the next three years, I got beat up pretty good with a lot of different things.

“I just started studying it. I spend about two hours per night looking at horses, studying video. It’s like anything else. You put the time in and you’re going to see results. And you need a little luck.”

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- Dan Shapiro, Gambling911.com