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Experts’ Top 10: Who Will Win The 2020 Kentucky Derby?
The Kentucky Derby is a prestigious race and, by far, one of the most popular horse racing events in America. After the unexpected result of the big racing event last year, a lot of fans are speculating which Thoroughbred will emerge and be the winner of the 2020 Kentucky Derby.
Though the final lineup for the event on the second day of May hasn’t been announced yet, experts already have an eye for their winning colt. That mentioned, below are the top picks of the renowned horse racing experts that will help your Kentucky Derby betting this 2020.
Independence Hall for James Scully
James Scully is a passionate sports analyst and an expert handicapper who provides free picks and handicapping thoughts in several horse races, including the big event on the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs.
He is also a writer of several sports websites like TwinSpires.com, Brisnet.com, and KentuckyDerby.com. For this year, Independence Hall owns the first spot of Scully’s top picks for the upcoming 2020 Kentucky Derby.
Concerning this, here is the list of James Scully’s winning picks (in order):
- Independence Hall
- Thousand Words
- Maxfield
- Anneau d’Or
- Dennis’ Moment
- Tiz the Law
- Enforceable
- Silver State
- Nadal
- Storm the Court
Maxfield for Vance Hanson
With more than 20 years of Thoroughbred racing experience, Vance Hanson is an expert sports analyst who’s also a contributing writer and editor for TwinSpires.com, Brisnet.com, and KentuckyDerby.com.
Before he became a member of the Churchill Downs Inc, Hanson once worked at the Canterbury Park in Minnesota as a publicity assistant. In the late 1980s, he began following the Kentucky Derby and even became a handicapper for Daily Racing Form, in Lexington, Kentucky.
With his years of experience in the industry, the top picks of Hanson are indeed worth the bet. That said, his top contender for this upcoming 2020 Kentucky Derby is the winner of Keeneland’s Breeders’ Futurity— Maxfield.
He’s one of the believers that, with the impressive ability and natural talent of this Street sense’s colt, Maxfield will win the 146th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Here is the final list of Vance Hanson’s top picks on the second day of May 2020 (in order):
- Maxfield
- Independence hall
- Thousand Words
- Tiz the Law
- Green Light Go
- Gouverneur Morris
- American Theorem
- Structor
- Dennis’ Moment
- Anneau d’Or
Independence Hall for Kellie Reilly
Kellie Reilly is one of the very few ladies who enjoyed watching horse races. In fact, she’s a racing fan since her childhood years. Reilly works as a staff writer at Brisnet.com’s Editorial Department and also a regular contributor to the KentuckyDerby.com and TwinSpire.com blog.
Besides that, her articles and sports analyses have been featured on NBCSports.com and in the official Kentucky Derby program. Reilly’s winning colt for the upcoming 2020 Kentucky Derby is also Independence Hall, which is the top pick of James Scully as well.
Here are the top 10 winning colts for the Sports analyst, Kellie Reilly ( in order):
- Independence Hall
- Dennis’ Moment
- Thousand Words
- Tiz the Law
- Maxfield
- Three Technique
- Authentic
- Gouverneur Morris
- Anneau d’Or
- Storm the Court
Dennis’ Moment for Ed DeRosa
Ed DeRosa is a member of Churchill Downs Inc. and the director of marketing for Brisnet.com, which is the official data source of the Kentucky Derby. Aside from that, he also handicaps Thoroughbred racing for TwinSpire.com and a writer and editor for Thoroughbred Times for nine long years.
DeRosa is one of the horse racing experts who believe that Dennis’ Moment will win the 2020 Kentucky Derby. Based on the excellent performances Dennis’ Moment has shown on his past races — in fact, he’s the first colt to earn points for the 2020 Kentucky Derby — it has a big possibility that he will lead the track on the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs.
With that said, here’s the top 10 winning list of Ed DeRosa for the 146th Kentucky Derby (in order):
- Dennis’ Moment
- Maxfield
- Anneau d’Or
- Thousand Words
- Storm the Court
- Cost Basis
- Basin
- Went West
- Toledo
- As Seen on TV
Tiz the Law for Joe Kristufek
Joe Kristufek is an award-winning TV producer and a racing analyst for Fair Grounds, Churchill Downs, and TwinSpires.com. He began his career in Chicago, climbing his way up to the local racing venues. In fact, Joe’s experiences in the industry extended from Dubai to Hongkong to more or less 35 tracks across North America.
The 1989 race between Sunday Silence, the Kentucky Derby winner, and his close rival Easy Goer made Joe interested in horse racing. In fact, he proclaimed himself as a “horse racing ambassador” and has witnessed 14 Kentucky Derby in person. On top of that, Joe gives the number 1 spot of his 2020 Kentucky Derby-winning list to the New York-bred, Tiz the Law, who won the 2019 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park.
Below is Joe Kristufek’s Top 10 winning list ( in order) that may also be a winning bet for 2020 Kentucky Derby Betting Odds.
- Tiz the Law
- Independence Hall
- Honor A.P.
- Dennis’ Moment
- Anneau d’Oro
- Thousand Words
- Maxfield
- Green Light Go
- Three Techniques
- Lynn’s map