The field of three-year old colts and their betting odds are beginning to take shape with only six days to go until the running of the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchhill Downs in Louisville, Saturday May 2nd. Oddsmakers at online sportsbook SBGglobal.com have installed Wood Memorial at Aqueduct winner I Want Revenge as the derby favorite at +350 odds. The colt overcame a poor start and traffic concerns in the Aqueduct victory, emerging as the 2009 Kentucky Derby Odds favorite.
[Online sportsbook SBGglobal.com has the best online odds in its Horsebook. Log onto SBGglobal.com for all your sports betting action including the 2009 Kentucky Derby. ] I Want Revenge is owned by David Lanzman and IEAH Stables. IEAH Stables found success in 2008 with Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown. The horses trainer, Jeff Mullins, isone of the most successful horse trainers out of the Southern California circuit. Mullins trained horses won 87 races, placed 78 and Show 58 out of 442 races in 2008. The jockey riding "I Want Revenge" is New Orleans native Joe Talamo. The young jockey earned five Grade 1 racing titles in 2007 and was voted the Eclipse Award as the United State Champion Apprentice Jockey.
Talamo jockeyed I Want Revenge to a miraculous come from behind win in the Wood Memorial at Aquaduct on April 4th. The colt got a bad jump out of the gates and had to charge from last place to win the race.
