Weekly Bet for Non-Bettors: Riding with 2023 Kentucky Derby horse Rocket Can
Welcome to the Weekly Bet for Non-Bettors, a brief recommendation on betting from For the Win’s resident non-bettor Cory Woodroof.
If you primarily think a parlay is what the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean movies use to settle disputes, then you’ve come to the right place.
This week, non-bettors can turn their attention to the 2023 Kentucky Derby, as various horses and jockeys will ride the track at Churchill Downs and vie for top honors.
While most betting articles will try to tell you which horse will be the best bet, we here at the Weekly Bet for Non-Bettors just want you to focus on the horse with the best name.
The horse with the best odds is Forte at 5-1, but that’s boring. You don’t want to bet on the safest horse if you’re a non-bettor.
The horse with the best name in this year’s Kentucky Derby is Rocket Can, who opened at 30-1 odds with jockey William Mott and has since moved to 39-1.
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What is a rocket can? Why is this horse named Rocket Can? Does this horse have rockets? Does it just like to chew on cans like a goat? We have so many questions for Rocket Can the horse!
The Kentucky Derby says this horse “rallied from fifth to win the Holy Bull (G3), and Rocket Can raced closer to the pace when second to Forte in the Fountain of Youth (G2) in early March.”
See? There might actually be horse racing reasons to bet on Rocket Can! If he can hang in there with Forte as recently as March, let’s ride with the awesomely named Rocket Can with our bet.
We’ll recommend you bet $5 on Rocket Can’s 39-1 odds for Saturday’s 2023 Kentucky Derby.
That’s it for this week’s Weekly Bet for Non-Bettors. Will Rocket Can win? We hope so! Will your bet pay off? Who cares! You’re a non-bettor; act like it.