2025 Oaks-Derby Double: Picks from horse racing handicapper who has nailed 11 of last 16 years

Before making your 2025 Derby-Oaks double picks, you ABSOLUTELY need to see what Jody Demling has to say. SportsLine's horse racing insider has hit the Oaks-Derby double at Churchill Downs 11 of the last 16 years! That means he held a ticket with the winners of both the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby all but five times in his past 16 tries.

The 2025 Kentucky Oaks takes place on Friday, May 2, at Churchill Downs, followed by the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3. Journalism is listed as the 3-1 favorite for the annual Run for the Roses. The Brad Cox-trained Good Cheer is the 6-5 favorite for the Oaks, which features the nation's top three-year-old fillies. 

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about, and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2025 Kentucky Derby having nailed the Derby-Oaks double 11 of the last 16 years! He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years and called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He also hit the Preakness in 2024. Anyone who has followed him on those picks could be WAY UP! Join here for full analysis and bets for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks! 

Now he's locked in his picks for the 2025 Derby-Oaks Double. We can tell you he has limited exposure to Sandman, even though he's among the top Kentucky Derby contenders at 6-1. In fact, he prefers multiple other horses entirely on his main Derby-Oaks double ticket and has only used him lightly on his undercard plays.

Instead, Demling is high on several other horses in his Derby-Oaks doubles bets, including a double-digit longshot he's putting on multiple tickets! He's also locked in an intriguing play involving Bob Baffert's entrants in both races. You ABSOLUTELY need to see which horses to back before locking in your bets.

Which horses should be on your 2025 Derby-Oaks Double ticket, and which horses should you double up on? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's surprising picks, all from the man who's nailed 11 Derby-Oaks doubles!