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Although the Kentucky Derby is run every year on the first Saturday of May, the road to the starting gate for 20 horses begins long before the actual race takes place. Potential contenders for the Run For the Roses begin the journey eight months before the big race by trying to accumulate points in a series of scheduled races.

With another full fixture list in the 2017-18 Premier League season scheduled for the weekend of Dec. 16, there are plenty of opportunities to place bets on goalscorers. Is this the weekend Mohamed Salah is overtaken at the top of the Golden Boot standings?

Week 18 of the 2017-18 Premier League season sees all 20 teams in action. Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur looking for their 16th consecutive victory. Can Spurs upset the party, or will City continue marching on?

The Boise State Broncos have built a reputation as giant killers in bowl season, and will be looking to take out another power five squad when they face the Oregon Ducks in the Las Vegas Bowl. The Troy Trojans, who face North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl, have already toppled a giant this season, defeating the LSU Tigers right in Tiger Stadium en route to a 10-2 season.

When they say that Lucas Oil Stadium has proven to be a haunted place for the Denver Broncos, they aren't horsing around. The Indianapolis Colts have won six consecutive home games over the Broncos. You have to go all the way back to 2003 to locate a Denver victory in Indianapolis. The Broncos are winless on the road this season at 0-6, so there's that, too.

On paper, Sunday's match-up between the 10-3 New England Patriots and 11-2 Pittsburgh Steelers for top seed and the edge for home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs looks like the game of the week on the NFL slate. In reality, unless the Steelers find a way to compete with the Patriots, recent history would suggest that it doesn't figure to be much of a game.

This week in the Bovada Futures Watch we take a look at two of the most historic flat races in the world, the Epsom Derby for three-year-old colts and the Epsom Oaks for three-year-old fillies. Both races take place on the first weekend of June at famed Epsom Downs in Surrey, UK.

Ohio State versus USC is a matchup college football purists, casual fans and sports bettors can all get excited about as two of the most storied programs in the country will meet in the postseason Dec.29 at 8:30 ET in the Cotton Bowl.

The 2017-18 English Premier League season is rapidly approaching the halfway stage as Tuesday 12 December and Wednesday 13 December sees the games of Week 17 take place. Are there any matches you should be betting on? Let us find out now.