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141ST KENTUCKY DERBY
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HORSE |
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TRAINER |
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JOCKEY |
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ODDS |
| 1 |
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Ocho Ocho Ocho |
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Jim Cassidy |
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Elvis Trujillo |
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50-1 |
| 2 |
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Carpe Diem |
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Todd Pletcher |
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John Velazquez |
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8-1 |
| 3 |
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Materiality |
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Todd Pletcher |
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Javier Castellano |
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12-1 |
| 4 |
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Tencendur |
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George Weaver |
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Manny Franco |
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30-1 |
| 5 |
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Danzig Moon |
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Mark Casse |
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Julien Leparoux |
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30-1 |
| 6 |
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Mubtaahij |
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Mike de Kock |
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Christophe Soumillon |
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20-1 |
| 7 |
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El Kabeir |
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SCR |
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SCR |
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SCR |
| 8 |
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Dortmund |
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Bob Baffert |
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Martin Garcia |
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3-1 |
| 9 |
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Bolo |
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Carla Gaines |
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Rafael Bejarano |
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30-1 |
| 10 |
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Firing Line |
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Simon Callaghan |
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Gary Stevens |
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12-1 |
| 11 |
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Stanford |
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SCR |
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SCR |
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SCR |
| 12 |
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International Star |
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Mike Maker |
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Miguel Mena |
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20-1 |
| 13 |
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Itsaknockout |
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Todd Pletcher |
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Luis Saez |
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30-1 |
| 14 |
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Keen Ice |
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Dale Romans |
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Kent Desoremeaux |
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50-1 |
| 15 |
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Frosted |
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Kiaran McLaughlin |
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Joel Rosario |
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15-1 |
| 16 |
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War Story |
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Tom Amoss |
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Joe Talamo |
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50-1 |
| 17 |
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Mr. Z |
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D. Wayne Lukas |
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Ramon Vazquez |
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50-1 |
| 18 |
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American Pharoah |
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Bob Baffert |
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Victor Espinoza |
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5-2 |
| 19 |
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Upstart |
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Rick Violette Jr. |
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Jose Ortiz |
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15-1 |
| 20 |
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Far Right |
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Ron Moquett |
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Mike Smith |
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30-1 |
| 21 |
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Frammento |
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Nick Zito |
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Corey Nakatani |
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50-1 |
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Also-Eligible |
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Tale of Verve |
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Dallas Stewart |
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Brian Hernandez Jr. |
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American Pharoah 5-2 morning-line favorite for Derby
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| The connections of Saturday's Kentucky Derby runners line up following the draw
(Bob Newell/Horsephotos.com) |
It took some time for American Pharoah's name to be called during Wednesday's
post-position draw for the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby (G1), but once it
was his connections were more than happy to take 18 post considering the rail
was still open at that point.
Campaigned by breeder Ahmed Zayat, the Eclipse Award-winning colt was
installed as the 5-2 favorite for Saturday's Run for the Roses by oddsmaker Mike
Battaglia. His undefeated stablemate Dortmund (Dortmund), owned by Kaleem Shah
Inc., was made the second choice at 3-1 after drawing post 8.
"He's a horse that gets going. He's quick. He'll be right there in the mix,"
trainer Bob Baffert said of Dortmund, before adding about his other runner, "He's fast. American Pharoah is fast. It's OK. It's good. Anything but being down there.
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"It will be tougher to watch one in there, so whichever one breaks the best
I'm going to key on him."
Battaglia gave just one other runner single-digit odds ahead of the Derby.
Once-beaten Carpe Diem (Giant's Causeway), hero of the Blue Grass S. (G1) and
Tampa Bay Derby (G2) in his last pair of starts, was placed in post 2 and
garnered an 8-1 morning line.
"In a perfect world, I would have liked to have been more toward the
middle with Carpe Diem (and Materiality [Afleet Alex] who drew post 3)," trainer
Todd Pletcher said. "But he's a good gate horse and he'll
have to get away from there quickly. That's pretty much true whatever your draw
is in this race. Materiality is a good gate horse, too, so if he gets out he
ought to be fine."
Post time for the Derby, the 11TH of 13 races Saturday, is
6:34 p.m. (EDT). Gates open Saturday at 8 a.m. with the first race
scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The Kentucky Derby will be carried by NBC Sports with a
3 1/2-hour telecast from 4-7:30 p.m.
For comments from all the Derby connections regarding the draw, please click
here.
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