The positions were drawn on Saturday for 2024 Kentucky Derby. Officials at Churchill Downs in Louisville held the evening drawing a week before the 150th running of the first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown scheduled for next Saturday.
The post positions correspond to the pits in the race starting gate, with post #1 being closest to the rail on the inside of the track.
After the draw, Fierceness, who got the No. 17 spot, was listed as the morning line favorite at 5-2 odds.
Here is the list 2024 Kentucky Derby horses by position with their odds:
- Dornoch (20-1)
- Sierra Leone (3-1)
- Mystik Dan (20-1)
- Catching Freedom (8-1)
- Catalytic (30-1)
- Just Steel (20-1)
- Honor Marie (20-1)
- Just a touch (10-1)
- Encino (20-1)
- To Password (30-1)
- Still young (10-1)
- Ghost Trail (20-1)
- Saratoga West (50-1)
- Endless (30-1)
- Domestic product (30-1)
- Big Mo the first (50-1)
- Ferocity (5-2)
- Fortress (20-1)
- Resilience (20-1)
- Company man (50-1)
The field for the 1 1/4 mile race is limited to 20 3-year-olds. If a horse withdraws from the race before Friday at 9 a.m. EDT, then Epic Ride and Mugatu are respectively eligible to be added to the field.
Most horses arrived at the Derby by earning points in the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of races that began in September with the Iroquois Stakes and ended at the Lexington Stakes on April 13. Points were awarded to the top five finishers. in each of the 36 races.
Separately, TO Password was invited to the Derby after winning last month’s Fukuryu Stakes in Japan and earning enough points to dominate all four Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby races.
Earlier this year, Churchill Downs announced that the purse for the 2024 Derby would reach a record $5 million, up from $3 million in prize money up for grabs since 2019.
The $5 million will be split among the top five finishers in the Derby, with $3.1 million for the winner, $1 million for the runner-up, $500,000 for third place, $250,000 for fourth place and 150 000 dollars for fifth place.
Known as the Run for the Roses, the Derby is traditionally held on the first Saturday in May, marking the start of the Triple Crown. Two weeks after the Derby, the Preakness issues in Baltimore marks the midpoint of the series. In June, the Belmont Stakes will close the series in Saratoga Springs, New York, instead of the race’s home on Long Island due to the construction of a new Belmont Park.
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