2015 Kentucky Derby Post Positions

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For the Kentucky Derby, the post position has been is a fairly good indicator the winners being typically positions 5-8. Dortmund will start from the favored 8 post while American Pharoah will start from the 18 post.

The 141st Kentucky Derby post is set for 6:25 p.m. ET on Saturday under the famed twin spires of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby Post Positions

Post poistion

Horse

Jockey

Trainer

Odds

1

Ocho Ocho Ocho

Elvis Trujillo

Jim Cassidy

50/1

2

Carpe Diem

John Velazquez

Todd Pletcher

8/1

3

Materiality

Javier Castellano

Todd Pletcher

12/1

4

Tencendur

Manny Franco

George Weaver

30/1

5

Danzig Moon

Julien Leparoux

Mark Casse

30/1

6

MubTaaqhij

Christophe Soumillion

Mike de Kock

20/1

7

El Kabeir

Calvin Borel

John Terranova II

30/1

8

Dortmund

Martin Garcia

Bob Baffert

3/1

9

Bolo

Rafael Bejarano

Carla Gaines

30/1

10

Firing Line

Gary Stevens

Simon Callaghan

12/1

11

Stanford

Florent Geroux

Todd Pletcher

30/1

12

International Star

Miguel Mena

Mike Maker

20/1

13

Itsaknockout

Luis Saez

Todd Pletcher

30/1

14

Keen Ice

Kent Desormeaux

Dale Romans

50/1

15

Frosted

Joel Rosario

Kiaran McLaughlin

15/1

16

War Story

Joe Talamo

Tom Amoss

50/1

17

Mr. Z

Ramon Vazquez

D. Wayne Lukas

50/1

18

American Pharoah

Victor Espinoza

Bob Baffert

5/2

19

Upstart

Jose Ortiz

Rick Violette Jr.

15/1

20

Far Right

Mike Smith

Ron Moquett

30/1


– Updated Mar 27, 2015 – Subject to Change

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Tom Franklin is a senior contributor at US Racing.
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