Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner American Pharoah has drawn post 18 in the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and has been installed as the morning line favorite at 5-2.
His stablemate, the unbeaten Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Dortmund, drew well in post 8 and is the second choice on the morning line at 3-1. Carpe Diem, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I), drew post 2 and is the third choice at 8-1.
2015 Kentucky Derby Post Positions
#/Horse/Jockey/Trainer/Morning Line 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 Mubtaahij, Christophe Soumillon, 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, Richard Violette, Jr., 15-1
20 Far Right, Mike Smith, Ron Moquett, 30-1
AE 1: Frammento, Corey Nakatani, Nick Zito
AE 2: Tale of Verve, Brian Hernandez, Jr., Dallas Stewart
