Kentucky Derby 2013 Horses: Overanalyze and Sleeper Horses to Bet On

Just as I'll Have Another proved in 2012, betting on a favorite to win at the Kentucky Derby can be awfully risky.

After all, it's been five years since a betting favorite won the Run for the Roses. The last to do so was Big Brown in 2008. Since then, heavy favorites like Dunkirk (2009), Dialed In (2011) and Bodemeister (2012) have come up short in their bid to deliver what Vegas expected. 

Below we'll run down the entire field of horses at Saturday's Kentucky Derby, highlighting a trio of Todd Pletcher-trained sleepers to bet on this weekend.

2013 Kentucky Derby | Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky. | Purse: $2.18 Million | Grade I | Distance: 10 furlongs | Post Time: 6:24 p.m. ET

*Post positions via the Kentucky Derby's official Twitter account. Odds via OddsShark.com.

Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Odds
1	OPEN*	---	---	---
2	Oxbow	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	33-1
3	Revolutionary	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	9-1
4	Golden Soul	Robby Albarado	Dallas Stewart	50-1
5	Normandy Invasion	Javier Castellano	Chad Brown	9-1
6	Mylute	Rosie Napravnik	Tom Amoss	16-1
7	Giant Finish	Jose L. Espinoza	Anthony W. Dutrow	50-1
8	Goldencents	Kevin Krigger	Doug O'Neill	11/2
9	Overanalyze	Rafael Bejarano	Todd Pletcher	14-1
10	Palace Malice	Mike Smith	Todd Pletcher	25-1
11	Lines of Battle	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien	33-1
12	Itsmyluckyday	Elvis Trujillo	Eddie Plesa, Jr.	12-1
13	Falling Sky	Luis Saez	John Terranova II	50-1
14	Verrazano	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	4-1
15	Charming Kitten	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher	25-1
16	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude R. McGaughey III	4-1
17	Will Take Charge	Jon Court	D. Wayne Lukas	20-1
18	Frac Daddy	Victor Lebron	Kenny McPeek	40-1
19	Java's War	Julien Leparoux	Kenny McPeek	16-1
20	Vyjack	Garrett Gomez	Rudy Rodriguez	14-1

*Black Onyx has been scratched from post No. 1 according to Churchill Downs PR on Twitter.

Overanalyze, Post No. 9, 14-1

Kentucky Derby-winning horse trainer Todd Pletcher has five colts in Saturday's race, including a few sleepers like Overanalyze, who will run from post No. 9 this weekend. 

The Grade I Arkansas Derby winner has won four of his seven career starts, and has decent but not great odds to win this weekend, 14-1 according to OddsShark.com. You won't be alone in picking Overanalyze, though, as ESPN's Darren Rovell is already on the bandwagon.

It's been over 30 years since a horse has won the Derby from post No. 9, but that doesn't quite make it an unfavorable post. After all, slot Nos. 8 and 10 have produced a combined 20 Derby winners since 1900.

Given what we saw from this horse at Oaklawn Park this spring and at the Grade II Remsen Stakes last fall, there's really no reason to pick against Overanalyze this weekend.

Palace Malice, Post No. 10, 25-1

Pletcher has also had a hand in Palace Malice's success. The Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes runner-up is facing stiff odds to win this weekend, but is definitely capable of winning or at least finishing in the money from post No. 10.

Post No.10 has produced 10 Derby winners over the past 113 races at Churchill Downs, including 2005's Giacomo.

Palace Malice has finished in the money in five of his six career races dating back to last summer and was actually running well at the Grade II Louisiana Derby last March before stumbling down the stretch to finish a disappointing seventh.

Most recently, though, we saw this horse give fellow Derby contender Java's War all he could toward the end of the Blue Grass Stakes. 

Charming Kitten, Post No. 15, 25-1

Another sleeper with 25-1 odds to win this weekend is Charming Kitten, who will be running out of a favorable slot in post No. 15. Two Derby winners have run out of post No. 15 since 1996.

The 15th slot will offer plenty of space out to Charming Kitten's left at the start as the post marks the first of six inside the auxiliary gate (the additional gate added on to the first 14 posts.

Beyond his starting post on Saturday, Charming Kitten has a solid resume to suggest he'll come up big at Churchill Downs. Despite boasting just one victory in 2013, the Todd Pletcher-trained colt has finished in the money in six of seven career races, including a third-place finish at the Blue Grass Stakes last month.

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