Kentucky Derby 2015: Post Time, TV Schedule and Race Live Stream

Well, things just became a tad more interesting surrounding the already competitive 2015 Kentucky Derby thanks to the post positions draw.

Make no mistake, American Pharoah remains a heavy favorite coming out of the No. 18 post. Carpe Diem and Dortmund are still right behind out of the No. 2 and No. 8 gates, respectively.

But the rest of the deep field seems to have a bit of new life after Wednesday's reveal, as strong contenders landed great slots.

With things set, let's detail how to catch the event and break down some of its finer points.

2015 Kentucky Derby Viewing Info 

Where: Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky

When: Saturday, May 2, at 6:24 p.m. ET

Watch: NBC

Live Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra

2015 Kentucky Derby Post Positions and Odds  

Post	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 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

Preview

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Wednesday, the focus was on two Bob Baffert-trained horses, as it will be at Churchill Downs Saturday, too.

American Pharoah features the best odds for good reason, as the winner of the Rebel Stakes and the Arkansas Derby continues to look like the best horse in all of racing. Dortmund is Baffert's other major contender, which makes sense considering the three-year-old colt is sired by Big Brown and undefeated in six races.

Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde offered his thoughts on how both fared:

Baffert seems inclined to agree, as Art Wilson of the L.A. Newspaper Group captures:

What about the others?

As the odds show, Firing Line isn't one to underestimate out of the 10th gate. This becomes even more apparent when one realizes the Simon Callaghan-trained horse touts two second-place finishes in his last three starts—one of those a close loss to Dortmund at the Robert B. Lewis Stakes.

Firing Line was a contender before the post draw because of those performances and the presence of legendary jockey Gary Stevens up top. Add in a great post position, and Firing Line may challenge Dortmund down the stretch once again.

Call Frosted another big winner, too. Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin's colt is already on fire as of late after serious recent changes, winning the Wood Memorial with ease. Frosted and jockey Joel Rosario, who won at Churchill Downs in 2013, seem to have great chemistry and break out of a favorable slot.

Materiality is one of the bigger losers of the draw. For shame, too, as trainer Todd Pletcher had one of his best horses in fine form going into things thanks to a win in the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.

Bobby La Gesse of The Ames Tribune puts it best for both of Pletcher's horses:

Pletcher can't complain too much, though, not with the No. 1 spot going to trainer Jim Cassidy and popular underdog Ocho Ocho Ocho.

There's a horrific history surrounding the first gate, one that Mike Curry of America's Best Racing, via Fox Sports, explains well:

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Think about it, 19 other horses break out of the starting gate and immediately start moving over to try and take that inside position. It's like a stampede engulfing the inside horse and we've seen quite a few runners get bounced around pretty good in the early stages of this race. The last horse to win from the one hole was Ferdinand in 1986.

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Hence why top contenders can't be too upset with pretty much any other placement.

When the dust settles on the post positions, it's not hard to see why American Pharoah remains the heavy favorite. Baffert's horse needed to avoid a travesty Wednesday and did, and all he needs to do Saturday is run well—which was the main goal regardless of post position.

Stats and information via KentuckyDerby.com unless otherwise specified.