Kentucky Derby Post Draw: Post Positions for Each Horse in 2015 Field

All that's left to do now is actually run the race. 

With the Kentucky Derby post positions set and the morning-line odds established, the Derby is all set up for Saturday's showcase. Get your fancy hats and your mint juleps ready to take a look below at the post positions, odds and some of the favorites heading into Saturday. 

Field

Post Position	Horse	Odds	Trainer	Jockey
1	Ocho Ocho Ocho	50-1	Jim Cassidy	Elvis Trujillo
2	Carpe Diem	8-1	Todd Pletcher	John Velazquez
3	Materiality	12-1	Todd Pletcher	Javier Castellano
4	Tencendur	30-1	George Weaver	Manny Franco
5	Danzig Moon	30-1	Mark Casse	Julien Leparoux
6	Mubtaahij	20-1	Mike de Kock	Christophe Soumillon
7	El Kabeir	30-1	John Terranova II	Calvin Borel
8	Dortmund	3-1	Bob Baffert	Martin Garcia
9	Bolo	30-1	Carla Gaines	Rafael Bejarano
10	Firing Line	12-1	Simon Callaghan	Gary Stevens
11	Stanford	30-1	Todd Pletcher	Florent Geroux
12	International Star	20-1	Mike Maker	Miguel Mena
13	Itsaknockout	30-1	Todd Pletcher	Luis Saez
14	Keen Ice	50-1	Dale Romans	Kent Desormeaux
15	Frosted	15-1	Kiaran McLaughlin	Joel Rosario
16	War Story	50-1	Tom Amoss	Joe Talamo
17	Mr. Z	50-1	D. Wayne Lukas	Ramon Vazquez
18	American Pharoah	5-2	Bob Baffert	Victor Espinoza
19	Upstart	15-1	Rick Violette Jr.	Jose Ortiz
20	Far Right	30-1	Ron Moquett	Mike Smith

Analysis

The question at this year's Kentucky Derby may not be if trainer Bob Baffert has a champion on his hands. Rather, the question heading into the race appears to be which one of his two contenders will inevitably take the title against a deep but perhaps overmatched field.

American Pharoah and Dortmund are the clear favorites, though the buzz coming into the race is that this is one of the deeper fields in recent memory. Indeed, American Pharoah, Dortmund, Materiality and Carpe Diem—four of the favorites—have won 17 of 19 total starts between them. 

Not too shabby, eh?

Baffert can't be thrilled with American Pharoah's draw, of course, as the favorite will have to come from the outside to win the title. Still, he is a special horse.

"I have been doing this for 35 years, and he might be the best horse I've ever seen," bloodstock agent Gary Young said in a Churchill Downs release via USA Today. "He's simply like Michael Jordan and stays in the air like he did in his rookie year. He stays in the air longer than any horse, and you get the feeling that there's not one gear left, but he may have two, three or four gears."

That's high praise, indeed. And if American Pharoah comes from the outside to win, he'll certainly prove he's earned the plaudits.

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Carpe Diem and Materiality's spots on the inside are tricky ones to overcome—though given Materiality's speed, the horse might be able to race out to an early start and avoid getting pinned too far inside. Carpe Diem was drawn with Materiality to his right. 

Dortmund ended up with a solid draw, meanwhile, and won't have to worry about shooting out from the inside or making up ground from out wide. That makes Dortmund a very dangerous horse at the Derby. 

On the inside, keep an eye on Mubtaahij and Firing Line. Both horses are nice contenders to keep in mind—as many folks are going to focus on Baffert's pair—but some of the horses with slightly longer odds represent very nice values, especially considering in less deep fields, they would be more highly regarded.