Kentucky Derby 2026 Post Positions Draw Start Time, Horses Lineup and More

The field for the 2026 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs will be determined Saturday during the post positions draw.

The top horses in racing will determine where they will start the most prestigious race in the sport, their trainers and jockeys all hoping for the best possible spot to maximize their odds of victory come next Saturday's 152nd running of the race.

When can fans check out the post positions draw and which horse is quickly becoming the most intriguing of the entire field?

Find out in this preview.

Schedule and Viewing Info

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Date: Saturday, April 25

Time: 2:15 p.m. EST

Streaming: FanDuel TV

Lineup

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Commandment (Trainer: Brad Cox)

Further Ado (Brad Cox)

Renegade (Todd Pletcher)

So Happy (Mark Giatt)

Fulleffort (Brad Cox)

The Puma (Gustavo Delgado)

Silent Tactic (Mark Casse)

Emerging Market (Chad Brown)

Albus (Riley Mott)

Potente (Bob Baffert)

Pavlovian (Doug O'Neill)

Right to Party (Kenny McPeek)

Incredibolt (Riley Mott)

Golden Tempo (Cherie DeVaux)

Chief Wallabee (Bill Mott)

Chip Honcho (Steve Asmussen)

Intrepido (Jeff Mullins)

Danon Bourbon (Manabu Ikezoe)

Wonder Dean (Daisuke Takayanagi)

Six Speed (Bhupat Seemar)

Litmus Test (Bob Baffert)

Great White (John Ennis)

Ocelli (Whit Beckman)

Robusta (Doug O'Neill)

Horse to Watch: Chief Wallabee

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Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott earned his second Kentucky Derby title with Sovereignty in 2025 and will look to make it two straight with Chief Wallabee at this year's event.

Chief Wallabee, despite getting a late start on the racing season, finished second to Kentucky Derby favorite Commandment in both the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Florida Derby, positioning him as an underdog worth watching amid a mostly wide-open field.

Trainer Mott said, ""I always believed that a Derby winner had to run as a 2-year-old, but now it's totally different. A lot of horses are coming in with fewer races."

Not only would Mott be a consecutive Derby winner, but so would jockey Junior Avarado, who rode Sovereignty to the finish line a year ago, ending an 0-5 record at the biggest race of the year.

Chief Wallabee has already won a Derby-length race and is a strong, hard-running competitor, like his father, Constitution. He has the ability to power past the race's favorites and pull off the win at Churchill Downs, catapulting himself into the discussion of top horses this racing season.