The post positions for Saturday's Kentucky Derby are (with the jockey and current odds):
Sort It Out (Brice Blanc, 50-1)
Andromeda's Hero (Rafael Bejarano, 50-1)
Sun King (Edgar Prado, 15-1)
Noble Causeway (Gary Stevens, 12-1)
Coin Silver (Patrick Valenzuela, 12-1)
High Limit (Ramon Dominguez, 12-1); Flower Alley (Jorge Chavez, 20-1)
Greater Good (John McKee, 20-1)
Greeley's Galaxy (Kent Desormeaux, 15-1)
Giacomo (Mike Smith, 50-1)
High Fly (Jerry Bailey, 8-1)
Afleet Alex (Jeremy Rose, 9-2)
Spanish Chestnut (Joe Bravo, 50-1)
Wilko (Corey Nakatani, 20-1)
Bandini (John Velazquez, 6-1)
Bellamy Road (Javier Castellano, 5-2)
Don't Get Mad (Tyler Baze, 30-1)
Closing Argument (Cornelio Velasquez, 30-1)
Going Wild (Jose Valdivia, Jr., 50-1)
Buzzards Bay (Mark Guidry, 20-1).
Trivia bits:
Two horses were sired by previous Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus (2000) - Andromeda's Hero and Bandini.
Bellamy Road is owned by George Steinbrenner. He was the winner of the Wood Memorial and is a favorite in the Run for the Roses.
Trainer Nick Zito has five horses running - Bellamy Road, High Fly, Noble Causeway, Sun King, and Andromeda's Hero.
Afleet Alex won the Arkansas Derby. Part of his earnings go to a children's cancer charity.
Posted by marybeth at May 5, 2005 02:44 PM News