LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Post positions were drawn for the Kentucky Derby Tuesday, with favorite Tiz the Law drawing post 17 — the only post to have never yielded a Derby winner.
The post positions are, in order: Finnick the Fierce, Max Player, Enforceable, Storm The Court, Major Fed, King Guillermo, Money Moves, South Bend, Mr. Big News, Thousand Words, Necker Island, Sole Volante, Attachment Rate, Winning Impression, Ny Traffic, Honor A.P., Tiz the Law and Authentic.
Tiz the Law is the favorite at 3-5, Authentic is at 8-1 and Honor A.P. is at 5-1.
Bob Baffert-trained Gamine is the even-money favorite in the Kentucky Oaks, coming from post 5.
The post positions are, in order: Swiss Skydiver, Tempers Rising, Donna Veloce, Speech, Gamine, Bayerness, Shedaresthedevil, Hopeful Growth, Dream Marie.
Officials with Churchill Downs said the post position draw for the 146th Kentucky Derby will take place Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Both drawings will take place in the Aristides Lounge on the second floor of Churchill Downs’ Clubhouse.
The facility is putting extra safety measures in place due to COVID-19 by limiting the access to the Aristides Lounge to only owners and trainers.
What is a post position draw? Here’s a breakdown from Churchill Downs.
Both the Oaks and Derby are traditional pill pulls in which horses’ entry blanks are pulled simultaneously with a numbered pill to determine which stall a horse will break from the starting gate.
For the Oaks, preference to the nation’s premier race for 3-year-old fillies is given to the top point-earners on the “Road to the Kentucky Oaks.” Up to 18 horses may enter the 1 1/8-mile race and four horses can be listed as “also eligible” and would be ranked in order accordingly; they could draw into the field should any horse(s) be scratched before scratch time on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 at 9 a.m. ET.
For the Derby, preference is given to the top point-earners on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby.” Up to 24 three-year-olds may enter the 1 ¼-mile race and four horses can be listed as “also eligible” and would be ranked in order accordingly; they could draw into the field should any horse(s) be scratched before scratch time on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 at 9 a.m. ET.
The post positions draws will be streamed on KentuckyDerby.com.
The Kentucky Oaks will take place on Sept. 4 followed by the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5.
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