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A Field of 20 Will Run In Derby 135

The post positions are set for the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby.          A full field of twenty is entered in Saturday's race. The early favorite, at 3 to 1, is I Want Revenge, trained by Jeff Mullins.                                     

This is Mullins' fifth Derby, but his first as trainer of a morning line favorite.  He says it's an impressive field of three-year-olds."Any time you're in a race like this, if they've made it this far, they've all got to have quality," Mullins said.   "People ask me 'who (do) you fear.'   Well,  I fear 'em all."I Want Revenge is coming off victories in the Wood Memorial and Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York.He'll be ridden by 19 year old jockey Joe Talamo and will break from post position 13.Here's a complete list of Derby post positions and odds from Churchill Downs:

FIELD FOR 135TH RUNNING OF THE $2 MILLION-GUARANTEED

KENTUCKY DERBY PRESENTED BY YUM! BRANDS (Grade I)

 

Post

Horse

Trainer

Jockey

Morning line odds*

1

West Side Bernie

Kelly Breen

Stewart Elliott

50-1

2

Musket Man

Derek Ryan

Eibar Coa

20-1

3

Mr. Hot Stuff

Eoin Harty

John Velazquez

30-1

4

Advice

Todd Pletcher

Rene Douglas

30-1

5

Hold Me Back

Bill Mott

Kent Desormeaux

15-1

6

Friesan Fire

Larry Jones

Gabriel Saez

5-1

7

Papa Clem

Gary Stute

Rafael Bejarao

20-1

8

Mine That Bird

Chip Woolley

Calvin Borel

50-1

9

Join in the Dance

Todd Pletcher

Chris DeCarlo

50-1

10

Regal Ransom

Saeed bin Suroor

Alan Garcia

30-1

11

Chocolate Candy

Jerry Hollendorfer

Mike Smith

20-1

12

General Quarters

Tom McCarthy

Julien Leparoux

20-1

13

I Want Revenge

Jeff Mullins

Joe Talamo

3-1

14

Atomic Rain

Kelly Breen

Joe Bravo

50-1

15

Dunkirk

Todd Pletcher

Edgar Prado

4-1

16

Pioneerof the Nile

Bob Baffert

Garrett Gomez

4-1

17

Summer Bird

Tim Ice

Chris Rosier

50-1

18

Nowhere to Hide

Nick Zito

Shaun Bridgmohan

50-1

19

Desert Party

Saeed bin Suroor

Ramon Dominguez

15-1

20

Flying Private

D. Wayne Lukas

Robby Albarado

50-1

*Morning Line Odds by Mike Battaglia

 

KENTUCKY DERBY 135 PURSE AND PAYOUTS

WITH 20 STARTERS

Purse: $2,202,200

First: $1,442,200

Second: $400,000

Third: $200,000

Fourth: $100,000

Fifth: $60,000

 

Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.