Post Positions for Kentucky Derby 151 drawn, Saturday night

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WFIE) - The 151st Kentucky Derby is this coming Saturday, May 3, and on Saturday night, they held the post position draws, for the starting gate.

Barring too many defections, 20 horses are set to break from the gate, this coming Saturday, and in the number eight post, is the morning line favorite, “Journalism”, at 3-1 odds. He’s won every race, except his debut, and he qualified with a first place win, in the Santa Anita Derby.

There are three horses in the field, who ran at Ellis Park this past summer. In post 12, it’s “East Avenue”, who broke his maiden at Ellis, and eventually finished second in the Blue Grass Stakes, to lock up his spot.

Number 13, is “Publisher”, who ran third, in his Ellis debut, before eventually finishing second, in the Arkansas Derby, to clinch his spot in the field.

Finally, in post 20, will be “Owen Almighty”, who won the Ellis Park Juvenile Stakes, back in mid-August. He later won the Tampa Bay Derby, which helped get him into the run for the roses.

Below is the full field of horses, with their morning line odds in parentheses, in post position order:

1. Citizen Bull (20-1)

2. Neoequos (30-1)

3. Final Gambit (30-1)

4. Rodriguez (12-1)

5. American Promise (30-1)

6. Admire Daytona (30-1)

7. Luxor Cafe (15-1)

8. Journalism (3-1)

9. Burnham Square (12-1)

10. Grande (20-1)

11. Flying Mohawk (30-1)