The field for the 2024 Kentucky Derby – the 150th edition of the race – is set, and we present the betting odds and post positions for the 20 contenders below.
The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports will be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 4. Post time for the Run for the Roses is 6:57 p.m. ET, with coverage on NBC and Peacock starting at 2:30 p.m.
Morning-line odds have No. 3 Sierra Leone, who won the Blue Grass Stakes, and No. 17 Fierceness, winner of Florida Derby and last year’s FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, as the betting favorites in this race for three-year-olds.
It’s important to note that pari-mutuel wagering – the type of betting that occurs in horse racing most often – functions differently than sports betting. In pari-mutuel betting, wagers are paid out based on closing odds, not the odds at the time the wager was placed.
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2024 Kentucky Derby field: Odds, post positions, jockey, trainers
Here is the field for this year’s Kentucky Derby, along with each horse’s morning-line odds*, post position, jockey and trainer.
| Post | Horse | Trainer | Jockey | ML odds |
| 1 | Dornoch | Danny Gargan | Luis Saez | 20-1 |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | Todd Pletcher | Tyler Gaffalione | 3-1 |
| 3 | Mystik Dan | Kenny McPeek | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 20-1 |
| 4 | Catching Freedom | Brad Cox | Flavien Prat | 8-1 |
| 5 | Catalytic | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Jose Ortiz | 30-1 |
| 6 | Just Steel | D. Wayne Lukas | Keith Asmussen | 20-1 |
| 7 | Honor Marie | Whit Beckman | Ben Curtis | 20-1 |
| 8 | Just A Touch | Brad Cox | Florent Géroux | 10-1 |
| 9 | Encino | Brad Cox | Axel Concepción | 20-1 |
| 10 | T O Password | Daisuke Takayanagi | Kazushi Kimura | 30-1 |
| 11 | Forever Young | Yoshito Yahagi | Ryusei Sakai | 10-1 |
| 12 | Track Phantom | Steve Asmussen | Joel Rosario | 20-1 |
| 13 | West Saratoga | Larry Demeritte | Jesús Castañón | 50-1 |
| 14 | Endlessly | Michael McCarthy | Umberto Rispoli | 30-1 |
| 15 | Domestic Product | Chad Brown | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 30-1 |
| 16 | Grand Mo the First | Víctor Barboza Jr. | Emisael Jaramillo | 50-1 |
| 17 | Fierceness | Chad Brown | John Velazquez | 5-2 |
| 18 | Stronghold | Phil D’Amato | Antonio Fresu | 20-1 |
| 19 | Resilience | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado | 20-1 |
| 20 | Society Man | Danny Gargan | Frankie Dettori | 50-1 |
Morning-line odds are predictions about a horse’s closing odds and have no bearing on what a bet will actually pay. With pari-mutuel wagering, odds are determined by the amount of money bet on each entry, and unlike in sports betting, closing odds are the prices at which each bet is effective.
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A horse-by-horse look at 150th running of the Kentucky Derby
There are 20 three-year-olds entered for this year’s Run for the Roses — 19 colts and one gelding. There are also two colts listed as “also eligible”, meaning they’ll have a chance to compete on Saturday should one or two of the entries be scratched.
No. 1 Dornoch (20-to-1 odds)
Dornoch has won two stakes races — the Remsen as a two-year old in December and the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park in March, before a disappointing fourth-place finish at 5-to-2 odds behind three Kentucky Derby contenders in the Blue Grass Stakes in April.
No. 2 Sierra Leone (3-1)
This Chad Brown trainee has won three of his four career starts, the only blemish a loss by a nose to Dornoch in the Remsen. Sierra Leone avenged that defeat with a length-and-a-half victory as the 3-to-2 favorite in the Blue Grass at Keeneland.
No. 3 Mystik Dan (20-1)
An eight-length romp in a Grade 3 event at Oaklawn Park was followed by a third-place finish, six-and-a-half lengths behind Muth, in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby.
No. 4 Catching Freedom (8-1)
One of three entries from Brad Cox’s barn, Catching Freedom comes into Churchill Downs off a last-to-first victory in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby.
No. 5 Catalytic (30-1)
His lone start as a two-year-old, in a maiden special weight at Gulfstream, is this lightly-raced three-year-old’s only win. He finished second, but 13-1/2 lengths behind Fierceness, in the Florida Derby.
No. 6 Just Steel (20-1)
D. Wayne Lukas hasn’t been shy about getting this colt onto the track, running him 11 times already. While a low-level stakes win at Churchill as a two-year old won’t get the attention of too many handicappers, Just Steel did reward exacta bettors with a second-place finish as a 32-to-1 longshot in the Arkansas Derby.
No. 7 Honor Marie (20-1)
He’s got a win over this course — in the 1 1/16-mile Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes for two-year-olds in November — and posted a respectable 96 Beyer Speed Figure in his second-place finish by a length to Catching Freedom in the Louisiana Derby.
No. 8 Just a Touch (10-1)
Unraced as a two-year-old, Cox’s second entry finished second in both the Blue Grass and the Gotham, after rolling by four-and-a-half lengths in his debut in the Fairgrounds slop in January. Cox gives Florent Géroux this mount over Encino, the No. 9
No. 9 Encino (20-1)
Encino has won three straight for Cox, most recently the Grade 3 Lexington Stakes on April 13.
No. 10 T O Password (30-1)
This lightly-raced Japanese import is two-for-two lifetime, including a win by a head in the Fukuryu Stakes.
No. 11 Forever Young (10-1)
Another undefeated colt from the Land of the Rising Sun, Forever Young has won all five of his career starts, most recently the Grade 2 UAE Derby on March 30.
No. 12 Track Phantom (20-1)
While Joel Rosario will likely take Steve Asmussen’s colt to the front early, the tactic came up short in both the Louisiana Derby and Risen Star Stakes, where he finished fourth to Catching Freedom and second to Sierra Leone, respectively.
No. 13 West Saratoga (50-1)
There are plenty of reasons for his 50-to-1 morning-line price, as Larry Demeritte’s hopeful appears to be overmatched here.
No. 14 Endlessly (30-1)
While Michael McCarthy’s entry is two-for-two as a three-year-old, neither win came against impressive company, including a four-length victory over the above-mentioned West Saratoga in a Grade 3 event at Turfway Park.
No 15 Domestic Product (30-1)
Chad Brown’s second entry beat Fierceness in a second-place finish to the Derby favorite’s third in the Holy Bull. Domestic Product followed that performance by winning the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby in March.
No 16. Grand Mo the First (50-1)
Finished third, but 16 lengths behind Fierceness, in the Florida Derby. He was also third, by a neck, to Domestic Product at Tampa Bay. Both of this colt’s wins came as a two-year-old — in his maiden debut and then an optional claimer.
No. 17 Fierceness (5-2)
The 110 Beyer from his 13-length Florida Derby triumph jumps off the page, and Todd Pletcher’s star pupil posted a 105 in his 6 1/4-length win in the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Repeating those types of figures should be enough to take the Roses on Saturday.
No 18. Stronghold (20-1)
A 6-3-3-0 lifetime record belies his 20-to-1 odds, but the racing community isn’t overly impressed with his resume, even with a win in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.
No 19. Resilience (20-1)
It took Bill Mott’s colt four tries to break his maiden, not exactly the stuff of a Kentucky Derby champion. Resilience did take the Grade 2 Wood Memorial on April 6 at Aqueduct.
No. 20 Society Man (50-1)
Second to Resilience in the Wood off breaking his maiden, the Derby’s lone gelding appears to be up against too much on Saturday.
Horses also eligible for Kentucky Derby
No. 21 Epic Ride and No. 22 Mugatu, both priced at 30-1 on the morning line, get into the race should one of the 20 entries listed above scratch. Neither strikes an imposing figure here.