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The running of the 151st Kentucky Derby takes place today with an official post time scheduled for 6:57 p.m. Earlier this week, there were a couple of scratches to the original horse schedule with both Rodriguez and Grande missing the event. Journalism is listed as the odds-on favorite to win the race and this year there are three horses with Morning Line Odds of single digits to win.
This year's Derby is scheduled for a 6:57 p.m. post time and it will be televised nationally on NBC. Here are the post positions, horses, trainers, jockeys and odds for the race, courtesy of kentuckyderby.com:
| Post Position |
Horse |
Trainer |
Jockey |
Odds |
| 1 |
Citizen Bull |
Bob Baffert |
Martin Garcia |
13-1 |
| 2 |
Neoequos |
Saffie Joseph Jr. |
Flavien Prat |
47-1 |
| 3 |
Final Gambit |
Brad H. Cox |
Luan Machado |
15-1 |
| 4 |
Rodriguez |
SCRATCHED |
|
|
| 5 |
American Promise |
D. Wayne Lukas |
Nik Juarez |
12-1 |
| 6 |
Admire Daytona |
Yukihiro Kato |
Christophe Lemaire |
41-1 |
| 7 |
Luxor Cafe |
Noriyuki Hori |
Joao Moreira |
11-1 |
| 8 |
Journalism |
Michael W. McCarthy |
Umberto Rispoli |
7/2 |
| 9 |
Burnham Square |
ian R. Wilker |
Brian Hernandez Jr. |
16-1 |
| 10 |
Grande |
SCRATCHED |
|
|
| 11 |
Flying Mohawk |
Whit Beckman |
Joseph Ramos |
31-1 |
| 12 |
East Avenue |
Brendan P. Walsh |
Manuel Franco |
37-1 |
| 13 |
Publisher |
Steven M. Asmussen |
Irad Ortiz Jr. |
29-1 |
| 14 |
Tiztastic |
Steven M. Asmussen |
Joel Rosario |
18-1 |
| 15 |
Render Judgement |
Kenneth G. McPeek |
Julien Leparoux |
14-1 |
| 16 |
Coal Battle |
Lonnie Briley |
Juan Vargas |
25-1 |
| 17 |
Sandman |
Mark E. Casse |
Jose Ortiz |
9/2 |
| 18 |
Sovereignty |
William I. Mott |
Junior Alvarado |
9-1 |
| 19 |
Chunk of Gold |
Ethan West |
Jareth Loveberry |
28-1 |
| 20 |
Owen Almighty |
Brian A. Lynch |
Javier Castellano |
39-1 |
| 21 |
Baeza |
John Shirreffs |
Flavien Prat |
18-1 |
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