Kentucky Derby 2024 Post Positions: Complete Listing for Every Horse
April 28, 2024
The post positions for the Kentucky Derby have been drawn.
Pre-race favorite Fierceness has the No. 17 post in this year's Run for the Roses. The Florida Derby winner is listed at 5-2, per the official Kentucky Derby website.
Sierra Leone (3-1) and Catching Freedom (8-1) are the only two other horses with shorter than 10-1 odds. Sierra Leone drew the No. 2 post, with Catching Freedom at No. 4.
Here's a look at the entire 20-horse list for the 150th running of the Triple Crown's first leg, which will go down on Saturday with a post time of 6:57 p.m. ET.
Post Positions
1. Dornoch
2. Sierra Leone
3. Mystik Dan
4. Catching Freedom
5. Catalytic
6. Just Steel
7. Honor Marie
8. Just a Touch
9. Encino
10. T O Password
11. Forever Young
12. Track Phantom
13. West Saratoga
14. Endlessly
15. Domestic Product
16. Grand Mo the First
17. Fierceness
18. Stronghold
19. Resilience
20. Society Man
Fierceness is the favorite for good reason after winning the Florida Derby by 13-and-a-half lengths. It also helps to have a trainer like Todd Pletcher, a seven-time winner of the Eclipse Award as Top Trainer.
Fierceness has made five starts over his racing career, winning twice as a two-year-old as well. His biggest win before the Florida Derby was a victory at the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last fall by six-and-a-quarter lengths.
Keep an eye out for Sierra Leone, though. Trained by two-time Preakness winner Chad C. Brown, Sierra Leone is 2-for-2 this year, winning at the Risen Star Stakes and Toyota Blue Grass Stakes.
Sierra Leone notably defeated second-place Just a Touch, listed at 10-1 odds in the Kentucky Derby, in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes. He also beat 20-1 Track Phantom and 8-1 Catching Freedom at the Risen Star Stakes.
Catching Freedom bounced back from the third-place finish to win the Louisiana Derby one month later, notably defeating 20-1 Kentucky Derby entrant Honor Marie and Track Phantom. So he'll be rolling into Churchill Downs on a high note.