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Renegade is the morning-line favorite at 4-1 for the Kentucky Derby on May 2. The field includes 20 horses, with three others at single-digit odds.
Renegade has been installed as the morning-line favorite for the May 2 Kentucky Derby. Photo courtesy of Oaklawn Park
April 25 (UPI) -- Arkansas Derby winner Renegade drew the inside gate Saturday for the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby on May 2 and was installed as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in the field of 20 3-year-olds.
Only three other horses were posted at single-digit odds in what shapes up as a competitive field.
Set at 6-1 by Churchill Downs oddsmaker Nick Tammaro were Florida Derby winner Commandment, drawn in post position 6, and Blue Grass Stakes winner Further Ado in gate 18.
Chief Wallabee, who finished second in the Fountain of Youth and third in the Florida Derby, will start from gate 12 and was pegged at 8-1.
The inside gate is considered a handicap because it can force a jockey to either gun his mount to the lead or risk getting buried back in the field as other horses cross over to vie for the lead.
That might not be as much of a problem for Renegade, who typically races off the pace and puts in a late run down the stretch. It will be up to jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. to sort that out.
The field includes three horses trained by Brad Cox -- Further Ado, Commandment and Jeff Ruby Steaks winner Fulleffort, who has never raced on dirt and was a longshot even before drawing the outside, No. 20 gate.
"That's the one I'm least excited about," Cox said, adding he was more pleased with his other draws.
"I'm very happy with that," he said of Further Ado's No. 18. "We wanted to be outside and it looks like the speed is inside of us."
Derby rookie trainer Riley Mott has two horses in the field. Wood Memorial victor Albus will start from stall 2 and Incredibolt, the Virginia Derby winner, will go from gate 11. Mott's father, Bill Mott, who won the 2025 Derby with Sovereignty, has only Chief Wallabee in this year's field.
"I don't know him now," the younger Mott deadpanned after the draw about his dad. "He's the opposition."
Litmus Test drew into the field Saturday morning when trainer Steve Asmussen opted to wait for the Preakness with his contender, Chip Honcho. That gives trainer Bob Baffert two chances, with Potente the other, to secure his seventh Derby win, breaking a deadlock with Ben Jones.
But it also means Asmussen has no entry in the Run for the Roses -- a race he has never won despite racking up more than 11,000 career victories.
Renegade has been set as the morning-line favorite with odds of 4-1.
The other top contenders include Commandment at 6-1 and Further Ado, also at 6-1.
The Kentucky Derby is scheduled for May 2.
There are 20 horses competing in the Kentucky Derby.
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Three horses came from overseas to contest America's signature race.
Wonder Dean and Six Speed earned their spots by finishing first and second, respectively, in the Grade II UAE Derby in Dubai -- the deciding race in the "Euro/Mideast Road to the Kentucky Derby."
Danon Bourbon secured his entry with a victory in the final leg of the "Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby."
Post time for the 1 1/4-mile Derby is 6:57 p.m. EDT. NBC-TV and NBCSN provide live coverage from noon to 2:30 p.m. NBC and Peacock take over from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m.. The weather forecast is for partly cloudy skies with a high in the mid-60s.
The field for the Kentucky Derby, by post position, with trainer, jockey and morning-line odds:
Renegade, Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz Jr., 4-1 (favorite)
Albus, Riley Mott, Manny Franco, 30-1
Intrepido, Jeff Mullins, Hector Berrios, 50-1
Litmus Test, Bob Baffert, Martin Garcia, 30-1
Right to Party, Kenny McPeek, Chris Elliott, 30-1
Commandment, Brad Cox, Luis Saez, 6-1
Danon Bourbon, Manabu Ikezoe, Atsuya Nishimura, 20-1
So Happy, Mark Glatt, Mike Smith, 15-1
The Puma, Gustavo Delgado Sr., Javier Castellano, 10-1
Wonder Dean (JPN), Daisuke Takayanagi, Ryusei Sakai, 30-1
Incredibolt, Riley Mott, Jaime Torres, 20-1
Chief Wallabee, Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado, 8-1
Silent Tactic, Mark Casse, Cristian Torres, 20-1
Potente, Bob Baffert, Juan Hernandez, 20-1
Emerging Market, Chad Brown, Flavien Prat, 15-1
Pavlovian, Doug O'Neill, Edwin Maldonado, 30-1
Six Speed, Bhupat Seemar, Brian Hernandez Jr., 50-1
Further Ado, Brad Cox, John Velazquez, 6-1
Golden Tempo, Cherie DeVaux, Jose Ortiz, 30-1
Fulleffort, Brad Cox, Tyler Gaffalione, 20-1
Also Eligible
Great White, John Ennis, Alex Achard
Ocelli, Whit Beckman, Joe Ramos
Robusta, Doug O'Neill, Emisael Jaramillo
Corona de Oro, Dallas Stewart, Brian Hernandez Jr.