2024 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby | |
Grade I stakes race | |
Location | Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
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Date | May 4, 2024 |
Distance | 1+1⁄4 mi (10 furlongs; 2,012 m) |
Surface | Dirt |
The 2024 Kentucky Derby (officially, the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve) will be the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It will take place on May 4, 2024, at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] The race is open to 20 horses, who qualified for the race through the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The race will be broadcast by NBC. Coverage of undercard events will begin at noon EDT on USA Network before transitioning to the main NBC network for pre-race activities at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The entirety of the day will also be streamed on NBC's streaming platform Peacock. FanDuel TV will also provide live streaming from 10:30 a.m. to noon EDT and from 7:30 p.m. EDT until festivities end.[2]
Qualification[edit]
The field is limited to twenty horses who qualify based on points earned in the 2024 Road to the Kentucky Derby, a series of designated races that was first introduced in 2013. This point system replaced the previous graded stakes race earnings system.[3] The Main Road consists mostly of races in North America and one in Dubai, the Japan Road consists of four races in Japan, and the European Road consists of seven races in Great Britain, Ireland and France.[4] T O Password qualified via the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.[4] Horses trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who is suspended from entering and racing horses at tracks owned by Churchill Downs did not earn any qualification points.[5]
Entries[edit]
The field was drawn on April 27. Fierceness was installed as the 5-to-2 favorite and drew post number 17.[6][7]
On April 30, Encino was scratched from the entry list after suffering a soft tissue strain, which allowed the John Ennis-trained Epic Ride to qualify from the also-eligible list.[8]
Finish | Program
Numbers |
Horse | Qualifying
Points |
Trainer | Jockey | Morning Line Odds |
Final Odds | Margin (Lengths) |
Winnings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dornoch | 75 | Danny Gargan | Luis Saez | 20–1 | ||||
2 | Sierra Leone | 155 | Chad C. Brown | Tyler Gaffalione | 3–1 | ||||
3 | Mystik Dan | 46 | Kenneth G. McPeek | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 20–1 | ||||
4 | Catching Freedom | 125 | Brad H. Cox | Flavien Prat | 8–1 | ||||
5 | Catalytic | 50 | Saffie Joseph Jr. | José Ortiz | 30–1 | ||||
6 | Just Steel | 65 | D. Wayne Lukas | Keith Asmussen | 20–1 | ||||
7 | Honor Marie | 65 | Whitworth D. Beckman | Ben Curtis | 20–1 | ||||
8 | Just a Touch | 75 | Brad H. Cox | Florent Geroux | 10–1 | ||||
scratched[8] | 9 | Encino | 40 | Brad H. Cox | Axel Concepcion | 20–1 | |||
10 | T O Password (JPN) | 40 | Daisuke Takayanagi | Kazushi Kimura | 30–1 | ||||
11 | Forever Young (JPN) | 100 | Yoshito Yahagi | Ryusei Sakai | 10–1 | ||||
12 | Track Phantom | 70 | Steven M. Asmussen | Joel Rosario | 20–1 | ||||
13 | West Saratoga | 67 | Larry Demeritte | Jesús Castañón | 50–1 | ||||
14 | Endlessly | 100 | Michael McCarthy | Umberto Rispoli | 30–1 | ||||
15 | Domestic Product | 60 | Chad C. Brown | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 30–1 | ||||
16 | Grand Mo the First | 40 | Victor Barboza Jr. | Emisael Jaramillo | 50–1 | ||||
17 | Fierceness | 136 | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | 5–2 | ||||
18 | Stronghold | 125 | Philip D'Amato | Antonio Fresu | 20–1 | ||||
19 | Resilience | 110 | William I. Mott | Junior Alvarado | 20–1 | ||||
20 | Society Man | 50 | Danny Gargan | Frankie Dettori | 50–1 | ||||
Also eligible | |||||||||
21 | Epic Ride | 35 | John Ennis | Adam Beschizza | 50–1 | ||||
22 | Mugatu | 14 | Jeff Engler | Joseph Talamo | 50–1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "2024 Kentucky Derby horses, futures, odds, date: Expert who called 10 Derby-Oaks Doubles gives picks". CBSSports.com. 2024-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Watch and Follow the 150th Kentucky Derby". kentuckyderby.com/. Churchill Downs Incorporated. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ "About the Road to the Kentucky Derby". Churchill Downs Incorporated. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ a b "Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard" (PDF). www.kentuckyderby.com. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Downey, Dick (24 April 2024). "Court of Appeals Denies Zedan Emergency Motion Order entered late April 24 upholds earlier ruling in Louisville". Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Fierceness a 5-2 morning-line favorite for 150th Kentucky Derby". espn.com. ESPN. April 27, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ Frakes, Jason (April 27, 2024). "Kentucky Derby post positions are set. See who's favored, odds at Churchill Downs". courier-journal.com. Louisville Courier Journal. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Grening, David (30 April 2024). "Injury Forces Encino Out of Derby; Epic Ride In; Trainer Brad Cox said his trainee was "off after training" at Churchill Downs". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.