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Kentucky Derby May 7th, 2011
The 137th running of theKentucky Derby will be held on May 7, 2011. The post time will be at 6:24 p.m. Several horses have already been called as favorites, but underdogs have been known to win in the past. This year, Dialed In is the favorite and is in a great starting position. Nehro, Soldat and Archarcharch are also considered favorites to win.
Calvin Borel, the winning jockey of three of the previous four years Derby's has a long shot to win with Twice The Appeal. He won the 2009 Derby on a 50-1 horse, Mine That Bird. Mike Smith, the jockey for Twinspired won the 2005 Derby on a 50-1 horse (Giacomo) and has a chance to do it again with 30-1.
Here are the odds for all 20 horses in this year'sKentucky Derby.
No. 1: Archarcharch (Jon Court) 10-1
No. 2: Brilliant Speed (Joel Rosario) 30-1
No. 3: Twice The Appeal (Calvin Borel) 30-1
No. 4: Stay Thirsty (Ramon Dominguez) 30-1
No. 5: Decisive Moment (Kerwin Clark) 50-1
No. 6: Comma To The Top (Patrick Valenzuela) 30-1
No. 7: Pants On Fire (Anna Napravnik) 30-1
No. 8: Dialed In (Julien Leparoux) 4-1
No. 9: Derby Kitten (Javier Castellano) 30-1
No. 10: Twinspired (Mike Smith) 30-1
No. 11: Master Of Hounds (Garrett Gomez) 30-1
No. 12: Santiva (Shaun Bridgmohan) 20-1
No. 13: Mucho Macho Man (Rajiv Maragh) 12-1
No. 14: Shackleford (Jesus Castanon) 12-1
No. 15: Midnight Interlude (Victor Espinoza) 12-1
No. 16: Animal Kingdom (Robby Albarado) 20-1
No. 17: Soldat (Alan Garcia) 12-1
*No. 18: Uncle Mo (John Velasquez) 9-2.
No. 19: Nehro (Corey Nakatani) 6-1
No. 20: Watch Me Go (Rafael Bejarano) 50-1
Author's note: at 9:39 a.m. on May 6, Uncle Mo has been ruled out of the2011 Kentucky Derbyafter it was determined he was not recovering well enough from a stomach ailment.
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