Kentucky Derby Blog

2010 Kentucky Derby post position will be drawn today at Secretariat Lounge, 2nd floor of the Churchill Downs clubhouse at 12 p.m. EST and the field will be set. It will be live broadcast on HRTV (Dish Network channel 404; Insight Communications channel 564 in Louisville), WAVE-3, WHAS-11, WLKY-32.

The draw won’t be open to the public and invitations and media credentials only

For the first time since 1997, the draw will be a traditional “pill pull,” in which horses’ entry blanks are pulled simultaneously with a numbered pill to determine what stall a horse will break from in the starting gate.

The past 12 years, Churchill used a two-tier, made-for-television process in which the horses’ representatives picked the starting posts. With ESPN no longer televising the draw, that format was dropped.

This morning, fourteen three year old fillies drew into the field for Friday’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks. Blind Luck is your morning line favorite at 6/5, with Crisp, Tidal Pool, and Amen Hallelujah sharing the second spot at 8/1. As expected, Todd Pletcher’s Devil May Care did not cross-enter into the Oaks and is only targeting Saturday’s Derby.

The post time for 2010 Kentucky Oaks is 5:45 pm EST at Churchill Downs and it is the race 11. It will be live broadcast on Bravo tv at 5:00-6:00pm.

Grade 1, $584,300 Kentucky Oaks

Post	Horse	Jockey	M/L Odds
1	It’s Tea Time	Alan Garcia	15-1
2	Jody Slew	Miguel Mena	30-1
3	Quiet Temper	Robby Albarado	10-1
4	Age of Humor	Rajiv Maragh	30-1
5	Blind Luck	Rafael Bejarano	6-5
6	Beautician	Alex Solis	15-1
7	Crisp	Joel Rosario	8-1
8	Tidal Pool	Calvin Borel	8-1
9	Bella Diamante	Mike Smith	30-1
10	Champagne d’Oro	Martin Garcia	30-1
11	Evening Jewel	Kent Desormeaux	10-1
12	Ailalea	John Velazquez	15-1
13	Amen Hallelujah	Julien Leparoux	8-1
14	Joanie’s Catch	Paco Lopez	30-1

The 2010 Kentucky Derby took a huge blow this past weekend when trainer Todd Pletcher, who had roughly 6 to 7 possible starters in the race, announced that because of swelling in his left front leg, Eskendereya, who would have been a huge favorite, had been pulled from the race.

Eskendereya’s departure wasn’t the only news this past weekend from the Pletcher barn.

Another one of their Derby contenders, Rule, came out of his work not looking his best leading Pletcher to announce that he was on the fence regarding Rule’s entry into the Kentucky Derby.

This is the 2010 Derby Wager and morning lines posted on kentuckyderby.com.
Last Updated on April 25, 2010 12:40pm EST
Pool Total: $224,358.43

Number	Name	Trainer	Morning Line	Current Odds
1	Aikenite	Todd Pletcher	50	58
2	Alphie’s Bet	Alexis Barba	15	46
3	Awesome Act	Jeremy Noseda	15	13
4	Caracortado	Michael Machowsky	20	27
5	Connemara	Todd Pletcher	20	77
6	Conveyance	Bob Baffert	20	19
7	Discreetly Mine	Todd Pletcher	20	44
8	Dublin	D. Lukas	15	18
9	Eskendereya	Todd Pletcher	5	5
10	Homeboykris	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	50	72
11	Ice Box	Nicholas Zito	12	19
12	Interactif	Todd Pletcher	20	26
13	Jackson Bend	Nicholas Zito	30	46
14	Lookin At Lucky	Bob Baffert	6	9/2
15	Make Music for Me	Alexis Barba	30	40
16	Noble’s Promise	Kenneth McPeek	12	19
17	Odysseus	Thomas Albertrani	20	18
18	Pleasant Prince	Wesley Ward	20	38
19	Rule	Todd Pletcher	20	30
20	Schoolyard Dreams	Derek Ryan	30	44
21	Sidney’s Candy	John Sadler	15	22
22	Super Saver	Todd Pletcher	20	35
23	Tempted to Tapit	Steve Klesaris	50	45
24	All Other Three Ye		8	9/2

2010 Kentucky Derby is only 5 days away.  NBC will broadcast the activities, which begin on May 1st 2010 at 5:00 EDT. The post positions to be announced several days beforehand on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 and the post time is set at approx. 6:15 PM. EST.

If you can’t wait until May 1 for a race, the Kentucky Oaks race will take place on April 30, 2010 at Churchill Downs – one day before the historic race begins.  This is a great race with a great purpose, as the traditions have morphed into more of a Charity event.  The official color of the Kentucky Oaks race  is Pink and the charity partner is the Susan G Komen for the Cure organization.