The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby is set for next Saturday, May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. On Saturday the 20 horses in the Derby field learned what post they would be running out of.
The favorite, Journalism (3-1), drew the 8 post, while the only other horses with single-digit odds find themselves on the far outside of the starting gate. Sovereignty (5-1) drew the 18 post while Sandman (6-1) is alongside in the 17th position — the only gate to never produce a Kentucky Derby winner. That means Sandman will have to look to make history next Saturday from that outside post.
Last year’s winner, Mystik Dan, won from the 3 gate, becoming the first horse to do so since 1998. The longest drought of any post aside from 17’s 150-race winless streak belongs to the 14 gate, which hasn’t seen a horse win since Carry Back in 1961, while the 12 (Canonero II, 1971), 9 (Riva Ridge, 1972) and 2 (Affirmed, 1978) all have lengthy droughts as well…