Kentucky Derby favorites 2024: race time, odds, lineup

The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Horses in the Kentucky Derby 2024

Here’s a list of horses projected to make the starting lineup for the 2024 Kentucky Derby.

Horses to watch

• Sunland Derby winner Stronghold hopes to break through with a big performance. He followed up the Sunland Derby win with a win in the Santa Anita Derby in California. Stronghold is 20-1 in the morning-line.

• Just A Touch is a horse to watch for. Is the son of the 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, has finished as the runner-up in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes and Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes.

• At 20-1 odds, Honor Marie was the runner-up in the Louisiana Derby, a length behind Catching Freedom, and is expected to relish the longer 1 ¼-mile distance of the Kentucky Derby.

• Sierra Leone is 3-1 in the morning-line and has talented trainer in Chad Brown and very good jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard,

• Epic Ride is in the Kentucky Derby field after the scratch of Encino. Enters Kentucky Derby off a third-place finish in the Grade 1 Blue Grass on April 6 at Keeneland.

Kentucky Derby 2024 odds

Here is a look at the current 2024 Kentucky Derby odds, according to cbssports.com:

1. Dornoch (20-1)

2. Sierra Leone (3-1)

3. Mystik Dan (20-1)

4. Catching Freedom (8-1)

5. Catalytic (30-1)

6. Just Steel (20-1)

7. Honor Marie (20-1)

8. Just a Touch (10-1)

9. Encino (SCRATCHED)

10. T O Password (JPN) (30-1)

11. Forever Young (JPN) (10-1)

12. Track Phantom (20-1)

13. West Saratoga (50-1)

14. Endlessly (30-1)

15. Domestic Product (30-1)

16. Grand Mo the First (50-1)

17. Fierceness (5-2)

18. Stronghold (20-1)

19. Resilience (20-1)

20. Society Man (50-1)

21. Epic Ride (30-1)

Kentucky Derby post time

The post time is set for 4:57 p.m. MT/5:57 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 4. NBC will broadcast the race. There are 14 total races on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The first race is at 8:30 a.m. MST.

Kentucky Derby history

There have been many great moments in the previous 149 Kentucky Derbys. But one that stands out for Borderland fans was the 2009 race, in which Mine That Bird won at odds of 50-1. The Horse’s win inspired a movie about it. Mine That Bird, who ran twice at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, was trained by Chip Wolley, and the winning jockey was Calvin Borel.

Felix F. Chavez can be reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X.

USA Today Network contributed to this report.

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