The 2024 Kentucky Derby is almost here.
Race officials drew the positions of the 20 participants Saturday, officially assigning each horse its starting gate. The “Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” will begin for the 150th time in its history on Saturday, May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
On paper, each position out of the 20 mathematically has a 5% chance of winning each race. In fact, post 5 has always been one of the best starting positions, with 10 winners starting from there. Conversely, post 17 has never produced a winner in 44 races.
Last year’s winner, Mage, started from Post 8 and was the ninth winner in Kentucky Derby history from there.
Here is what number each of the 20 horses will wear on Saturday.
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2024 Kentucky Derby Horse Numbers
Each horse after No. 8 has a different number than its post due to the withdrawal of (horse No. 9) Encino from the race, announced Tuesday.
| Number (extension) | Horse | Coach | Jockey |
| 1 (1) | Dornoch | Danny Gargan | Luis Saez |
| 2 (2) | Sierra Leone | Chad Brown | Tyler Gaffalione |
| 3 (3) | Mystique Dan | Kenny McPeek | Brian Hernandez Jr. |
| 4 (4) | Catch freedom | Brad Cox | Flavien Prat |
| 5 (5) | Catalytic | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Jose Ortiz |
| 6 (6) | Just steel | D.Wayne Lukas | Keith Asmussen |
| 7 (7) | Honor Marie | Whit Beckman | Ben Curtis |
| 8 (8) | Just a touch | Brad Cox | Florent Géroux |
| 10* (9) | To Password | Daisuke Takayanagi | Kazushi Kimura |
| 11 (10) | Forever Young | Yoshito Yahagi | Ryusei Sakai |
| 12 (11) | Follow the ghost | Steve Asmussen | Joel Rosario |
| 13 (12) | West Saratoga | Larry Demeritte | Jesus Castanón |
| 14 (13) | Non-stop | Michael McCarthy | Umberto Rispoli |
| 15 (14) | National product | Chad Brown | Irad Ortiz Jr. |
| 16 (15) | Big Mo the first | Victor Barboza Jr. | Emisael Jaramillo |
| 17 (16) | Ferocity | Todd Pletcher | Jean Velázquez |
| 18 (17) | Bastion | Phil D’Amato | Antonio Fresu |
| 19 (18) | Resilience | Bill Mott | Junior Alvarado |
| 20 (19) | Society man | Danny Gargan | Frankie Dettori |
| 21 (20) | Epic ride | John Ennis | Adam Beschizza |
Kentucky Derby 2024: TV, streaming and where to watch
- When: Saturday May 4
- Coverage begins: 2:30 p.m. ET
- Post time: 6:57 p.m. ET
- Or: Churchill Downs, Louisville Kentucky
- Cable television: BNC
- Streaming: Peacock; YouTube TV; fuboTV
HOW TO WATCH:Watch the 2024 Kentucky Derby with a Peacock subscription
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