2026 Kentucky Derby: Full field, updated odds, analysis, predictions - Renegade and The Puma now Co-Favorites

The 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby is Saturday. The first leg of horse racing's Triple Crown features the Top 20 thoroughbreds in the world. Each enters the starting gate for a once in a lifetime shot at immortality.

The Draw was this past Saturday. The favorites, Renegade (5-1) and The Puma (5-1), will start from the rail and the No. 9 post.

So Happy (6-1), Further Ado (7-1), and Commandment (8-1) will break from the 8th, 18th, and 6th positions, respectively. While those are the favorites currently on the board at Twin Spires, if history is any indication, Post Position 5 will produce the winner of the Run for the Roses. Position 5 has produced 10 winners, the most since 1930 although Post 10 has produced nine winners.

Right to Party (31-1) starts from the #5 position and Wonder Dean (19-1) from the tenth position. That said, nine of the past 15 winners have started from posts 13-16. No horse starting in Post 17 or wider has won the Kentucky Derby.