Kentucky Derby 2022 - Post Positions, Favorite Horses, Trainers & Jockeys

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2022 Kentucky Derby Post Positions

The May 7th running of the 2022 Kentucky Derby will be the 148th time that the race has been held since the first derby horses raced down the track in Louisville in 1875.

This year, post positions were drawn on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 11AM ET -- as morning line odds, horses, positions, trainers and jockeys for this year's Run for the Roses were officially announced.

2022 Kentucky Derby post positions

Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Odds
1	Mo Donegal	Irad Ortiz Jr	Todd Pletcher	10-1
2	Happy Jack	Rafael Bejarano	Doug O’Neill,	30-1
3	Epicenter	Joel Rosario	Steve Asmussen,	7-2
4	Summer Is Tomorrow	Mickael Barzalona	Bhupat Seemar	30-1
5	Smile Happy	Corey Lanerie	Kenny McPeek	20-1
6	Messier	John Velazquez	Tim Yakteen	8-1
7	Crown Pride	Christophe Lemaire	Koichi Shintani	20-1
8	Charge It	Luis Saez	Todd Pletcher	20-1
9	Tiz the Bomb	Brian Hernandez Jr	Kenny McPeek	30-1
10	Zandon	Flavien Prat,	Chad Brown	3-1
11	Pioneer of Medina	Joe Bravo	Todd Pletcher	30-1
12	Taiba	Mike Smith	Tim Yakteen	12-1
13	Simplification	Jose Ortiz	Antonio Sano	20-1
14	Barber Road	Reylu Gutierrez	John Ortiz	30-1
15	White Abarrio	Tyler Gaffalione	Saffie Joseph Jr.,	10-1
16	Cyberknife	Florent Geroux	Brad Cox	20-1
17	Classic Causeway	Julien Leparoux	Brian Lynch	30-1
18	Tawny Port	Ricardo Santana Jr.	Brad Cox	30-1
19	Zozos	Manny Franco	Brad Cox	20-1
20	~~Ethereal Road~~- scratched	Luis Contreras	D. Wayne Lukas	30-1
21	Rich Strike	Sonny Leon	Eric Reed	30-1

Picking a Derby winner

To choose the winner you need to know the pedigree of the horse and his past history in the Stakes races. How the horse handles various track conditions can mean the difference between a win or an also-ran.

Who trains and rides the colt is another fact that handicappers look at. Pros can also look back on patterns of past Kentucky Derby winners and use that knowledge to predict the outcome.

Since 2000, only three of the horses who were favorites at the start of the Kentucky Derby finished in the money. In 2000 Fusaichi Pegasus won and in 2004 Smarty Jones won. Empire Maker placed in 2003. Harlan's Holiday (2002), Bellamy Road (2005) and Sweetnorthernsaint (2006) all heavy favorites finished seventh.

The sweetheart of the odds makers in 2001, Point Given, ended his race in fifth place. In spite of all of the best guesses from odds makers, the final verdict can only be decided by the horse and rider when the winner crosses the finish line.

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