| Rank |
Horse |
Trainer |
Odds |
Comment |
| 1 |
The
Cliff's Edge |
Zito |
5/1 |
Style,
connections and home court edge |
| 2 |
Tapit |
Dickinson |
6/1 |
Star
trainer tries to defy Derby history |
| 3 |
Smarty
Jones |
Servis |
7/1 |
Legit
shot at $5 million payday |
| 4 |
Master
David |
Frankel |
8/1 |
Preparation
for big races, trainers forte |
| 5 |
Lion
Heart |
Biancone |
10/1 |
Courageous,
talented, my pick |
| 6 |
Read
the Footnotes |
Violette
|
15/1 |
Rerun
of FOY effort would be good enough |
| 7 |
Imperialism |
Mulhall |
18/1 |
Has
bottom and improving |
| 8 |
Borrego
|
Greely |
20/1 |
Second
to Master David and Smarty Jones |
| 9 |
Wimbledon |
Baffert |
20/1 |
Bailey
and Baffert figure to draw action |
| 10 |
Castledale |
Mullins |
20/1 |
Santa
Anita Derby: Star in the making or fluke? |
| 11 |
Quintons
Gold Rush |
Asmussen |
22/1 |
Every
career start at two turns, fit |
| 12 |
Friend's
Lake |
Kimmel |
25/1 |
"Fit"
not "Fresh" horses win derby |
| 13 |
Minister
Eric |
Mandella |
25/1 |
Coming
to race on the up tick, many aren't |
| 14 |
St
Averil |
Becerra |
25/1 |
Last
hard to explain |
| 15 |
Birdstone |
Zito |
30/1 |
If
he wins I'll quit drinking (for a week) |
| 16 |
Limehouse
|
Pletcher |
35/1 |
Like
The Cliff's Edge, 2 for 2 at Churchill |
| 17 |
Action
This Day |
Mandella |
40/1 |
Needs
more than chiropractor |
| 18 |
Pollard's
Vision |
Pletcher
|
40/1 |
Looked
good vs. weak Illinois Derby field |
| 19 |
Song
of the Sword |
Petersen |
50/1 |
If
he wins, I'll quit gambling |
| 20 |
Pro
Prado |
Holthus |
75/1 |
Better
than some, unlikely to win |
