Kentucky Derby 2009 Post Time

The 2009 Kentucky Derby contender will be shorter than expected at post time, due to I Want Revenge being out of the field. The Kentucky Derby contenders already lost Quality Road earlier in the week, and now post time will be without the strongest contender left. Prior to the
Remaining 2009 Kentucky Derby Contenders Head Towards Post Time
scratching, only a select few horses were pegged as contenders to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and now there are even less contenders who are believed to have a shot. Still, 2009 Kentucky Derby post time will still have a few favorites presumably left by post time, and more than a couple of underdogs.

Trailing I Want Revenge as top contenders were Dunkirk, Pioneerof the Nile and Friesan Fire. With the favorite gone, the betting action heading into post time will be even more furious than usual, as now there is no clear cut favorite left.

Dunkirk was the second favorite much of the week, but Friesan Fire has come on strong to possible be a favorite before post time. Friesan Fire is trained by Larry Jones, who got his name into Derby and horse racing infamy as the trainer of the euthanized Eight Belles last year.

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The 135th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2009, and is the first leg of the Triple Crown series. Set before the backdrop of the famous twin spires at Churchill Downs, Ky., the $2M race is 1 1/4 miles long and features 3-year-old Thoroughbreds at the top of their game. In 1973, Secretariat set a track record of 1:59 2/5, one that still stands. 2008 Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown set pulses racing with his dominating 4 3/4-length victory. Who will be draped in roses at the end of this year's race?

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