2012 Kentucky Derby Post Positions: If jockey Calvin Borel was wishing for a near inside draw for Saturday’s 2012 Kentucky Derby he got it as Take Charge Indy was the first draw getting Gate-3. Borel prefers to ride the rail so he will be near outside of Daddy Long Legs in No. 1 and Optimizer coming out of Gate-2. However, Take Charge Indy is coming off at 15/1 odds. Borel and Take Charge Indy backers should be pleased if thinking upset. No doubt the happiest owner is Hansen owner, Dr. Kendall Hansen who was assigned to Gate-14. At the draw, there were only two gates remaining in the lottery, No. 1 and 14, so the sigh of relief from the Hansen team was obvious. No horse has won from Gates 3, 2 or 1 since 1998. Get Free Horse Racing Picks.
The official Horse Racing Odds morning line has Bodemeister ,coming off at 4/1 odds, as favorite out of Gate-6 with Union Rags a second favorite out of Gate-4 at 9/2 odds. There is great value in this race all over the place. Speed horses like Hansen (14) and Gemologist (16) are where their trainers want to be. Dullahan, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes got a great draw out of Gate-5.
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2012 Kentucky Derby Gate Draw and Odds
Gate – Jockey, Trainer, Odds
1 Daddy Long Legs, Colm O’Donoghue, Aidan O’Brien, 30/1
2 Optimizer, Jon Court, D. Wayne Lucas 50/1
3 Take Charge Indy, Calvin Borel, Patrick Byrne, 15/1
4 Union Rags, Julien Leparoux, Michael Matz, 9/2
5 Dullahan , Kent Desormeaux, Dale Romans, 8/1
6 Bodemeister, Mike smith, Bob Baffert, 4/1 (FAVORITE)
7 Rousing Sermon, Jose Lezcano, Jerry Hollendorfer 20/1
8 Creative Cause, Joel Rosario, Mike Harrington 12/1
9 Trinniberg, Willie Martinez, Bisnath Parboo, 50/1
10 Daddy Nose Best, Garrett Gomez, Steve Asmussen 15/1
11 Alpha, Rajiv Maragh, Kiaran McLaughlin , 15/1
12 Prospective, Luis Contreras, Mark Casse,30/1
13 Went The Day Well, John Velazquez, H Graham Motion, 20/1
14 Hansen, Ramon Dominguez, Make Maker, 10/1
15 Gemologist, Javier Castellano, Todd Pletcher, 6/1
16 El Padrino, Rafael Bejarano, Todd Pletcher, 20/1
17 Done Talking, Sheldon Russell, Hamilton Smith 15/1
18 Sabercat, Corey Nakatani, Steve Asmussen, 30/1
19 I’ll Have Another, Mario Gutierrez, Doug O’Neil, 12/1
20 Liason, Martin Garcia, Bob Baffert, 50/1
