2010 Kentucky Derby Start Time, Purse, Entries, Post Positions & Odds: The 2010 Kentucky Derby is the 11th on the 13-race card at Churchill Downs on May 1st and has a listed post of 6:24 PM EST with the first race post at 10:30 AM EST. Bet on the 2010 Kentucky Derby at online racebook SPORTSBOOK.com.
The 2010 Kentucky Derby purse is worth a cool $2.185 million, with $1.425 million going to the winner. The official 2010 Kentucky Derby Purse is as follows: $2,185,200, if 20 start (1st: $1,425,200; 2nd, $400,000; 3rd, $200,000; 4th, $100,000; 5thm $60,000).
The race is 1 1/4 miles and the 2010 Kentucky Derby entries weight for colts and geldings up to 126 pounds and fillies up to 121 pounds. Thoroughbreds are the fastest breed of horse on the planet and maintain speeds of up to 45 miles (72 km) per hour for a distance of more than a mile (1.6 km), which is why the Kentucky Derby's 1¼ mile-long race is commonly referred to as "The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports".
The weathermen are predicting rain in the Louisville area starting on Friday night with lingering thunderstorms and showers expected throughout race day on Saturday. It looks like the 2010 Kentucky Derby will be a wet one.
Ferdinand was the last Kentucky Derby winner to take the title in 1986 from post position 1. The 2010 Kentucky Derby post positions had the favorites take each of the ends, with Lookin at Lucky listed at 3 to 1 odds with SPORTSBOOK.com getting post 1 and Sidney's Candy listed at 5 to 1 odds getting post 20. No winners have ever come post 17 where Dublin at 12 to 1 odds will start and post 19 where Homeboykris listed at 50 to 1 odds will run from on Saturday.
Online racebook SPORTSBOOK.com has posted horse racing betting odds to win the Kentucky Derby 2010:
1st – Lookin At Lucky 3-1
2nd – Ice Box 10-1
3rd – Noble's Promise 12-1
4th – Super Saver 15-1
5th – Line of David 30-1
6th – Stately Victor 30-1
7th – American Lion 30-1
8th – Dean's Kitten 50-1
9th – Make Music For Me 50-1
10th – Paddy O'Prado 20-1
11th – Devil May Care 10-1
12th – Conveyance 12-1
13th – Jackson Bend 15-1
14th – Mission Impazible 20-1
15th – Discreetly Mine 30-1
16th – Awesome Act 10-1
17th – Dublin 12-1
18th – Backtalk 50-1
19th – Homeboykris 50-1
20th – Sidney's Candy 5-1
