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The most exciting two minutes in sports is nearly upon us, and with Tuesday s post position draw, we have an even better idea of how the Kentucky Derby could shake out on Saturday.
But that is, of course, half the fun of the Derby; we know which horses are the favorites, which run well on dirt, which jockeys are bound for the Hall of Fame. But come the running, we can always be surprised.
Brad Cox-trained Essential Quality, who is the favorite in this year s field at 2-1 odds, drew the No. 14 post. The other horses rounding out the top three, Hot Rod Charlie (8-1) and Rock Your World (5-1), drew posts No. 9 and No. 15, respectively.
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Medina Spirit and jockey Abel Cedillo (right) hold off Roman Centurian (left), and Hot Rod Charlie to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes
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Whether he will someday rank with the likes of Carry Back and Seattle Slew in that category, only time will tell, but at this early point, he is moving in the right direction.
For the record, Carry Back, who won the Kentucky Derby in 1961, was obtained for tip money, a $700 investment, $400 of it a stud fee to a nondescript stallion named Saggy, whose solitary moment of racing glory came in an upset of 1948 Triple Crown king Citation in the Chesapeake Trial Stakes that year.
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