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2011 Kentucky Derby Post Positions Hurt Decisive Moment, Archarcharch

By Jason Kirk

The post positions at the 2011 Kentucky Derby didn't damage the winning chances of too many contenders, other than poor Watch Me Go, writes And Down The Stretch They Come's Matt Gardner. Archarcharch and Decisive Moment face challenges due to their wide posts, but both should still be able to compete. Brilliant Speed also has a tough draw, but Gardner likes him to resoundingly overcome that starting position.

What about Nehro, who's way out there at No. 19? Gardner thinks the spot suits his style just fine. Nehro's odds have yet to take a dip, so the public at large doesn't appear to disagree.

Post positions and morning line odds for each horse:

 

 Post No. Horse Jockey Trainer ML

 

 1 Archarcharch Jon Court Jinks Fires 10 / 1

 

 2 Brilliant Speed Joel Rosario Tom Albertrani 30 / 1

 

 3 Twice the Appeal Calvin Borel Jeff Bonde 20 / 1

 

 4 Stay Thirsty Ramon Dominguez Todd Pletcher 20 / 1

 

 5 Decisive Moment Kerwin Clark Juan Arias 30 / 1

 

 6 Comma to the Top Pat Venezuela Peter Miller 30 / 1

 

 7 Pants On Fire Rosie Napravnik Kelly Breen 20 / 1

 

 8 Dialed In Julien Leparoux Nick Zito 4 / 1

 

 9 Derby Kitten Javier Castellano Michael Maker 30 / 1

 

 10 Twinspired Mike Smith Michael Maker 30 / 1

 

 11 Master of Hounds Garret Gomez Aiden O'Brien 30 / 1

 

 12 Santiva Shaun Bridgmohan Eddie Kenneally 30 / 1

 

 13 Mucho Macho Man Rajiv Maragh Kathy Ritvo 12 / 1

 

 14 Shackelford Jesus Castanon Dale Romans 12 / 1

 

 15 Midnight Interlude Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert 10 / 1

 

 16 Animal Kingdom John Velazquez Graham Motion 30 / 1

 

 17 Soldat Alan Garcia Kiaran McLaughlin 12 / 1

 

 18 Uncle Mo John Velazquez Todd Pletcher SCR

 

 19 Nehro Corey Nakatani Steve Asmussen 6 / 1

 

 20 Watch Me Go Rafael Bejarano Kathleen O'Connell 50 / 1

The 2011 Kentucky Derby post time is at 6:24 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, May 7th and SB Nation has everything you need to prepare for it - current Derby odds, contender profiles, field updates and more. You can find all of that and more at our 2011 Kentucky Derby StoryStream. Also, our horse racing blog And Down The Stretch They Come has two must-read resources for Derby fans: A Beginner's Guide To Following Horse Racing and a glossary of horse racing terms.

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Photographs by coka_koehler used in background montage under Creative Commons. Thank you.