Unbeaten Big Brown headlines Kentucky Derby field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Unbeaten Big Brown and the filly Eight Belles are among a full field of 20 horses entered for the Kentucky Derby.
A total of 24 horses were placed into the entry box Wednesday morning, but only the top 20 horses based on graded stakes earnings made the field, including the first filly in nine years.
Big Brown, the expected Derby favorite, will have the No. 16 selection at the post position draw later Wednesday.
The field, in order of post position draw, is Visionaire, Big Truck, Colonel John, Z Fortune, Pyro, Eight Belles, Anak Nakal, Court Vision, Z Humor, Monba, Smooth Air, Adriano, Bob Black Jack, Denis of Cork, Cowboy Cal, Big Brown, Tale of Ekati, Cool Coal Man, Recapturetheglory and Gayego.
The four excluded were Halo Najib, Tomcito, El Gato Malo and Kentucky Bear.
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