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By Jarrod Horak
The field for the 2024 Kentucky Derby was selected on April 27. Twenty entrants plus a pair of also-eligibles passed the entry box and Fierceness is the 5-2 morning line favorite. Â Check out the video below for Kentucky Derby analysis.
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Encino scratched earlier this week, and that allowed first also-eligible Epic Ride to draw into the race. Mugatu is the lone also-eligible now, and he needs one defection to get in.
Kentucky Derby 2024 field: 1 – Dornoch (20-1), 2 – Sierra Leone (3-1), 3 – Mystik Dan (20-1), 4 – Catching Freedom (8-1), 5 – Catalytic (30-1), 6 – Just Steel (20-1), 7 – Honor Marie (20-1), 8 – Just a Touch (10-1), 9 – Encino – SCRATCHED, 10 – T O Password (30-1), 11 – Forever Young (10-1), 12 – Track Phantom (20-1), 13 – West Saratoga (50-1), 14 – Endlessly (30-1), 15 – Domestic Product (30-1), 16 – Grand Mo the First (50-1), 17 – Fierceness (5-2), 18 – Stronghold (20-1), 19 – Resilience (20-1), 20 – Society Man (50-1), 21 – Epic Ride (50-1), AE 22 – Mugatu