Louisville, Ky. – Red Hot Journalism is the 3-1 morning line in the 151st Kentucky Derby and the lucrative post position for No. 8, who won the second in the horse racing marquee event.
Sovereignty is the second 5-1 choice of 20 horses, starting with Sandman’s No. 18 post, which took 17th place on Saturday night, and the third choice of 6-1 in a $5 million grade 1 race at Churchill Downs.
Two Bob Baffert participants face longer odds as the Hall of Fame trainers return to Churchill Downs after a four-year suspension.
Rodriguez is the 12-1 option from the 4th post, while Citizen Bull draws the No. 1 post and then a 20-1 long shot.
The journalism spot attracted most attention on May 3rd at the 3-year-old horse racing marquee event.
He was an estimated favorite with his four-race consecutive wins, including his fourth start in his debut at Santa Anita last fall.
In eighth place, he won nine wins with 94 starts since the starter gate was first used in 1930.
The fifth post cut off 10 wins with a start of 95.
The other two spots went to Grande (20-1, No. 10), trained by Todd Plecher, but D. Wayne Lucas’s American promise is a long shot from fifth place to 30-1.
Michael McCarthy-trained California-based journalism has won a 3/4-length victory over Derby attendee Baeza in the Grade 1 San Anita Derby on April 5th.
