Santa Anita Derby 2024 Entries, Odds, Analysis and Free PPs
- Updated: April 4, 2024
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Santa Anita Derby 2024 entries are set and post positions have been drawn for this Kentucky Derby prep race to be run at Keeneland on Saturday. A field of 11 three-year-old colts is set to compete in this $1 million, Grade 1 race, which serves as a crucial steppingstone on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
The top five finishers in the Santa Anita Derby will vie for as many as 200 valuable qualifying points toward a secure spot in the starting gate on Saturday, May 4, in the 2024 Kentucky Derby.
Imagination, trained by Bob Baffert, has been made the 8-5 morning line favorite.
Imagination is 2-3-0 in five career starts. His biggest win came last time out in the G2 San Felipe Stakes in a four horse race when he prevailed by a narrow head and will have to go another 1/16 miles longer.
A son of Into Mischief, Imagination will break from post position 4 under jockey Frankie Dettori who was in the saddle for his San Felipe victory.
Other top contenders include Stronghold at 5-2 odds, and stablemate Wynstock who won the G2 Los Alamitos Futurity two back for Baffert.
Trained by Phil D’Amato, Stronghold enters off a victory in the Grade 3 Sunland Derby on February 8 at Sunland Park. The son of Ghostzapper is 2-3-0 in five career starts and was runner up behind Wynstock in the Los Alamitos Futurity.
Wynstock, trained by Bob Baffert, was in traffic over a muddy track in the Southwest Stakes last time out at Oaklawn and stopped behind eventual winner Mystik Dan. The son of Solomini is 2-0-0 in five career start. He won a 1 mile maiden sprint by 7 lengths at Santa Anita before his Los Alamitos victory.
Santa Anita Derby odds, full lineup, jockeys and post time
Purse: $750,000
Grade: 1
Distance: 1 1/8 miles.
All horses carry: 124 pounds.
TV: FanDuel TV will broadcast the Santa Anita Derby.
Kentucky Derby qualifying points: 100 for first place, 50 for second place, 25 for third place, 15 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place.
PP Horse, jockey, trainer, odds
1. Curlin’s Kaos, Diego Herera, Antonio Garcia, 20-1
2. Tapalo, Umberto Rispoli, John Sadler, 5-1
3. Stronghold, Antonio Fresu, Philip D’Amato, 5-2
4. Imagination, Frankie Dettori, Bob Baffert, 8-5
5. Wynstock, Juan Hernandez, Bob Baffert, 8-1
6. Tessuto, Kazushi Kimura, George Papaprodromou, 10-1
7. Mc Vay, Hector Isaac Berrios, John Shirreffs, 5-1
8. E J Won the Cup, Mike Smith, Doug O’Neill, 15-1
Post time for the Santa Anita Derby is 7:45 p.m. EDT on Saturday, and will culminate with the Echo Eddie Stakes as race 12 this weekend at Santa Anita. Free PPs for the Santa Anita Derby 2024. See Bob Baffert.
