The 2015 Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday, May 2, with live coverage on NBC beginning at 4 p.m.. Pre-race coverage on NBCSNbegins at 12 p.m..
For the casual viewer (which is approximately 98 percent of Derby watchers), you don’t really need to start paying attention until about 6:25 p.m. Eastern Standard Timewhen “My Old Kentucky Home” is belted out. Post time for the race is set for 6:34 p.m. EDT. Post time for the Kentucky Oaks is approximately 5:49p.m. EDT.
The Kentucky Derby field and odds, via OddsShark.com:
1. OCHO OCHO OCHO (E. Trujillo / J. Cassidy) 50/1
2. CARPE DIEM (J. Velazquez / T. Pletcher) 17/2
3. MATERIALITY (J. Castellano / T. Pletcher) 14/1
4. TENCENDUR (M. Franco / G. Weaver) 50/1
5. DANZIG MOON (J. Leparoux / M. Casse) 50/1
6. MUBTAAHIJ (C. Soumillion / M. de Kock) 12/1
7. EL KABEIR (C. Borel / J. Terranova II) 33/1
8. DORTMUND (M. Garcia / B. Baffert) 7/2
9. BOLO (R. Bejarano / C. Gaines) 40/1
10. FIRING LINE (G. Stevens / S. Callaghan) 14/1
11. STANFORD (F. Geroux / T. Pletcher) 50/1
12. INTERNATIONAL STAR (M. Mena / M. Maker) 22/1
13. ITSAKNOCKOUT (L. Saez / T. Pletcher) 33/1
14. KEEN ICE (K. Desormeaux / D. Romans) 50/1
15. FROSTED (J. Rosario / K. McLaughlin) 16/1
16. WAR STORY (J. Talarno / T. Arnoss) 50/1
17. Mr. Z (R. Vazquez / D. Wayne Lukas) 50/1
18. AMERICAN PHAROAH (V. Espinoza / B. Baffert) 13/5
19. UPSTART (J. Ortiz / R. Violette Jr.) 22/1
20. FAR RIGHT (M. Smith / R. Moquett) 33/1
2015 Kentucky Derby, Oaks TV start, post time (field, odds)
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