Just what I said. In the last 10 years of the Derby, The winning horse was positioned 1-4, nothing higher.
A look at the horses in the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, in order of post position.
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner Odds
1 Cool Coal Man Leparoux Zito LaPenta 20-1
2 Tale of Ekati Coa Tagg Fipke 15-1
3 Anak Nakal Bejarano Zito Four Roses Thoroughbreds 30-1
4 Court Vision Gomez Mott IEAH Stables, WinStar Farm 20-1
5 Eight Belles Saez Jones Fox Hill Farms 20-1
6 Z Fortune Albarado Asmussen Zayat Stable 15-1
7 Big Truck Castellano Tagg Fein 50-1
8 Visionaire Lezcano Matz Team Valor, Vision Racing 20-1
9 Pyro Bridgmohan Asmussen Winchell Throughbreds 6-1
10 Colonel John Bejarano Harty WinStar Farm 4-1
11 Z Humor Douglas Mott Zayat Stables 30-1
12 Smooth Air Cruz Stutts, Jr. Mount Joy Stables 20-1
13 Bob Black Jack Migliore Kasparoff Harmon, Kasparoff 20-1
14 Monba Dominguez Pletcher Starlight, Lucarelli, Saylor 15-1
15 Adriano Prado Motion Courtlandt Farms 30-1
16 Denis of Cork Borel David Carroll Warren Jr. 20-1
17 Cowboy Cal Velazquez Stable Stable 20-1
18 Recapturetheglory Baird Roussel III Roussel III, Lamarque 20-1
19 Gayego Smith Lobo Cubanacan Stables 15-1
20 Big Brown Desormeaux Dutrow, Jr. IEAH Stables, Pompa Jr. 3-1