Kentucky Derby 2009 Field

Against a backdrop of injured dropouts, confusing surface switches, weird speed figures, unseasoned horses and shippers from the Middle East, the 135th Kentucky Derby will be run at Churchill Downs tomorrow.

A maximum field of 20 will jump from the starting gate with the morning line favorite, I Want Revenge, pegged at 3-1 and no less than 16 horses posted at double digits and beyond.

In a word, the perfect gambling vehicle to make a score -- if you're lucky.

In the absence of Quality Road and The Pamplemousse, felled by injury, the Derby market is dominated by four horses, none remotely alike: I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile, Dunkirk and Friesan Fire.

The winner is almost certainly in that group. But after that, the sky's the limit.

PP	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Odds
1	West Side Bernie	Stewart Elliott	Kelly Breen	30-1
2	Musket Man	Eibar Coa	Derek Ryan	20-1
3	Mr. Hot Stuff	John Velazquez	Eoin Harty	30-1
4	Advice	Rene Douglas	Todd Pletcher	30-1
5	Hold Me Back	Kent Desormeaux	Bill Mott	15-1
6	Friesan Fire	Gabriel Saez	Larry Jones	5-1
7	Papa Clem	Rafael Bejarano	Gary Stute	20-1
8	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel	Bennie Woolley	50-1
9	Join in the Dance	Chris DeCarlo	Todd Pletcher	50-1
10	Regal Ransom	Alan Garcia	Saeed bin Suroor	30-1
11	Chocolate Candy	Mike Smith	Jerry Hollendorfer	20-1
12	General Quarters	Julien Leparoux	Tom McCarthy	20-1
13	I Want Revenge	Joe Talamo	Jeff Mullins	3-1
14	Atomic Rain	Joe Bravo	Kelly Breen	50-1
15	Dunkirk	Edgar Prado	Todd Pletcher	4-1
16	Pioneerof the Nile	Garrett Gomez	Bob Baffert	4-1
17	Summer Bird	Chris Rosier	Tim Ice	50-1
18	Nowhere to Hide	Shaun Bridgmohan	Nick Zito	50-1
19	Desert Party	Ramon Dominguez	Saeed bin Suroor	15-1
20	Flying Private	Robby Albarado	D Wayne Lukas	50-1

Rank	Horse	Earnings
1	Regal Ransom	$1,250,000
2	Pioneerof the Nile	$1,193,250
3	Square Eddie	$804,981
4	I Want Revenge	$774,000
5	Papa Clem	$760,000
6	Desert Party	$641,667
7	Quality Road	$600,000
8	General Quarters	$595,645
9	Friesan Fire	$570,465
10	Musket Man	$485,000
11	Hold Me Back	$438,000
12	West Side Bernie	$385,160
13	Chocolate Candy	$370,000
14	Win Willy	$230,000
15	Advice	$206,845
16	Dunkirk	$150,000
17	Mine That Bird	$138,705
18	Flying Private	$124,000
19	Mr. Hot Stuff	$114,000
20	Summer Bird	$100,000
21	Join in the Dance	$90,000
22	Take the Points	$85,000
23	Atomic Rain	$77,500
24	Just a Coincidence	$75,000
25	Flat Out	$32,500
26	Masala	$27,500