WNNINGEST POST IN THE DERBY

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POST 1

Fastest winner: Hill Gail, 2:01 3/5 (1952)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 95-8-5-5

Win percentage: 8.4%

POST 2

Win percentage: 7.4%

In-the-money percentage: 27.4%

Boasts the second-best rate (27.4%) of horses finishing top three among the 20 post positions. Four of the seven wins from this spot came in the 1970s: Dust Commander (1970), Cannonade (1974), Bold Forbes (1976) and Affirmed (1978). There have been no winners since.

POST3

Fastest winner: Foolish Pleasure, 2:02 (1975)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 95-6-8-8

Win percentage: 6.3%

In-the-money percentage: 23.2%

Two of the six wins from this post came in the 1970s — 1975 (Foolish Pleasure) and 1979 (Spectacular Bid) — with Mystik Dan adding a win to the position last year. It's the third straight year the post has had a top-three horse after Two Phil's finished second in 2023 and Epicenter was the 2022 runner-up.

POST4 

Fastest winner: Decidedly, 2:00 2/5 (1962)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 95-5-6-4

Win percentage: 5.3%

In-the-money percentage: 15.8%

Super Saver’s 2010 Derby victory was the last for the post.

POST5

Fastest winner: War Emblem, 2:01.13 (2002)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 95-10-8-4

Win percentage: 10.5%

In-the-money percentage: 23.2%

The winningest position with 10 champions. Four have come since 2000: War Emblem (2002), Funny Cide (2003), California Chrome (2014) and Always Dreaming (2017).

In-the-money percentage: 18.9%

Ferdinand (1986) was the last horse to win at this position, with the average placing for horses being 8.2.

POST  6

Fastest winner: Iron Liege, 2:01 1/5 (1957)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 95-2-8-3

Win percentage: 2.1%

In-the-money percentage: 13.7%

Has the least number of wins of the first 10 posts with two but has eight second-place finishes, tied with Posts 3 and 5 for the most. Good Magic finished second in 2018 from the sixth post.

POST 7

Fastest winner: Northern Dancer, 2:00 (1964)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 94-8-6-6

Win percentage: 8.5%

In-the-money percentage: 21.3%

A horse has placed in the money from this post in 21.3% of the 94 races the post has been occupied. The most recent winner to come from the seventh starting post was Mandaloun in 2021.

POST 8

Fastest winner: Lucky Debonair, 2:01 1/5 (1965)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 94-9-5-5

Win percentage: 9.6%

In-the-money percentage: 20.2%

In 2023, Mage became the third horse to win from the eighth post in the new millennium, joining Barbaro (2006) and Mine That Bird (2009). Tacitus added a third-place finish from the spot in 2019.

POST 9

Fastest winner: Riva Ridge, 2:01 4/5 (1972)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 91-4-6-8

Win percentage: 4.4%

In-the-money percentage: 19.8%

Tomy Lee and Venetian Way posted back-to-back wins in 1959 and 1960 from the ninth post, which has four winners total. A horse hasn’t won from here since 1972 (Riva Ridge).

POST 10-

Fastest winner: Secretariat, 1:59 2/5 (1973)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 88-9-6-11

Win percentage: 10.2%

In-the-money percentage: 29.5%

Secretariat, the greatest horse to win the Kentucky Derby, did so from this post 52 years ago. And four horses won in the 1980s: Genuine Risk (1980), Sunny’s Halo (1983), Spend a Buck (1985) and Sunday Silence (1989). This post owns the second-best win percentage (10.2%) behind Posts 5 and 20 and the best in-the-money percentage (29.5%).

POST11

Fastest winner: Winning Colors, 2:02 1/5 (1988)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 84-2-6-4

Win percentage: 2.4%

In-the-money percentage: 14.3%

Brokers Tip (1933) and Winning Colors (1988) are the lone winners to come out of the 11 post. Forever Young finished third in 2024.

POST12

Fastest winner: Kauai King, 2:02 (1966)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 80-3-3-4

Win percentage: 3.8%

In-the-money percentage: 12.5%

Angel of Empire was the last horse to get close to a win from the 12 spot, finishing third in 2023.

POST 13-

Fastest winner: Nyquist, 2:01.31 (2016)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 78-5-5-7

Win percentage: 6.4%

In-the-money percentage: 21.8%

The unlucky number has been just that lately. Nyquist is the most recent winner, with Simplification finishing in the top five in 2022.

POST 14

Fastest winner: Middleground, 2:01 3/5 (1950)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 68-2-6-6

Win percentage: 2.9%

In-the-money percentage: 20.6%

The only winners to come from the 14 position were Middleground (1950) and Carry Back (1961). But a solid 20.6% of the horses to run from this post have finished in the money, including Essential Quality’s third-place showing in 2021.

POST 15

Fastest winner: Authentic, 2:00.61 (2020)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 63-6-2-1

Win percentage: 9.5%

In-the-money percentage: 14.3%

The new millennium has seen horses from the 15th post have some success. Authentic won the 2020 Derby. American Pharoah (2015), Orb (2013) and Fusaichi Pegasus (2000) also were victorious.

POST11

Fastest winner: Winning Colors, 2:02 1/5 (1988)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 84-2-6-4

Win percentage: 2.4%

In-the-money percentage: 14.3%

Brokers Tip (1933) and Winning Colors (1988) are the lone winners to come out of the 11 post. Forever Young finished third in 2024.

POST12

Fastest winner: Kauai King, 2:02 (1966)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 80-3-3-4

Win percentage: 3.8%

In-the-money percentage: 12.5%

Angel of Empire was the last horse to get close to a win from the 12 spot, finishing third in 2023.

POST 13

Fastest winner: Nyquist, 2:01.31 (2016)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 78-5-5-7

Win percentage: 6.4%

In-the-money percentage: 21.8%

The unlucky number has been just that lately. Nyquist is the most recent winner, with Simplification finishing in the top five in 2022.

POST 14

Fastest winner: Middleground, 2:01 3/5 (1950)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 68-2-6-6

Win percentage: 2.9%

In-the-money percentage: 20.6%

The only winners to come from the 14 position were Middleground (1950) and Carry Back (1961). But a solid 20.6% of the horses to run from this post have finished in the money, including Essential Quality’s third-place showing in 2021.

POST 15

Fastest winner: Authentic, 2:00.61 (2020)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 63-6-2-1

Win percentage: 9.5%

In-the-money percentage: 14.3%

The new millennium has seen horses from the 15th post have some success. Authentic won the 2020 Derby. American Pharoah (2015), Orb (2013) and Fusaichi Pegasus (2000) also were victorious.

POST 16

Fastest winner: Monarchos, 1:59.97 (2001)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 52-4-3-3

Win percentage: 7.7%

In-the-money percentage: 19.2%

One of the fastest times recorded at the Derby came from this post in 2001, with Monarchos winning in 1:59.97. All four horses that have won from this post have done so in the last 30 years, including Animal Kingdom (2011), Charismatic (1999) and Thunder Gulch (1995).

POST17

Fastest winner: N/A

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 45-0-1-2

Win percentage: 0.0%

In-the-money percentage: 6.7%

Of the posts that have been used since 1930, this is the only one to not produce a winner. Forty Niner came the closest, finishing second in 1988. Don’t Get Mad placed fourth in 2005.

POST  18

Fastest winner: Gato Del Sol, 2:02 2/5 (1982)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 37-2-4-0

Win percentage: 5.4%

In-the-money percentage: 16.2%

Country House was only the second horse to win from the 18th post after Maximum Security was disqualified for interference — for the first time in Derby history — in 2019. Gato Del Sol was the only other winner in 1982.

POST 19

Fastest winner: I'll Have Another, 2:01.83 (2012)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 31-1-1-0

Win percentage: 3.2%

In-the-money percentage: 6.5%

I’ll Have Another (2012) is the only horse to win from the 19 post, though Wicked Strong finished fourth from the position two years later. Last year, Resilience finished sixth from the post.

POST 20-

Fastest winner: Big Brown, 2:01.82 (2008)

Record (Entries-win-place-show): 19-2-0-1

Win percentage: 10.5%

In-the-money percentage: 15.8%

Before Rich Strike, Big Brown was the only horse to win from the 20 post. Practical Joke added a fifth-place finish in 2017.

POST 21 WOW Record (Entries-win-place-show): 2-0-0-0