What post position has produced the most Kentucky Derby winners at Churchill Downs?

Mystik Dan edged Sierra Leone by a nose in a photo finish, making the thoroughbred the first to win from Post 3 since Real Quiet in 1998 .

Post No. 17 remains as the only regularly used position that has yet to produce a winner with only three in-the-money finishes, making it the least favorable spot.

Post Nos . 5 and 20 generally have the best win percentage ( 10.5% each) each, but last year neither produced a top-five horse.

Nyquist is the most recent winner, with Simplification finishing in the top five in 2022 .

Secretariat, the greatest horse to win the Kentucky Derby , did so from this post 52 years ago .

This post owns the second -best win percentage ( 10.2% ) behind Posts 5 and 20 and the best in-the-money percentage.

Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday , May 3 .

I'll Have Another ( 2012 ) is the only horse to win from the 19th post.

No horses have won nor finished top three from the post, averaging a 13th -place finish.

This post has only been used twice, in 1974 and 1985 .