Kentucky Derby Opening Odds and Top Contenders

Heading down the stretch, who are the top Kentucky Derby contenders?

War Pass, last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and undefeated 2-year-old champion, was the early favorite but the best he's been able to do recently is second (in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 5). Pyro was all the rage a couple of months ago when he took the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, but then placed a disappointing 10th in last weekend's $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. There's also Colonel John, the winner of the Santa Anita Derby; and let's not forget about Big Brown, the big winner at the Florida Derby. But which of these horses is the leading contender? Who knows...

If nothing else, the Derby prep races have shown us that nothing is for certain and that come May 3 we can expect the unexpected.

Top 5 Kentucky Derby contenders:

Big Brown 3/1
Colonel John 6/1
Pyro 8/1
War Pass 10/1
Monba 16/1

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