Best post position for Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs? See where winners have come from

Post Nos. 5 and 20 generally have the best win percentage ( 10.5% each) for Derby horses.

When it comes to a top-three placing, Post No. 10 is the best option, having a horse finish in-the-money during 295% of the 88 races the post has been used.

Four of the seven wins from this post came in the 1970s : Dust Commander ( 1970 ), Cannonade ( 1974 ), Bold Forbes ( 1976 ) and Affirmed.

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 .

Tomy Lee and Venetian Way posted back-to-back wins in 1959 and 1960 from the ninth post.

A horse hasn’t won from this post since 1972 ( Riva Ridge ).

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 in 2019 .

I'll Have Another ( 2012 ) is the only horse to have won from the 19th post, though Wicked Strong finished fourth from the position two years later .