Just Steel profile: 2024 Kentucky Derby odds, post position, history and more to know about the Derby contender
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has won the Kentucky Derby four times, which is tied for the third most Derby wins by a trainer ever. But Lukas, now 88 years old, hasn't won the Derby in 25 years. On Saturday he will look to shock the world and earn Derby win No. 5 with a $500,000 son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.
6 Just Steel (20-1)
- Trainer D. Wayne Lukas
- Jockey Keith Asmussen
- Last race Second in the Arkansas Derby by 2 lengths
- Career record 11 starts: 2 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third
- Career earnings $724,545
- Best career Beyer Speed Figure 95 (2024 Arkansas Derby)
- Sire Justify
Below, we'll dig further into Just Steel as part of our series profiling all the horses competing in the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4. We'll look back into his past performances, what questions need to be answered on Saturday and analyze how the post draw affects his chances.
Kentucky Derby profiles: 1 Dornoch | 2 Sierra Leone | 3 Mystik Dan | 4 Catching Freedom | 5 Catalytic | 6 Just Steel | 7 Honor Marie | 8 Just a Touch | 9 Encino | 10 T O Password | 11 Forever Young | 12 Track Phantom | 13 West Saratoga | 14 Endlessly | 15 Domestic Product | 16 Grand Mo the First | 17 Fierceness | 18 Stronghold | 19 Resilience | 20 Society Man | 21 Epic Ride
Kentucky Derby picks: Michelle Yu | Bob Weir | Jody Demling | Exotics
So what key information could decide how Just Steel performs in the Kentucky Derby? And how does the post draw affect his chances? ... Join SportsLine now to get a full profile on Just Steel and every other horse in the Kentucky Derby!
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