West Saratoga profile: 2024 Kentucky Derby odds, post position, history and more to know about the Derby contender
The cheapest horse in the 2024 Kentucky Derby field -- he sold for a mere $11,000 two years ago -- West Saratoga already has made more than $460,000 in his career. But if he is to earn the biggest payday of his career, he will need to show ability that he has never shown before.
13 West Saratoga (50-1)
- Trainer Larry Demeritte
- Jockey Jesus Castanon
- Last race Second in the Jeff Ruby Steaks by four lengths
- Career record 10 starts: 2 wins, 5 seconds, 1 third
- Career earnings $460,140
- Best career Beyer Speed Figure 85 (2024 Jeff Ruby Steaks)
- Sire Exaggerator
Below, we'll dig further into West Saratoga 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 West Saratoga performs in the Kentucky Derby? And how does the post draw affect his chances? ... Join SportsLine now to get a full profile on West Saratoga and every other horse in the Kentucky Derby!
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