Brad H. Cox has two of the favorites running at Churchill Downs, Commandment and Further Ado. (Photo courtesy of Twinspires).

Today at 5:57 Central/6:57 East is post time for the 152nd running of the American Classic/Epic, Kentucky Derby. NBC and Peacock will broadcast.

It’s a wide open field. There have been some scratches, as usual, one being a favorite in the race, The Puma. Bama Golf was high on this thoroughbred. Bama’ll adjust. Here’s a look at the field including the horses, its odds, the trainers and the jockeys in that order. It’s an all star cast of trainers and jockeys with the best in the business competing. Below that, I’ll pick the winner of the Derby along with my trifecta pick.

1. Renegade, 5/1, Todd Pletcher (going for his third Derby), Irad Ortiz Jr.

2. Albus, 50/1, Riley Mott, Manny Franco.

3. Intrepido, 55/1, Jeff Mullins, Hector Berrios

4. Litmus Test, 34/1, Bob Baffert (five time Derby winner), Martin Garcia

5. Right to Party, scratched

6. Commandment, 7/1, Brad H. Cox, Luis Saez

7.Danon Bourbon, 14/1, Manabu Ikezoe, Atsuya Nishimura, Japanese horse

8. So Happy, 6/1, Mark Glatt, Mike Smith

9. The Puma, scratched

10. Wonder Dean, 20/1, Yoshinari Yamamoto, Daisuke Takayanagi, Japanese horse

11. Incredibolt, 27/1, Riley Mott, Jaime Torres

12. Chief Wallabee, 9/1, William Mott, Junior Alvarado

13. Silent Tactic, scratched

Horses moved up in posts due to Silent Tactic withdrawal. Significant for one of the favorites.

13. Potente, 23/1, Bob Baffert, Juan Hernandez

14. Emerging Market, 11/1, Chad Brown, Flavien Prat

15. Pavlovian, 52/1, Doug O’Neill, Edwin Maldonado

16. Six Speed, 40/1, Bhupat Seemar, Brian Hernandez Jr.

17. Further Ado, 7/1, Brad H. Cox, John Valazquez, the 17 post has never won a Derby, 0 for 46

18. Golden Tempo, 36/1, Cherie DeVaux, Jose Ortiz

19. Fulleffort, scratched

20. Great White, 29/1, John Ennis, Alex Achard

21. Ocelli, 50/1, D. Whitworth Beckman, Tyler Gaffalione

22. Robusta, 50/1, Doug O’Neill, Christian Torres

Winner/ Predictions

Commandment is a really good horse and in a solid post position at 6. He won the Florida Derby, making Brombey a happy man. That’s a pretty good indicator of Derby success as several Florida Derby winners have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Further Ado, another Brad H. Cox horse, is a terrific runner, but has the dreaded post 17 where a horse has never won a Derby. There’s always a first. Renegade is the favorite, but has a tough post position at No.1. The inside rail is tough to emerge victorious from.Emerging Market is a horse to look out

But I’m going to take 53 year old trainer Mark Glatt, an Auburn, Washington native, whose wife passed away in February due to heart failure. They had been married 25 years. And the great 60 year old Mike Smith is on this pony’s ride. Smith won the Derby in 2005, and in 2018. In ’18, he won it on Justify and went on to win the Triple Crown on Justify. He has also won two Preaknesses (1993, 2018) and three Belmonts (2010, 2013, 2018). Give me this team and their horse, the Santa Anita Derby winner.

So Happy

My trifecta

Win: So Happy

Place: Emerging Market

Show: Commandment