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KENTUCKY DERBY DRAW THEY SAID IT MAY 1, 2013 "There was a lot of anticipation, maybe more anticipation than I remember, but I'm pleased with the 16 and we'll take it from there. I think from where he is we'll try to hold our position and maybe try to creep in a little bit around the first turn and then (Joel Rosario) can watch what's going on inside of him. He can watch what Johnny (Velazquez) is doing on Verrazano. If Johnny thinks Orb is the horse to beat he's going to be watch what we're doing to." —trainer Shug McGaughey after Kentucky Derby morning-line favorite ORB drew post 16 for Saturday's Run for the Roses "I wasn't too crazy about the two hole (for Oxbow), but I realize there's not a lot of speed on the inside. We might be clear. The other one (Will Take Charge), I'm very happy with. There's five or six horses right near us (Oxbow) that are not very quick, in my opinion, so we'll probably get a pretty good run up the rail It's the shortest way around there if they'll leave us alone." —Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, whose Derby runners drew post 2 (OXBOW) and 17 (WILL TAKE CHARGE) "We overanalyze this all the time. Everyone gets too involved, and we overanalyze it too much. I'm more interested in where the horses who have running style are placed in relation to my horses are in the gate. The four I won it with, I can't remember their post position, so it must not have been too important." —Lukas "We know Oxbow isn't the best of breakers; it's not a bad horse to be next to. We're going to make the best of what we can. We're going to go back and look at all the different things, different scenarios, and we'll put all those different things in to Joe's head and he's going to go out there and ride his race anyway." —trainer Kelly Breen after BLACK ONYX drew the rail in Derby 139 "I don't want to say what I think about it on record but let's just say I'm like Rodney Dangerfield -- I get no respect, you know?" —Breen on Black Onyx's 50-1 morning-line odds "My whole life I've dreamed about being number one and I got number one today!" —Joe Bravo, Black Onyx's Derby jockey "Overall, from a saddling perspective, I like it. With four of my horses side by side, it will make it easier for me to get those saddles on. I do think we did really well with our posts. Under the old system, where we would have been selecting our own posts according to the draw, I think we would have wound up in just about the same spots we got today. There wouldn't have been much difference." —trainer Todd Pletcher following post positions draws for his Derby quintet -- REVOLUTIONARY (3), OVERANALYZE (9), PALACE MALICE (10), VERRAZANO (14) and CHARMING KITTEN (15) "I love it. Kevin (Krigger) doesn't have to sit in the gate; then he can pick his spot. We're going to bring it back home." —conditioner Doug O'Neill, who will send GOLDENCENTS out from post 8 in an attempt to win back-to-back editions of the Kentucky Derby "I love it. It was one of the numbers I wanted. We've got Goldencents inside of us. I'm tickled to death." —trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. speaking of ITSMYLUCKYDAY's 12 post in the Run for the Roses "I really didn't care what post we got until about 20 seconds before and then I was really hoping for the six." —horseman Tom Amoss on MYLUTE's Derby draw of post 6; Mylute was the last name pulled, after Charming Kitten in 15 and Black Onyx in 1 "Other than it was Eight Belles' number, I'm happy with it. I'm not going to be superstitious about that. With the numbers that were left, we were very happy with five." —owner Rick Porter after NORMANDY INVASION was assigned post 5 for the Derby; Porter's Eight Belles finished second in the 2008 Derby before breaking down in the gallop out past the wire
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