{"id":16594,"date":"2024-05-01T11:38:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckyderbybettingsites.net\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2024-05-01T11:38:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:38:43","slug":"kentucky-derby-colors-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckyderbybettingsites.net\/features\/kentucky-derby-colors-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Derby Colors 2024: What Silks Are The ‘Run For The Roses’ Jockeys Wearing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\"kentucky\n

With 20 horses hurtling around Churchill Downs, knowing the Kentucky Derby colors beforehand can be a big help when tracking your bets through the race.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, with that in mind, we’ve got the jockey silks for ALL the 20 Kentucky Derby horses<\/a> below – meaning you can bone-up on which colors to look out for as soon as the gates open for the 150th renewal of the Run For The Roses.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kentucky Derby Colors 2024: Why Do Jockeys Wear Different Silks?
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As well as each Kentucky Derby entry having a post position draw<\/a> and program number to keep tabs on each horse through the race, every runner will also carry a set of colors or jockey silks.<\/p>\n

These Kentucky Derby colors are associated to the owners of each horse. For example, Mike Repole of Repole Stable owns one of the favored runners with the best Kentucky Derby betting sites<\/a> in Fierceness.<\/p>\n

Fellow market principal Sierra Leone, meanwhile, carries silks better known across the pond. They are the navy blue colors of Sue Magnier, wife of John Magnier of the Coolmore owner-breeders who have Aidan O’Brien as their retained trainer in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Expected Kentucky Derby favorite<\/a> Fierceness will carry the famous Repole orange and blue colors (see below) with three-time Run For The Roses<\/em> winning jockey John Velazquez sporting the silks.<\/p>\n

Therefore, unless an owner has more than one horse in the race, each horse will carry a unique set of Kentucky Derby colors.<\/p>\n

This year, we’ve 20 different owners. But, in the past, if one does have more than one horse then a different colored jockey’s cap is used to differentiate between the runners. <\/span><\/p>\n

Note: Betting odds are subject to change and any late scratchings could result in post positions moving.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kentucky Derby Colors 2024: Silks and Profiles For All 20 Horses<\/b><\/h2>\n

See below the full Kentucky Derby colors for each runner heading to post on Saturday May 4.<\/p>\n

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