Favorites bookend field

Horse racing: So much for being Kentucky Derby favorites: One is stuck on the rail and the other ended up on the far outside of a 20-horse field.

Lookin At Lucky is looking like anything but after drawing the rail.

“I heard about a redraw,” joked Bob Baffert, who trains the 3-year-old colt, listed at 3-1 odds during Wednesday’s post-position draw. “Is he still the favorite? We got that going for us. We just have to hope our horse runs huge.”

He’ll need to. All the traffic charging into the first turn tends to jam the inside unless a horse has early speed to get away quickly.

Sidney’s Candy, the 5-1 second choice for Saturday’s 1 1/4 -mile race, didn’t fare any better at the opposite end of the starting gate – No. 20 – and will be taking the widest trip around Churchill Downs.

Twelve horses have won from the No. 1 post; the last was Ferdinand in 1986. Only two winners have come from No. 20, with Big Brown doing so two years ago.

the Derby.

The field from the rail out is: Lookin At Lucky, 3-1; Ice Box, 10-1; Noble’s Promise, 12-1; Super Saver, 15-1; Line of David, 30-1; Stately Victor, 30-1; American Lion, 30-1; Dean’s Kitten, 50-1; Make Music for Me, 50-1; Paddy O’Prado, 20-1; Devil May Care, 10-1; Conveyance, 12-1; Jackson Bend, 15-1; Mission Impazible, 20-1; Discreetly Mine, 30-1; Awesome Act, 10-1; Dublin, 12-1; Backtalk, 50-1; Homeboykris, 50-1; and Sidney’s Candy, 5-1.

Associated Press

Regina’s Eberle player of year

Hockey: Regina Pats forward Jordan Eberle is the Western Hockey League’s player of the year.

Eberle takes the Four Broncos Trophy after recording 50 goals and 56 assists in 57 regular-season games.

Vancouver Giants center Craig Cunningham was the other finalist for the award.

Spokane Chiefs defenseman Jared Spurgeon was the runner-up for the WHL’s Brad Hornung Trophy, the award that goes to the league’s most sportsmanlike player. Spurgeon was the Western Conference’s nominee and finished behind the Moose Jaw Warriors’ Jason Bast for the league honor.

•Spokane Chiefs left wing Kyle Beach, who has been playing for the Rockford IceHogs since the Chiefs’ season concluded, has been called up by the Chicago Blackhawks.