Kentucky Oaks:

30-1 Untrapped. He is winless in 15 tries, the only hole in his Hall of Fame resume.

“The Kentucky Derby would look really good to add to the list,” he said.

Don’t look for four-time winner Bob Baffert. The white-haired trainer doesn’t have a horse this year, but like everyone else, he has an opinion.

“There’s a lot of parity. There are some nice, solid horses,” he said. “I think Classic Empire is probably the best horse in the race. Todd’s horse has brilliance, Always Dreaming. If they can get him figured out, he could steal it. The rest are bombers.”

The rain is predicted to end hours before the race goes off in the early evening. The last Derby run on an offtrack was 2013 when Orb splashed home in front.

Favorites have won the Derby the past four years, the longest such streak since the 1970s.

Sonneteer will try to overcome that bit of history. He’s 0 for 10 in his career. He would be just the fourth maiden and the first since Brokers Tip in 1933 to wear the roses.

Classic Empire sure looked like the early Derby favorite last year when he won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and was named 2-year-old champion. He made his 3-year-old debut with a third-place finish in the Holy Bull Stakes in February. Then came two more months off caused by hoof and back injuries. Twice, the bay colt didn’t want to train.

POST POSITIONS FOR 143RD KENTUCKY DERBY

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Lookin At Lee Steve Asmussen Thunder Snow Saeed bin Suroor Fast and Accurate Michael Maker Untrapped Steve Asmussen Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher State of Honor Mark Casse Girvin Joe Sharp Hence Steve Asmussen Irap Doug O’Neill Gunnevera Antonio Sano Battle of Midway Jerry Hollander Sonneteer Keith Desormeaux J Boys Echo Dale Romans Classic Empire Mark Casse McCraken Ian Wilkes Tapwrit Todd Pletcher Irish War Cry Graham Motion Gormley John Shirreffs Practical Joke Chad Brown Patch Todd Pletcher

126 pounds. 1 1/4 miles. (* Morning-line odds; will change with wagering)

“We’re happy to be where we are today given the last couple of months,” trainer Mark Casse said. “I love being the favorite. Let’s just enjoy the ride.”

Always Dreaming had been fractious in morning workouts leading up to the Derby. In an effort to harness the colt’s energy, Pletcher switched to longer reins, and Always Dreaming resisted. He has since calmed down and John Velazquez will be in the saddle today to lend an experienced hand.

Girvin has battled a quarter crack in his right front hoof that limited his workouts. Trainer Joe Sharp and his assistant and wife, former jockey Rosie Napravnik, had the colt swimming and using a hyperbaric chamber to make the race.

Gunnevera’s trainer, Antonio Sano, was kidnapped twice in his native Venezuela before relocating his family Corey Lanerie 20-1 Christophe Soumillon 20-1 Channing Hill 50-1 Ricardo Santana, Jr. 30-1 John Velazquez 5-1 Jose Lezcano 30-1 Mike Smith 15-1 Florent Geroux 15-1 Mario Gutierrez 20-1 Javier Castellano 15-1 Flavien Prat 30-1 Kent Desormeaux 50-1 Luis Saez 20-1 Julien Leparoux 4-1 Brian Hernandez Jr. 5-1 Jose Ortiz 20-1 Rajiv Maragh 6-1 Victor Espinoza 15-1 Joel Rosario 20-1 Tyler Gaffalione 30-1 $2 million. $1,240,000. to Miami. Jockey Javier Castellano, also from the violence-wracked nation, is trying to snap an 0-for-10 skid in the Derby. Gunnevera is the cheapest horse in the field. He was bought for $16,000 at auction.

“Every day, I stop to think, ‘My horse can win the Kentucky Derby,’” Sano said. “It would be a big gift for the people of Venezuela at this moment. In Venezuela, people are killing people. People have no food. Very sad.”

Thunder Snow carries the hopes of Godolphin Racing, which is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. He’s the ruler of Dubai. The stable is winless in nine previous Derby attempts.

“There’s plenty of speed lined up for this race and nobody’s going to get an easy lead,” said Jerry Hollendorfer, who trains Battle of Midway.

Abel Tasman rallied from last and charged late to win the Kentucky Oaks by 1 1/4 lengths Friday and give Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert the victory with his lone entrant in the weekend marquee races at Churchill Downs.

As Miss Sky Warrior charged past favorite Paradise Woods through the far turn, Abel Tasman and Daddys Lil Darling also began making their moves on the sloppy track.

Abel Tasman got clear in the stretch to win the $1 million marquee race for 3-yearold fillies and make up for her distant second to Paradise Woods in the Santa Anita Oaks.

Abel Tasman ran 1 1/8 miles with Mike Smith aboard in 1:51.62 and paid $20.40, $9.20 and $6.40. Daddys Lil Darling returned $11 and $6.60, and Lockdown paid $18.40. lights if we win. I watch the MLB Channel one time through. That’s what I watch. (The players) have that stuff on 24/7. I can’t bear to watch 24/7 baseball. I can’t watch it over and over again. It drives me nuts. I don’t know how these other guys do it. I can’t stand it. If we don’t win, I don’t watch it, and I don’t look at box scores a great deal. However, I do try to stay aware of what Jay Bruce is doing in New York. I couldn’t be happier about that. And I love to see what Johnny and Todd (Frazier) and those guys are doing.”

Here’s a quick glance at a few former Reds:

■ Cueto is 4-1 with a 4.86 ERA in his second season in San Francisco.

■ Bruce is hitting .291 with nine home runs in his first full season with the New York Mets.

■ Brandon Phillips is hitting .329 in his first season with the Atlanta Braves.

■ Frazier is hitting .188 with three home runs in his second season with the Chicago White Sox.

■ Mike Leake is 3-1 with a 1.85 ERA in five starts in his second season with the St. Louis Cardinals.

■ Aroldis Chapman has a 0.87 ERA in 11 relief appearances with the New York Yankees. He has 16 strikeouts in 10⅓ innings.

■ Mat Latos had a 6.60 ERA in three starts with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was designated for assignment Friday.

■ J.J. Hoover has a 1.69 ERA in 13 relief appearances in his first season with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

■ Chris Heisey has made two starts and appeared in 16 other games in his second season with the Washington Nationals. He’s hitting .160.