Will Divining Rod Find Success In Ohio Derby?

Whiskey Ticket and Divining Rod head a quality field of nine 3-year-olds for Saturday's $500,000 Ohio Derby at ThistleDown Racino.

Whiskey Ticket, winner of the G3 Illinois Derby in April, was made the morning line favorite at 3-1. Second choice is Divining Rod, winner of the G3 Coolmore Lexington Stakes at Keeneland, Divining Rod was mostly recently third to American Pharoah in the G1 Preakness.

Also in the field are Far Right, winner of the G3 Southwest Stakes; War Story, third in the G2 Louisiana Derby, and Mr. Z, third in the G1 Arkansas Derby.

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Here is the field for the Ohio Derby in post position order: Whiskey Ticket, Martin Pedroza, 3-1; Far Right, Ricardo Santana Jr., 9-2; Thirtysilverpieces, Luis Gonzalez, 12-1; Divining Rod, Julien Leparoux, 7-2; War Story, Kent Desormeaux, 6-1; Tencendur, Manny Franco, 8-1; Dekabrist, Cory Orm, 15-1; Mr. Z, Joe Bravo, 6-1 and Bodhisattva, Victor Espinoza, 12-1.