With only a couple of weeks left before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2, the top 20 Kentucky Derby contenders list is finally shaping up. This week, jockey Garrett Gomez confirms he will ride Pioneerof the Nile in the Derby, Mafaaz bows out, and two sons of Birdstone throw their hat into the ring. And trainer Todd Pletcher has decisions to make about his Lexington Stakes-winning charge Advice.

Current Odds to Win the 133rd Kentucky Derby at SBG Global:

Curlin + 285
Street Sense + 500
Scat Daddy + 700
Circular Quay + 700
Nobiz Like Shobiz + 750
Any Given Saturday + 1250
Tiago + 1250
Hard Spun + 1500
Great Hunter + 2000
Dominican + 2500

Street Sense put in his final pre-Kentucky Derby work Tuesday morning at Churchill Downs by working five furlongs in 1:01. Jockey Calvin Borel was reportedly “ecstatic” after the work [...]

Here is the full field listed post positions and the odds to win 133rd Kentucky Derby [...]

Field: The best thing about the all others is that you are almost assured of having anywhere from 8-12 horses in the gate on 133rd Kentucky Derby. The flipside is that the field always closes at somewhere around 3-1 in this pool, substantially less than you would get on any of the horses individually. In the eight years of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager [...]

Zanjero quickly moved to trainer Steve Asmussen’s first string for the Kentucky Derby after stablemate Tiz Wonderful went done to injury last month, but he has yet to display close to the ability of his stablemate. Other than his fine conditioner, the only things he really seems to have going for him at this point are his Derby-friendly running style and the fact he possesses a win over the Churchill Downs main track.

Aside from that, he has yet to run very fast and was merely passing defeated horses when a distant second to Nobiz Like Shobiz in the Remsen at Aqueduct in his 2-year-old finale. Connections have always been high on this $700,000 purchase though, as he was even pre-entered for the Breeders’ Cup but didn’t qualify in making the field of 14 [...]

Street Sense became an instant front-runner for the Kentucky Derby with his surprising 10-length romp over the best field of 2-year-olds assembled in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile over the same track as the Run for the Roses.

It was the best performance in that prestigious event since Arazi’s memorable 5-length victory in that event over the same track 15 years prior. He earned a gaudy 108 Beyer speed figure for the performance, and it is important to note that the average Kentucky Derby-winning Beyer speed figure from the last 15 renewals is around 109.

Street Sense trained all summer at the Louisville oval for Kentucky Derby-winning conditioner Carl Nafzger, and he should enjoy the Kentucky Derby distance and surface as much as any 3-year-old to make the gate the first Saturday in May, as his sire Street Cry turned in one of the more impressive races run at Churchill Downs in recent history when cruising in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster in 2002 [...]

Stormello ran steadily from last June through December, capping off the year with a big win in the Hollywood Futurity. With his earnings, he’s already almost assured of making the gate on the 133rd Kentucky Derby Day, which adds to his allure. Naturally speedy, he’s going to have to learn to harness some energy for the later stages of his races.

That was the case in the Breeders’ Cup, when an early hot pace left him with no response in the stretch [...]

Scat Daddy was regarded as one of the top 2-year-olds in the land prior to the Breeders’ Cup, but failed to make an impact in that race, checking in a non-threatening fourth behind the freakish effort by Street Sense. At one point, Pletcher regarded him as the best 2-year-old in the barn and he is still campaigning him as one of his best from his loaded barn by evidence of running him in the Holy Bull last weekend.

That race was disappointing for the Scat Daddy faithful, as he was out-dueled fair and square by top Kentucky Derby contender Nobiz Like Shobiz and offered no answer to that rival in the stretch. He is a son of Johannesburg and it is very questionable as to how far he wants to run. The one thing he has going for him is that he is a very talented colt and could prove to be one of the best of his generation when he finds his niche. There is some stamina influence in his immediate female family but his identity as a racehorse has yet to be determined [...]

Ravel ran himself into the Kentucky Derby picture last weekend with an impressive off-the-pace victory in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita, earning a 102 Beyer speed figure in the 1 1/8-mile event. Typical of many top 3-year-olds from the Pletcher juggernaut, Ravel is impeccably bred being by popular 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus out of the A.P. Indy mare Let, who was a Graded 2 winner at Churchill Downs over a route of ground and earner of more than $600,000 [...]

Out of Gwedda is yet another Pletcher runner that has shown enough promise to be a single interest this time around. Problem is, he’s yet to go beyond six furlongs, which puts him behind several others seasoning-wise. He gave a pretty good account of himself in the Spectacular Bid last month, but still has [...]