The shortest-priced horses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby field, Fierceness (5-2 on the morning line) and Sierra Leone (3-1), got bad news during the post position draw.
Fierceness, a one-dimensional front-runner, drew post No. 17 out of 20, requiring him to expend extra energy to engage with what should be a crowded first flight of horses or sit back and hope to get a perfect trip from farther back. Neither strategy is ideal for a horse that has never trailed by more than a half-length at the first call in his three career victories.
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