This Derby field is perhaps the classiest in years and is loaded with enough early speed to dictate the way the race will be run.

Sunday Break did not have enough graded stakes earnings to make the Derby field.

Since then, the Derby field seems to have settled at 20, and he appeared certain today to make the field.

It was a spectacular performance against a field rated among the best Derby fields in recent years.

The most disappointing part of this year's Derby field is its lack of depth.

They say he is a control freak, too, the standing joke being that his ultimate goal is to train every horse in the Derby field.

Still, a large Derby field and a bad post position in the Preakness kept him out of the first two races.

Line of David subsequently finished 18th in the 20-horse Derby field.

Baffert could only blame the luck and long odds of a 19-horse Derby field.

There is more than a little irony in Lukas's concern about the size of a Derby field.