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He spent part of his juvenile season racing on turf, and wasn't even nominated for the Kentucky Derby at the start of the year, but things changed for Flameaway when he won the (G3) Sam Davis Stakes on the dirt at Tampa Bay Downs in February. While he's definitely a Kentucky Derby longshot, he's also a very difficult horse to beat.

The post-position draw for the 2018 Kentucky Derby took place on Tuesday, and barring any last-minute scratches, the 20-horse field is now set for Saturday's race from Churchill Downs. While every colt in the field has shown talent to get there, some clearly have a better chance of winning than others, and here are 10 that will not be getting to the wire first.

With the post-position draw in the books, and the morning line odds being set, it's time to get down to the nuts-and-bolts of handicapping the 2018 Kentucky Oaks. Fourteen three-year-old fillies are set to go to the gate at Churchill Downs on Friday, racing 1 1/8 miles on the dirt for a total purse of $1 million.

One of the more versatile and well-travelled colts in the 2018 Kentucky Derby field, Enticed has won on three different race tracks at three different distances throughout his career. He has made five consecutive starts in graded-stakes races and finished in the money in four of them, and that kind of consistency makes him a wild card to pull the upset in the 2018 Kentucky Derby.

It seems you can't have an NBA Eastern Conference final without LeBron James. Well, you haven't been able to since 2010. In fact, his team has won every Eastern Conference final since 2011, seven in a row. But James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to overcome the top-seeded Toronto Raptors in the second round of the playoffs in order to try and make it a great eight.

Despite the fact the 2018 Kentucky Oaks is expected to include two strong favorites in Midnight Bisou and Monomoy Girl, a look back at 2017 can provide hope for the longshots. Last year, favored Paradise Woods finished 11th, while second favorite Farrell was dead last of 14. Able Tasman won at odds of 9-1, and the rest of the top four were all in double-digits.

With the same ownership group, trainer and jockey as 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming, Vino Rosso will be trying to score a Derby double for his connections this year on the first Saturday in May. After struggling through his first two races of 2018, Vino Rosso finally put it together to win the (G1) Wood Memorial Stakes and punch his ticket into the Derby starting gate.

In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it isn't so much about how the West was won as it is about who will win the West. You can make a legitimate case for all four of the remaining teams being the last one left standing. The Nashville Predators were last spring's finalist, while the San Jose Sharks were there a year earlier. And you can't discount the Winnipeg Jets or Vegas Golden Knights.

Unlike the 2018 Kentucky Derby, which features several legitimate contenders, the 2018 Kentucky Oaks is shaping up to be a two-horse battle between Midnight Bisou and Monomoy Girl. Those two sit first and second on the Oaks qualifying list, and have dominated their prep races. Here's a look at those two favorites, and a third thrown in for good measure.