The Kentucky Derby : Facts and figures for today’s running of the Kentucky Derby, including a look at each of the 19 horses entered, in post-position order.

1. AL SABIN--This son of Alydar might be the worst traveler in the Derby. No so much in the races, but in getting to them. This year, going from California to New York, he thrashed around in the aircraft, cutting his legs. “He’s not a lot of fun, at 30,000 feet, when you know he’s capable of kicking out the side of the plane,” trainer Wayne Lukas said. Al Sabin earned his way into the Derby with a minor stakes victory at Aqueduct, winning in 1:49 1/5--the same time that it took Devil His Due to win the Wood Memorial later in the day.

2. TECHNOLOGY--The winner of the Florida Derby goes into the Derby with a three-race winning streak and a hoof problem that resulted from throwing a shoe in his last start. “It’s of no concern,” says his trainer, Sonny Hine, but he has had his Florida blacksmith on the scene, just in case.

3. SNAPPY LANDING--Winless in four stakes races, he ran third, behind Arazi and Bertrando, in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, but this year he has had two seconds and two fourths in four tries. Kent Desormeaux chose In Excess at Aqueduct today instead of riding in the Derby, so the mount has gone to Jorge Velasquez, 45, who has had one victory--with Pleasant Colony in 1981--in 11 Derby rides.

4. CASUAL LIES--A week ago, this $7,500 yearling was doubtful for the Derby, having ingested some chemically treated bedding straw and suffering an allergic reaction. He has bounced back, however, and worked a quick five furlongs in 1:00, one of the best exercises of any Derby contender. Gary Stevens, who won with Winning Colors in 1988, will ride the third-place Santa Anita Derby finisher for the first time.

5. THYER--Overshadowed by the other European horses, the Nijinsky II colt has raced only three times this season, winning twice and running third at Newmarket, England, on April 16. His jockey is his regular rider, Christy Roche, and his owner, Sheik Maktoum al Maktoum, is the brother of the half-owner of Arazi.

6. DEVIL HIS DUE--After winning the Wood Memorial, trainer Allen Jerkens was asked about the Kentucky Derby and said, “I don’t think so.” His thinking was that the Derby would be the third tough race in less than a month for the Devil’s Bag colt. But Devil His Due rebounded so well from the Wood that Jerkens changed his mind.

7. PISTOLS AND ROSES--Third in the Florida Derby, he regained respect by winning the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. He never runs a dull race--10 starts, six victories, two seconds and two thirds. Trainer George Gianos replaced Herb Castillo with Jacinto Vasquez for the Blue Grass, and Vasquez will seek his third Derby victory today. Castillo’s mother, who trains horses in Florida, no longer speaks to Gianos.

8. CONTE DI SAVOYA--At 73-1, he ran a near-miss second in the Blue Grass, almost overtaking Pistols And Roses at the wire. Before that, trainer LeRoy Jolley’s colt looked like a genuine distance horse, but on grass. Conte Di Savoya is winless in five races this year and scored his only victory in 10 races overall against maidens at Hialeah.

9. SIR PINDER--His only claim to fame has been a victory over Alydeed in a minor stake at Calder. But Alydeed bled that day, and then couldn’t win with no excuses at Keeneland. Thus, Sir Pinder’s victory has been diminished considerably.

10. LIL E. TEE--Winner of the Jim Beam at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., and second to Pine Bluff in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park, Lil E. Tee would give the Derby its first victory by a Pennsylvania-bred. He is a far cry from some of Pat Day’s previous Derby mounts, who include Rampage, fourth; Demons Begone, 17th; Forty Niner, second; Easy Goer, second, and Summer Squall, second.

11. WEST BY WEST--Trainer Sonny Jerkens’ Devil His Due beat this colt by a length in the Wood. “If I deserve to be here, West By West does, too,” Jerkens says. “He looks like a horse who’s on the improve.” West By West went from 116 pounds to 126 pounds--Derby weight-- in the Wood. He will be ridden by French jockey Jean-Luc Samyn.

12. PINE BLUFF--Since running seventh in the Breeders’ Cup, Pine Bluff has been successfully converted from a colt who comes from off the pace to one who runs close to it. The new style has worked, to the tune of four victories in five races, the last in the Arkansas Derby. Craig Perret, who won the Derby with Unbridled two years ago, has regained the mount. Jerry Bailey, Technology’s rider, rode Pine Bluff in his last two victories.

13. ECSTATIC RIDE--Because Gerard Melancon, implicated in a race-fixing scheme in New Orleans several years ago, was unable to get licensed in Kentucky, Julie Krone has the mount on the third-place finisher in the Blue Grass. Other female jockeys to ride in the race have been Diane Crump, 15th with Fathom in 1970; Patricia Cooksey, 11th with So Vague in 1984, and Andrea Seefeldt, 16th with Forty Something last year. Krone probably won’t improve on any of those finishes today.

14. MY LUCK RUNS NORTH--He won the Lexington Stakes less than two weeks ago in the mud, but this is still a former claiming horse that appears to be overmatched. In Florida this winter, the better the races were, the tougher it was for him to win.

15. DR DEVIOUS--He has had four victories and three seconds in England, and in trainer Ron McAnally and jockey Chris McCarron has two quality horsemen. What has been largely forgotten, however, is that he has never run farther than a mile, and the 1 1/4-mile Derby is not a good time to be stretching a horse out that much.

16. A.P. INDY--Perhaps the best-bred horse in the race. His sire, Seattle Slew, swept the Triple Crown. His dam, Weekend Surprise, was a stakes-winning daughter of Secretariat, another Triple Crown champion. He also is a full brother to Summer Squall, second in the Derby and winner of the Preakness. A.P. Indy hasn’t lost since his first race, against maidens at Del Mar, and defeated Bertrando and Casual Lies in the Santa Anita Derby.

17. DANCE FLOOR--He might provide a nice encore for his owner, the rap star Hammer, who gave a concert in Louisville Friday night. Since his close second to A.P. Indy in the Hollywood Futurity, Dance Floor’s career has ebbed and flowed, and lately he has lost ground with a second-place finish in the Florida Derby and a fourth in the Blue Grass.

18. ARAZI--He is not a good bet at odds-on, the way favorites fall in the Derby. To win, he will need a good trip, never a given at Churchill Downs.

19. DISPOSAL--He has run only twice, both times at 1 1/8 miles, and will be hard-pressed to get good position from this post. Alex Solis got the assignment after his Santa Anita Derby runner-up, Bertrando, developed a fever.

Running for the Roses

Post positions, with horse’s name, jockey’s name, trainer’s name and opening-line odds. All horses will carry 126 pounds. Distance is 1 1/4 miles. Purse is $984,800 if all 19 start, with $734,800 for first place, $145,000 for second place, $70,000 for third place and $30,000 for fourth place.

Post Horse Jockey Jockey Odds 1. a-Al Sabin Corey Nakatani Wayne Lukas 20-1 2. Technology Jerry Bailey Sonny Hine 8-1 3. f-Snappy Landing Jorge Velasquez Dennis Manning 10-1 4. Casual Lies Gary Stevens Shelley Riley 20-1 5. f-Thyer Christy Roche Jim Bolger 10-1 6. Devil His Due Mike Smith Allen Jerkens 15-1 7. Pistols And Roses Jacinto Vasquez George Gianos 15-1 8. Conte Di Savoya Shane Sellers LeRoy Jolley 30-1 9. f-Sir Pinder Randy Romero Manny Tortora 10-1 10. Lil E. Tee Pat Day Lynn Whiting 20-1 11. f-West By West Jean-Luc Samyn Rusty Arnold 10-1 12. Pine Bluff Craig Perret Tom Bohannan 12-1 13. f-Ecstatic Ride Julie Krone D.H. Griffitt 10-1 14. f-My Luck Runs North Ricardo Lopez Angel Medina 10-1 15. Dr Devious Chris McCarron Ron McAnally 15-1 16. A.P. Indy Eddie Delahoussaye Neil Drysdale 7-2 17. a-Dance Floor Chris Antley Wayne Lukas 20-1 18. Arazi Pat Valenzuela Francois Boutin 6-5 19. f-Disposal Alex Solis Bruce Headley 10-1

a-Wayne Lukas trained entry. f-mutuel field. Post time: 2:40 p.m. TV:Channel 7.