Among a field of 12, that the "New York Times" described as "the most formidable eligibles" for the Kentucky Derby, were Plat Eye owned by the Greentree Stable, the Brookmeade Stable colt Psychic Bid, William Ziegler Jr.'s very good filly Esposa, who would become the 1937 and 1938 American Champion Older Female Horse, and Omaha, a son of Whichone's great rival Gallant Fox.