The 2025 Kentucky Derby will see a subject of 19 horses going from the beginning gate, with the Run for the Roses is ready for a put up time of 6:57 p.m. on Saturday.
The race is for three-year-old horses, with a complete prize pool of $5 million making it the richest prize exterior of the Breeder’s Cup in American thoroughbred racing. All horses needed to qualify through the Street to the Kentucky Derby factors system, with the skin horse No. 21 Baeza added solely attributable to scratches within the subject.
The race has a giant favourite in Journalism, the morning line chalk at 3-1 which may go off even shorter. However the remainder of the sector hasn’t seen lots of moist tracks or mud, and a constant rain at Churchill Downs the final two days would possibly make for a wide-open race.
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Listed here are the opening odds, adopted by the most recent observe odds, from Churchill Downs forward of the 2025 Kentucky Derby:
Up to date: 5:00 p.m.
2025 Kentucky Derby
| Submit Place | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Newest Odds | Morning Line Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submit Place | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Newest Odds | Morning Line Odds |
| 1 | Citizen Bull | Bob Baffert | Martin Garcia | 12-1 | 20-1 |
| 2 | Neoequos | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Luis Saez | 38-1 | 30-1 |
| 3 | Ultimate Gambit | Brad Cox | Luan Machado | 15-1 | 30-1 |
| 5 | American Promise | D. Wayne Lukas | Nik Juarez | 11-1 | 30-1 |
| 6 | Admire Daytona | Yukihiro Kato | Christophe Lemaire | 39-1 | 30-1 |
| 7 | Luxor Café | Noriyuki Hori | Joao Moreira | 8-1 | 15-1 |
| 8 | Journalism | Michael McCarthy | Umberto Rispoli | 4-1 | 3-1 |
| 9 | Burnham Sq. | Ian Wilkes | Brian Hernandez Jr. | 17-1 | 12-1 |
| 11 | Flying Mohawk | Whit Beckman | Joe Ramos | 27-1 | 30-1 |
| 12 | East Avenue | Brendan Walsh | Manny Franco | 39-1 | 20-1 |
| 13 | Writer | Steve Asmussen | Irad Ortiz Jr. | 30-1 | 20-1 |
| 14 | Tiztastic | Steve Asmussen | Joel Rosario | 21-1 | 20-1 |
| 15 | Render Judgment | Kenny McPeek | Julien Leparoux | 16-1 | 30-1 |
| 16 | Coal Battle | Lonnie Briley | Juan Vargas | 23-1 | 30-1 |
| 17 | Sandman | Mark Casse | Jose Ortiz | 5-1 | 6-1 |
| 18 | Sovereignty | Invoice Mott | Junior Alvarado | 10-1 | 5-1 |
| 19 | Chunk of Gold | Ethan West | Jareth Loveberry | 26-1 | 30-1 |
| 20 | Owen Almighty | Brian Lynch | Javier Castellano | 37-1 | 30-1 |
| 21 | Baeza | John Shirreffs | Flavien Prat | 17-1 | 12-1 |
