Kentucky Derby Odds, Post Positions and Horses (Who is Favored to Win in 2025)

Iain MacMillan | Apr 28, 2025

Citizen Bull is set at 20-1 to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby. / Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

It's Kentucky Derby week! The pole positions have been set and we now have odds for this weekend's big race.

Let's take a look at the full list of horses, their odds, and their pole position for the 2025 edition of The Run for the Roses:

Kentucky Derby Odds and Pole Positions

Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook

Horse	Odds	Pole Position
Journalism	+300	No. 8
Sovereignty	+500	No. 18
Sandman	+600	No. 17
Burnham Square	+1200	No. 9
Rodriguez	+1200	No. 4
Luxor Cafe	+1500	No. 7
Citizen Bull	+2000	No. 1
Grande	+2000	No. 10
East Avenue	+2000	No. 12
Publisher	+2000	No. 13
Tiztastic	+2000	No. 14
Neoequos	+3000	No. 2
Final Gambit	+3000	No. 3
American Promise	+3000	No. 5
Admire Daytona	+3000	No. 6
Flying Mohawk	+3000	No. 11
Render Judgement	+3000	No. 15
Coal Battle	+3000	No. 16
Chunk of Golf	+3000	No. 19
Owen Almighty	+3000	No. 20

Journalism Set as Betting Favorite

The No. 8 horse, Journalism, is set as the betting favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Michael W. McCarthy, Journalism i coming into the Kentucky Derby off four-straight wins with its latest coming at the 2025 Santa Anita Derby on April 5.

Since its inception, 10 winners from the Santa Anita Derby have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby. Justify in 2018 was the most recent horse to achieve that feat.

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