Every Horse Competing in the 2026 Kentucky Derby: What to Know

Renegade is the 4-1 favorite at the 2026 Kentucky Derby. | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Kentucky Derby weekend has arrived as the sports calendar makes its most famous annual stop for the first leg of horse racing's triple crown at Churchill Downs for the 152nd run for the roses and greatest two minutes in sports. Those are just about all the keywords associated with the Kentucky Derby, so let's get to it.

Last year Sovereignty beat favorite Journalism in sloppy conditions. Sovereignty was sired by Into Mischief who also sired Authentic, the '20 Kentucky Derby champion and the '21 champ Authentic in addition to being the grandsire of Mystik Dan who won in '24. Into Mischief has sired multiple horses in this year's race in Intrepido, Commandment, Potente and favorite Renegade.

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Last year's winning jockey, Junior Alvarado, is back riding Chief Wallabee, who is trained by Bill Mott, who trained Sovereignty.

Here are the rest of the horses and jockeys you'll see on Saturday:

Kentucky Derby Horses 2026

POST	HORSE	JOCKEY
1	Renegade	Irad Ortiz Jr.
2	Albus	Manny Franco
3	Intrepido	Hector Berrios
4	Litmus Test	Martin Garica
5	Right to Party	Chris Elliott
6	Commandment	Luis Saez
7	Danon Bourbon	Atsuya Nishimura
8	So Happy	Mike Smith
9	The Puma	Javier Castellano
10	Wonder Dean	Ryusei Sakai
11	Incredibolt	Jaime Torres
12	Chief Wallabee	Junior Alvarado
13	Silent Tactic (SCRATCHED)	Christian Torres
14	Potente	Juan Hernandez
15	Emerging Market	Flavien Prat
16	Pavlovian	Edwin Maldonado
17	Six Speed	Brian Hernandez Jr.
18	Further Ado	John Velasquez
19	Golden Tempo	Jose Ortiz
20	Fulleffort (SCRATCHED)	Tyler Gaffalione
21	Great White	Alex Achard
22	Ocelli	Jon Ramos

Kentucky Derby Favorites and Odds

With two horses already scratched the odds are moving with the race approaching.

As of Thursday morning there are just three horses beyond the favorite with odds in the single digits. Those horses include Commandment and Further Ado who are both 6-1 and Chief Wallabee at 8-1.

There are plenty of big numbers in the big field with Ocelli, Great White, Six Speed and Intrepido all sitting at 50-1 as the longest long shots in the field.

Who is the Favorite to Win the 2026 Kentucky Derby?

Renegade opened at 4-1 as the favorite, having won both his starts this year. While the 3-year old has the pedigree of Into Mischief and the training of Todd Pletcher, he drew the rail position. No horse has won from the rail since Ferdinand in 1986.

The Kentucky Derby will run at 6:57 p.m. ET on Saturday.

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