Kentucky Derby 2025: Race Day Info, Horses & Results

KENTUCKY DERBY 2025

The Kentucky Derby field races on May 4, 2025.

Kentucky Derby Draws Largest Television Audience Since 1989

The Kentucky Derby field races on May 4, 2025.

Kentucky Derby Draws Largest Television Audience Since 1989

The annual race was a multi-platform smash.

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Sovereignty runs past Journalism in the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Journalism's Narrow Defeat at Kentucky Derby Led to Fans All Making the Same Joke

Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado win the 151st Kentucky Derby.

Sovereignty Wins 2025 Kentucky Derby

Race fans enter the track beneath the statue of Secretariat on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs in 2023.

Stunning Fact About Secretariat Being Genetically Linked to Every Derby Horse Is True

Women wait to compete in the hat contest Saturday at Kentucky Derby on Worth.

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The 2025 Kentucky Derby is set for this coming Saturday at Churchill Downs.

2025 Kentucky Derby Start Time, TV Channel & More

Mage, left, with Javier Castellano up, wins the 149th Running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs.

Every Horse Competing in the 2025 Kentucky Derby

Fans run for cover at Churchill Downs.

Severe Weather Delayed Kentucky Oaks, Sent Fans Running for Shelter at Churchill Downs

Rodriguez, a Bob Baffert-trained horse, has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby.

Bob Baffert-Trained Horse Scratched From Kentucky Derby

Journalism has won the last four starts and is the favorite in the 150th Kentucky Derby.

Can Journalism End the Kentucky Derby Chaos?

American Pharoah in 2015 became the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978.

Kentucky Derby Field Features Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah's Sons

After three years of being away, Baffert takes in the scene of the track early Friday morning before he works his Kentucky Derby horses.

The Exile Ends: Bob Baffert Steps Back Into the Kentucky Derby

Luxor Cafe is trying to become the first Japanese horse to win the Kentucky Derby.

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Wearing his trademark plaid shirt, Briley poses with Coal Battle—his $70,000 long shot colt and ticket to the sport’s biggest stage.

Trainer Lonnie Briley Set to Make Kentucky Derby Debut: 'Never Even Dreamed About It'

Trainer Bob Baffert on the backside Friday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Derby 2025: Full List of Every Horse's Trainer

Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon aboard, wins the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby in 2022.

Biggest Longshots to Ever Win the Kentucky Derby

Near the finish line, jockey Tyler Gaffalione, left, and Forever Young's jockey Ryusei Sakai crowd after the two horses bumped and Mystik Dan with jockey Brian J. Hernandez, right, won the 2024 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

How Long Is the Kentucky Derby?

May 4, 2024: Mystik Dan, right, wins the Kentucky Derby in a photo finish.

Fastest Kentucky Derby Times Ever Posted

Citizen Bull is set at 20-1 to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

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

Trainer Bob Baffert enjoyed being on the backside Friday morning during training at Churchill Downs.

Re-Examining Recent Controversies in the Kentucky Derby

Last year, Mystik Dan, right, continued a trend of unlikely winners of the Kentucky Derby since 2019.

Why the Kentucky Derby Has Never Felt Weirder