Kentucky Derby 2025

The field for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3 includes current favorites Journalism and Sovereignty as well as a list of other top contenders who have earned enough points and their place in the starting gate by virtue of a successful campaign in the Derby preps.

Pedigree Profiles

We have profiled the top 23 contenders and provide an analysis of each horse’s progression towards the Kentucky Derby and their potential for success based on their pedigree.

2025 Kentucky Derby: Official Order of Finish and Wagering Payoffs

Finish	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Odds	Win ($2)	Place ($2)	Show ($2)
1	Sovereignty	Junior Alvarado	William Mott	7-1	$17.96	$7.50	$5.58
2	Journalism	Umberto Rispoli	Michael McCarthy	7-2	–	$4.94	$3.70
3	Baeza	Flavien Prat	John Shirreffs	13-1	–	–	$8.38
4	Final Gambit	Luan Machado	Brad Cox	17-1	–	–	–
5	Owen Almighty	Javier Castellano	Brian Lynch	40-1	–	–	–
6	Burnham Square	Brian Hernandez	Ian Wilkes	19-1	–	–	–
7	Sandman	Jose Ortiz	Mark Casse	9-2	–	–	–
8	East Avenue	Manny Franco	Brendan Walsh	41-1	–	–	–
9	Chunk of Gold	Jareth Loveberry	Ethan West	29-1	–	–	–
10	Tiztastic	Joel Rosario	Steve Asmussen	24-1	–	–	–
11	Coal Battle	Juan Vargas	Lonnie Briley	28-1	–	–	–
12	Luxor Cafe	Joao Moreira	Noriyuki Hori	8-1	–	–	–
13	Neoequos	Flavien Prat	Saffie Joseph	42-1	–	–	–
14	Publisher	Irad Ortiz	Steve Asmussen	33-1	–	–	–
15	Citizen Bull	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	13-1	–	–	–
16	American Promise	Nik Juarez	D. Wayne Lukas	12-1	–	–	–
17	Render Judgment	Julien Leparoux	Kenny McPeek	20-1	–	–	–
18	Flying Mohawk	Joe Ramos	D. Whitworth Beckman	28-1	–	–	–
19	Admire Daytona	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato	30-1	–	–	–

Exotic Wagering Payoffs

$2 Exacta (18-8): $48.32 (Sovereignty over Journalism)
$1 Trifecta (18-8-21): $231.12 (Sovereignty, Journalism, Baeza)
$0.50 Trifecta (18-8-21): $115.56 (Sovereignty, Journalism, Baeza)
$1 Superfecta (18-8-21-3): $1,682.27 (Sovereignty, Journalism, Baeza, Final Gambit)
$1 Super High-Five (18-8-21-3-20): $38,405.96 (Sovereignty, Journalism, Baeza, Final Gambit, Owen Almighty)

Race Details

Date: May 3, 2025
Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky
Purse: $5 million ($3.1 million to the winner)
Time: 2:02.31
Track Condition: Sloppy (rain-soaked)
Attendance: 147,406
Total Wagering: $234.4 million (Derby race), $349 million (14-race card)

Embedded replay courtesy of the NBC Sports Channel on YouTube

2025 Kentucky Derby Official Entries and Morning Line Odds

Get the official live odds for the Kentucky Derby

#	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	ML Odds
1	Citizen Bull	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	20-1
2	Neoequos	Flavien Prat	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	30-1
3	Final Gambit	Luan Machado	Brad H. Cox	30-1
SCRATCHED	Rodriguez	Mike Smith	Bob Baffert	12-1
5	American Promise	Nik Juarez	D. Wayne Lukas	30-1
6	Admire Daytona	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato	30-1
7	Luxor Cafe	Joao Moreira	Noriyuki Hori	15-1
8	Journalism	Umberto Rispoli	Michael W. McCarthy	3-1
9	Burnham Square	Brian Hernandez	Ian R. Wilkes	12-1
SCRATCHED	Grande	John Velazquez	Todd A. Pletcher	20-1
11	Flying Mohawk	Joe Ramos	D. Whitworth Beckman	30-1
12	East Avenue	Manny Franco	Brendan P. Walsh	20-1
13	Publisher	Irad Ortiz	Steven M. Asmussen	20-1
14	Tiztastic	Joel Rosario	Steven M. Asmussen	20-1
15	Render Judgment	Julien Leparoux	Kenneth G. McPeek	30-1
16	Coal Battle	Juan Vargas	Lonnie Briley	30-1
17	Sandman	Jose Ortiz	Mark E. Casse	6-1
18	Sovereignty	Junior Alvarado	William I. Mott	5-1
19	Chunk of Gold	Jareth Loveberry	Ethan W. West	30-1
20	Owen Almighty	Javier Castellano	Brian Lynch	30-1
21	Baeza	Flavien Prat	John Shireffs	30-1