What time does Kentucky Derby start? 2025 Run for the Roses date, location, odds, when horses reach the posts
The 151st edition of the race takes place on Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs
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The Run for the Roses is here. Nineteen of the top racehorses and jockeys have arrived in Louisville, Kentucky with the hopes of winning the sport's biggest crown -- the Kentucky Derby. The pageantry will be on full display with the outlandish outfits and hats around Churchill Downs on Saturday and plenty of mint juleps flowing.
The favorite to take the 151st title is Journalism at 7/2. The horse, trained by Michael McCarthy and jockeyed by Umberto Rispoli, has won four of the five races in its career. Journalism won the Santa Anita Derby in April as well as the San Felipe Stakes in March.
Notably, Saturday marks the return of legendary trainer Bob Baffert to Churchill Downs after the track issued him a three-year ban when his horse, Medina Spirit, tested positive for an anti-inflammatory after winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Now, Baffert is back with a single horse in the race after Rodriguez was scratched. Baffert's only horse will be Citizen Bull, who goes out of the No. 1 post.
The biggest factor on Saturday is going to be the weather. The elements are already making track conditions a mess as rain has been steady throughout the morning and into the afternoon. The horses that excel in these conditions are the ones to seek out, but it will hard to tell how some of the horses react until they get out on to the track and feel the sloppy mud and clay underneath them.
Below is all the information you need to know about the 151st Kentucky Derby.
Where to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby
Date: Saturday, May 3
Post time: 6:57 p.m. ET
Location: Churchill Downs -- Louisville, Kentucky
TV: NBC | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
2025 Kentucky Derby odds, post positions
No. 1 post: 1 Citizen Bull (14-1)
No. 2 post: 2 Neoequos (47-1)
No. 3 post: 3 Final Gambit (15-1)
No. 4 post: 5 American Promise (12-1)
No. 5 post: 6 Admire Daytona (37-1)
No. 6 post: 7 Luxor Cafe (12-1)
No. 7 post: 8 Journalism (7/2)
No. 8 post: 9 Burnham Square (16-1)
No. 9 post: 11 Flying Mohawk (33-1)
No. 10 post: 12 East Avenue (32-1)
No. 11 post: 13 Publisher (28-1)
No. 12 post: 14 Tiztastic (18-1)
No. 13 post: 15 Render Judgment (12-1)
No. 14 post: 16 Coal Battle (27-1)
No. 15 post: 17 Sandman (9/2)
No. 16 post: 18 Sovereignty (9-1)
No. 17 post: 19 Chunk of Gold (29-1)
No. 18 post: 20 Owen Almighty (39-1)
No. 19 post: 21 Baeza (22-1)
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