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The 151st Kentucky Derby is not just a horse race; it’s a historic celebration of tradition, power, beauty, and speed, set to unfold today, Saturday, May 3, 2025, at the legendary Churchill Downs.
See below our Race Preview Breakdown:
P1 - CITIZEN BULL - The gate might make things difficult but he's trained by Bob Baffert who will attempt to win the Derby for a seventh time.
P2 - NEOEQUOS - Owned by C2 Racing and same trainer as White Abarrio, yet to finish outside the top 3 in 2025.
P3- FINAL GAMBIT - Draws the same post as 2024 winner Mystik Dan.
P4 - RODRIGUEZ - Scratched ❌️
P5 - AMERICAN PROMISE - Blew away the field in the Virginia Derby. Looks like the penny might have dropped just at the right time.
P6 - ADMITE DAYTONA - Japanese raider. Winner of the UAE Derby & fourth in the Hyacinth Stakes
P7 - LUXOR CAFE - Japanese raider. Winner of the Fukuryu Stakes & Hyacinth Stakes in Japan.
P8 - JOURNALISM - Comes into the Kentucky Derby off the back of four wins, twice at Santa Anita, the San Felipe & the Derby.
P9 - BURNHAM SQUARE - Winner of the Blue Grass and has drawn well on the Churchill Downs dirt, a track he already knows.
P10 - GRANDE - Todd Pletcher trained which in itself demands respect. Should have a nice map - SCRATCHED ❌️
P11 - FLYING MOHAWK - An improver but unraced on this surface.
P12 - EAST AVENUE - The Blue Grass runner up and sired by Medaglia d'Oro, a successful sire at the track.
P13 - PUBLISHER - Never won a race but expect him to be flashing home late.
P14 - TIZTASTIC - Winner of the Louisiana Derby showing a turn of foot.
P15 - RENDER JUDGEMENT - Trainer Kenneth McPeek became the first trainer in history to win the Oakes & the Derby in the same year.
P16 - COAL BATTLE - Shown class at Stakes level with 3 wins. Jump up in class now.
P17 - SANDMAN - Won his last two at Oaklawn and an Arkansas Derby. Coming into form at the righ time.
P18 - SOVEREIGNTY - Finished second in the Florida Derby and a previous winner at Churchill Downs last October. The trainer also has form in the race, in 2019 with Country House.
P19 - CHUNK OF GOLD - Drawn wide and would need a personal best to win. Came second to Tiztastic.
P20 - OWEN ALMIGHTY - Tampa Bay Derby Winner will need luck from the wide post.
1AE - BAEZA - Finished second to Journalism in the Santa Anita Derby.
