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Kentucky Derby 2025: Meet Horses In The 151st Run For The Roses

Thoroughbreds Journalism and Sandman are top of the pack for the 151st Kentucky Derby. Check out the horses ahead of the race.

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A horse comes off the track after a workout at Churchill Downs Monday, April 28, 2025, in Louisville, Ky.
A horse comes off the track after a workout at Churchill Downs Monday, April 28, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

LOUISVILLE, KY-- The most award-winning horses in the racing world will run in the first race in the Triple Crown series Saturday at Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville for the 151st Kentucky Derby. Twenty thoroughbreds will pack the field in the annual Run for the Roses.

The mile and a quarter race will only take these athletic horses and jockeys less than two minutes to lap the track. Journalism and Sandman have the best odds and are favored to win the derby's $5 million purse. We'll have to wait and see if they have what it takes to become a Triple Crown Winner. The last horse to complete the Triple Crown feat was Justify in 2018.

Trainer Bob Baffert will be back at the Kentucky Derby for the first time in four years. Baffert served his punishment for Medina Spirit’s failed drug test back in 2021. He’s won the derby a record-tying six times at Churchill Downs and is looking for his seventh.

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The race, which will be broadcast live on NBC, is scheduled to air the derby at 6:57 pm ET post time.

Check out photos of some of the horses training ahead of the 151st Kentucky Derby and their post positions for the race.

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The Horses Post Positions For The 151st Kentucky Derby

1. Citizen Bull

2. Neoequos

3. Final Gambit

4. Rodriguez

5. American Promise

6. Admire Daytona

7. Luxor Cafe

8. Journalism

9. Burnham Square

10. Grande

11. Flying Mohawk

12. East Avenue

13. Publisher

14. Tiztastic

15. Render Judgement

16. Coal Battle

17. Sandman

18. Sovereignty

19. Chunk of Gold

20. Owen Almighty

Citizen Bull

The Kentucky bred horse trained by Bob Baffert is posted in the first position with current odds standing at 20-1. The thoroughbred's most recent victory was in February's grade three Robert B. Lewis Stakes . (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Admire Daytona

The Japanese long shot horse currently has odds standing at 30-1 and previously only claimed several maiden race wins and stake race win in the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Flying Mohawk

The dark bay Kentucky long shot is positioned from the eleventh slot and hoping to win the derby after placing second in the Jeff Ruby Stakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Neoequos

The Florida bred horse works out on the track at Churchill Downs ahead of Saturday's Derby. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Burnham Square

With 12-1 odds Burnham Square hopes to leave its mark on the Derby after winning this months Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Sandman

The second favorite to win the derby, Kentucky bred horse Sandman will break from the seventeenth post with odds currently standing at 6-1. The horse won the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oak Lawn last month. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Publisher

Placing just second just behind Sandman in the Arkansas Derby, Publisher prepares on the track before Saturday's race in hopes of beating out the best. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Journalism

The Derby favorite, Journalism exits the track after a long work out at Churchill Downs. The 3-1 favorite is posted in the eighth position. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Chunk of Gold

Another derby long shot, Chunk of Gold works out ahead of Saturday's race. The number 19 horse has only place second in several stakes races. Could this be the race where Chunk of Gold breaks through?(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Final Gambit

The grey Kentucky horse posted in third position for the Derby, takes a run down the track at Churchill Downs. The 30-1 thoroughbred most recently won the Jeff Ruby Stakes at Turfway Park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Grande

With only one stakes race under their belt, Kentucky bred Grande is betting on gold in the Derby with 20-1 odds . (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Owen Almighty

The twentieth entry in the Kentucky Derby is Owen Almighty. Breaking from the widest post potion, the horse and jockey Javier Castellano hope to make up a lot of ground. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Tiztastic

The 20-1 dark bay, Tiztastic has had varying success on the track. The horse is slated to break from the 14th position. (John Sommers II/UPI/Shutterstock)

Coal Battle

Another horse from the Arkansas derby, the Kentucky bred bay is hoping to do better than third place. Currently slated at the sixteenth position the 30-1 long shot is ready for Saturday's race (John Voorhees/CSM/Shutterstock)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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