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The 151st Kentucky derby race will take place later today.
But there will be a lot of activity in Chruchill Downs all Saturday before the famous horse race makes its final turn for “the two most exciting minutes in sports.”
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The waters of the Churchill Downs racing track. (Salgu Wissath / Couer Journal / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
Only 20 horses will enter the starting door on Saturday night, moments before they run in the Kentucky derby. Winning a place on the Churchill Downs track is not easy. The horses are going through the United States and the world, competing in a series of selected races. If they earn enough points, they get one of the 20 places in the Kentucky derby.
2025 Kentucky Derby Odds, Predictions: Favorites, Selections
As for favorites, journalism is the choice of probabilities. Justify’s victory in 2018 the brands of the last time a favorite of the morning has won in Churchill Downs. Justify won the coveted triple Crown that year.
In “Run for The Roses” last year, Mystik gave Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a historical ending.
Here is a list of Kentucky Derby winners of the last quarter of the century:
- 2024: Mystik give
- 2023: Magician
- 2022: Rich strike
- 2021: Mandalun
- 2020: Authentic
- 2019: Cottage
- 2018: Justify
- 2017: Nyquista
- 2016: Nyquista
- 2015: Pharoah American
- 2014: California chrome
- 2013: Orb
- 2012: I will have another
- 2011: Animal kingdom
- 2010: Super saver
- 2009: Mine that bird
- 2008: Big Brown
- 2007: Street sense
- 2006: Barbarian
- 2005: Giacomo
- 2004: Smarty Jones
- 2003: Funny Cide
- 2002: War emblem
- 2001: Monarchos
- 2000: Fusaichi Pegaso
The complete list of winners is available on the Kentucky Derby website.
The weather is expected to affect the event on Saturday. While there were some concerns that the rain would fall during the Kentucky 2024 derby, he finally remained. Churchill Down Trackgoers dealt with the rain on Friday. If the rain returns on Saturday, it could create some muddy conditions.
The followers take care of the rain, in Churchill Downs on Oaks day, one day before race 151 of the Kentucky derby. Friday, May 2, 2025. (Frankie Steele / Special To Couer Journal / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
The 2018 and 2019 races marked the most recent instances when horses and riders have had any significant climate.
Fox Weather forecasts a 94% probability of rain in Louisville in a mainly cloudy day. The maximums are expected to be in the 60s. Kentucky’s derby has never been canceled only due to the weather.
How much will the Kentucky Derby champion win this year?
Kentucky’s Derby has the most lucrative bag of triple crown events. This year’s Derby winner will earn a $ 3.1 million bag of a $ 5 million bag. The figure represents an increase of $ 2 million compared to the sum in 2023. The runner -up will receive a $ 1 million prize, while third place will ensure $ 500,000.
Finally, the finalist of the fourth place will take home $ 250,000, and the fifth place will get $ 150,000.
The publication time is scheduled for 6:57 pm et de Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
