Updated Kentucky Derby 2025 odds: Track value on the board
Journalism, the star of the West Coast spur of the road to Kentucky Derby 2025, continued to be a well-defined favorite in betting for the race.
At about 6:30 p.m. EDT Saturday with $61,098,078 in the pool, Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Journalism was at 7-2 on the tote off of his 3-1 morning-line odds.
Sandman was 5-1 on Saturday, still shorter than his 6-1 morning line. The other runners at single-digit odds Saturday were Luxor Café, bet down to 8-1 from a 15-1 morning line, and Sovereignty, 9-1 off of his 5-1 morning line.
Three horses were the longest shots in the field at 40-1. They were UAE Derby (G2) winner Admire Daytona, Blue Grass (G1) runner-up East Avenue at 39-1, Florida Derby (G1) third-place finisher Neoequos, and Owen Almighty, sixth last out in the Blue Grass and 30-1 on the morning line.
Rodríguez was scratched Thursday, and Grande was taken out Friday morning. Baeza, originally on the also-eligible list, joins the field.
Post time for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs is 6:57 p.m. Saturday.
This table contains updated tote-board odds for each horse, the morning-line odds as well as Ed DeRosa's fair odds.
| Horse | Odds | ML | Fair odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Citizen Bull | 12-1 | 20-1 | 40-1 | Martin Garcia | Bob Baffert |
| 2. Neoequos | 38-1 | 30-1 | 100-1 | Flavien Prat | Saffie Joseph Jr. |
| 3. Final Gambit | 15-1 | 30-1 | 30-1 | Luan Machado | Brad Cox |
| 4. Rodriguez | SCR | SCR | SCR | Mike Smith | Bob Baffert |
| 5. American Promise | 11-1 | 30-1 | 64-1 | Nik Juarez | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 6. Admire Daytona | 39-1 | 30-1 | 50-1 | Christophe Lemaire | Yukihiro Kato |
| 7. Luxor Cafe | 8-1 | 15-1 | 16-1 | Joao Moreira | Noriyuki Hori |
| 8. Journalism | 4-1 | 3-1 | 5-2 | Umberto Rispoli | Michael McCarthy |
| 9. Burnham Square | 17-1 | 12-1 | 12-1 | Brian Hernandez Jr. | Ian Wilkes |
| 10. Grande | SCR | SCR | SCR | John Velazquez | Todd Pletcher |
| 11. Flying Mohawk | 27-1 | 30-1 | 100-1 | Joe Ramos | Whit Beckman |
| 12. East Avenue | 39-1 | 20-1 | 25-1 | Manuel Franco | Brendan Walsh |
| 13. Publisher | 30-1 | 20-1 | 45-1 | Irad Ortiz Jr. | Steve Asmussen |
| 14. Tiztastic | 21-1 | 20-1 | 41-1 | Joel Rosario | Steve Asmussen |
| 15. Render Judgment | 16-1 | 30-1 | 1,000-1 | Julien Leparoux | Kenny McPeek |
| 16. Coal Battle | 24-1 | 30-1 | 40-1 | Juan Vargas | Lonnie Briley |
| 17. Sandman | 5-1 | 6-1 | 13-1 | Jose Ortiz | Mark Casse |
| 18. Sovereignty | 10-1 | 5-1 | 7-1 | Junio Alvarado | Bill Mott |
| 19. Chunk of Gold | 26-1 | 30-1 | 30-1 | Jareth Loveberry | Ethan West |
| 20. Owen Almighty | 37-1 | 30-1 | 500-1 | Javier Castellano | Brian Lynch |
| 21. Baeza | 17-1 | 12-1 | 8-1 | Flavien Prat | John Shirreffs |