Three-year-old thoroughbred horses run the Kentucky Derby for a distance of 1 1/4 miles. Featuring a purse of $5 million, the winner of today's Derby will earn $3.1 million. The race usually lasts around two minutes. (It's billed as the most exciting two minutes in sports.) Who won...
The Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles or 10 furlongs long. Only 3-year-old Thoroughbreds are eligible to compete on the dirt track, and 20 horses participate in the Kentucky Derby. It’s called “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” due to its approximate duration. Buy tickets from the of...
Racing Wager Experiences Store Tickets First time visitor?Road to the Kentucky Derby Contenders To earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate, horses will need to earn points in the designated Road to the Derby races. Mystik Dan draped in the garland of roses (Photo by Horsephotos/Getty...
2025 Kentucky Derby is the 151st renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports and will run on May 3rd, 2025. Find live odds, horse bios, travel info, tickets, news, and updates.
What horses ran in the Kentucky Derby? Here's thecomplete listof thehorsesrunning in the Kentucky Derby in order from post closest to the inside of the track out with their morning line odds: Dornoch (20-1) Sierra Leone (3-1)
This time of year there are more uninformed, once a year players that bet on the names of horses, the number of horse or the jokey that is wearing their favorite color of silks and sometimes the jockey or trainer that won last year's Kentucky Derby!Don't be one of them ...The secr...
Jay Croucher and Drew Dinsick discuss their strategies for determining horses to fade at the Kentucky Derby and which horses have positive outlooks.Up Next 3:20 Mahomes, Bills lead conf. championship best bets 1:58 PHI may be too much for the WAS to overcome 2:33 Exam...
It's time to break out yourfanciest hatsand raise your mint julep for the 150th running of theKentucky Derbyin Louisville, Kentucky. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Churchhill Downs has invested more than $200 million dollars in upgrades for the area where the horses get ready to race. There will also...
His 1973 record time of 1:59.40 has never been broken. 28. The slowest winning time, on the other hand, is credited to the 1891 winner, Kingman, who took 2:52.25 to complete the 1.5 miles. 29. More winning horses have come from Kentucky than any other state in the country. 30. ...
20 post to the lead. Nyquist broke well and settled in behind and was in the top three horses for most of the race. With Danzing Candy fading down the stretch, Gutierrez urged his 3-year-old bay colt to the lead. With 1/16th of a mile remaining he looked well clear, but Exagger...