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Ryan Phillips

Every Horse Competing in the 2025 Kentucky Derby

Mage, left, with Javier Castellano up, wins the 149th Running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs. | Michael Clevenger and Christopher Granger/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK

The 151st running of the Kentucky Derby will take place Saturday May 3, 2025 at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. The field is packed this year.

There are 19 horses entered in the Derby in 2025. Originally, there were 21 qualifying horses, with Baeza out of the field as an alternate, but Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez was scratched on Thursday, and Todd Pletcher's Grande was scratched on Friday.

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