America’s greatest horse race, the Kentucky Derby, takes place on Saturday with a 19-runner field set to line up at Churchill Downs.
Long time favourite Forte heads the field in the £2.5 million showpiece in Louisville, Kentucky where the race has its 149th renewal.
Forte, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Florida Derby and trained by two-time Kentucky Derby winner Todd Pletcher, will be ridden by multiple champion jockey Irad Ortiz who is seeking his debut victory in the Classic.