Happy 151st Kentucky Derby Day – 2025

The Kentucky Derby!!!

Today is the first Saturday in May! What a beautiful day it is! Enjoy 2025’s Kentucky Derby #151. . .

Happy Kentucky Derby Day ! ! ! 

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Happening Today:
After last year’s win with Mystik Dan in three-way photo finish, with 16-1 odds, today we are welcoming the 151^st Kentucky Derby at 5:57 pm. CDT (6:57 pm.m EDT) today, 05/03/25 at Churchill Downs, near Louisville, KY.

Today’s Line-up:  Here is a preliminary line-up of the race today. Note that #4 & #10 have already been scratched as of this publishing:

2025 Kentucky Derby #151 Lineup
POST	SILK	HORSE	ODDS	JOCKEY	TRAINER
1		Citizen Bull	20-1	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert
2		Neoquos	30-1	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Saffie Joseph Jr.
3		Final Gambit	30-1	Brad H. Cox	Brad H. Cox
5		American Promise	30-1	Nik Juarez	D. Wayne Lukas
6		Admire Daytona	30-1	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato
7		Luxor Café	15-1	João Moreira	Noriyuki Hori
8		Journalism	3-1	Umberto Rispoli	Michael W. McCarthy
9		Burnham Square	12-1	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Ian R. Wilkes
11		Flying Mohawk	30-1	Joe Ramos	D. Whitworth Beckman
12		East Avenue	20-1	Manny Franco	Brendan P. Walsh
13		Publisher	20-1	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Steven M. Asmussen
14		Tiztastic	20-1	Joel Rosario	Steven M. Asmussen
15		Render Judgement	30-1	Julien Leparoux	Kenny McPeek
16		Coal Battle	30-1	Juan Vargas	Lonnie Briley
17		Sandman	6-1	Jose Ortiz	Mark E. Casse
18		Sovereignty	5-1	Junior Alvarado	William I. Mott
19		Chunk of Gold	30-1	Jareth Loveberry	Ethan W. West
20		Owen Almighty	30-1	Javier Castellano	Brian A. Lynch
21		Baeza	12-1	Flavien Prat	John Shirreffs

A Brief History:
Founded By: Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark.

How:  Colonel Clark formed the Louisville Jockey Club plus acquiring land for racetrack from his uncles John & Henry Churchill.

Where: Churchill Downs, Kentucky.

When: 1874.

First Official Kentucky Derby: May 17, 1875.

A Few Facts:
I am sharing a few facts, and more, some trivia, some not trivial. . .

• The Kentucky Derby, traditionally held on the first Saturday in May, is one of the most well known Grade 1 Thoroughbred stakes races in the world.
• First run in 1875, this 1 1/4-mile (10 furlongs) race kicks off the American Triple Crown of horse racing.
• Last year’s winner was Mage with 15-1 odds!
• More. . .

Kentucky Derby Winners – 1875-2024
YEAR	WINNER	JOCKEY	TRAINER	OWNER	TIME
2024	Mystik Dan	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Kenneth G. McPeek	Lance Gasaway, Daniel Hamby, 4G Racing, and Valley View Farm, LLC	2:03.34
2023	Mage	Javier Castellano	Gustavo Delgado Sr.	OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing and Commonwealth Thoroughbreds	2:01:57
2022	Rich Strike	Sonny Leon	Eric R. Reed	RED TR-Racing, LLC	2:02.61
2021	Mandaloun	Florent Geroux	Brad H. Cox	Juddmonte Farms (Khalid Abdullah)	2:01.02
2020	Authentic	John R. Velazquez	Bob Baffert	Spendthrift Farm LLC, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables LLC and Starlight Racing	2:00.61
2019	Country House	Flavien Prat	William I. Mott	Mrs. JV Shields, EJM McFadden and LNJ Foxwoods	2:03.98
2018	Justify *	Mike E. Smith	Bob Baffert	China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing and WinStar Farms	2:04.20
2017	Always Dreaming	John R. Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	Brooklyn Boyz Stables, Teresa Viola Racing Stables, Siena Farm LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, MeB Racing Stables LLC, St. Elias Stables, LLC.	2:03.59
2016	Nyquist	Mario Gutierrez	Doug F. O’Neill	Reddam Racing LLC	2:01:31
2015	American Pharoah *	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	Ahmed Zayat	2:03.02
2014	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman	Steve and Carolyn Coburn & Perry and Denise Martin	2:03.66
2013	Orb	Joel Rosario	Claude R. “Shug” McGaughey III	Stuart Janney III & Phipps Stable (Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps)	2:02.89
2012	I’ll Have Another	Mario Gutierrez	Doug O’Neill	J. Paul Reddam	2:01.83
2011	Animal Kingdom	John Velazquez	H. Graham Motion	Team Valor International	2:02.04
2010	Super Saver	Calvin Borel	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC.	2:04.45
2009	Mine That Bird	Calvin Borel	Bennie Woolley Jr.	Double Eagle Ranch & Bueno Suerte Equine	2:02.66
2008	Big Brown	Kent Desormeaux	Richard Dutrow, Jr.	IEAH Stable (Michael Iavarone) and Paul P. Pompa Jr.	2:01.82
2007	Street Sense	Calvin Borel	Carl Nafzger	James B. Tafel	2:02.17
2006	Barbaro	Edgar Prado	Michael Matz	Lael Stables (Roy & Gretchen Jackson)	2:01.36
2005	Giacomo	Mike Smith	John Shirreffs	Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss	2:02.75
2004	Smarty Jones	Stewart Elliott	John Servis	Someday Farm	2:04.06
2003	Funny Cide	José Santos	Barclay Tagg	Sackatoga Stable (Jackson Knowlton)	2:01.19
2002	War Emblem	Victor Espinoza	Bob Baffert	The Thoroughbred Corporation	2:01.13
2001	Monarchos	Jorge Chavez	John T. Ward, Jr.	John C. Oxley	1:59.97
2000	Fusaichi Pegasus	Kent Desormeaux	Neil D. Drysdale	Fusao Sekiguchi	2:01
1999	Charismatic	Chris Antley	D. Wayne Lukas	Robert B. & Beverly J. Lewis	2:03.29
1998	Real Quiet	Kent Desormeaux	Bob Baffert	Mike Pegram	2:02 1/5
1997	Silver Charm	Gary Stevens	Bob Baffert	Robert B. & Beverly J. Lewis	2:02 2/5
1996	Grindstone	Jerry Bailey	D. Wayne Lukas	Overbrook Farm	2:01
1995	Thunder Gulch	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Michael Tabor	2:01 1/5
1994	Go for Gin	Chris McCarron	Nick Zito	William J. Condren & Joseph M. Cornacchia	2:03 3/5
1993	Sea Hero	Jerry Bailey	MacKenzie “Mack” Miller	Rokeby Stable	2:02
1992	Lil E. Tee	Pat Day	Lynn Whiting	W. Cal Partee	2:03
1991	Strike the Gold	Chris Antley	Nick Zito	BCC Stable	2:03
1990	Unbridled	Craig Perret	Carl Nafzger	Frances A. Genter	2:02
1989	Sunday Silence	Patrick Valenzuela	Charles Edward Whittingham	H-G-W Partners	2:05
1988	Winning Colors	Gary Stevens	D. Wayne Lukas	Eugene V. Klein	2:02 1/5
1987	Alysheba	Chris McCarron	Charles “Jack” Van Berg	D. & P. Scharbauer	2:03
1986	Ferdinand	William Shoemaker	Charles Edward Whittingham	Elizabeth A. Keck	2:02 4/5
1985	Spend a Buck	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Cam Gambolati	Dennis Diaz	2:00 1/5
1984	Swale	Laffit Pincay, Jr.	Woodford C. Stephens	Claiborne Farm	2:02 2/5
1983	Sunny’s Halo	Eddie Delahoussaye	David C. Cross, Jr.	D. J. Foster Stable	2:02 1/5
1982	Gato Del Sol	Eddie Delahoussaye	Edwin J. Gregson	Hancock & Peters	2:02 2/5
1981	Pleasant Colony	Jorge Velasquez	John P. Campo	Buckland Farm	2:02
1980	Genuine Risk	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	Diana M. Firestone	2:02
1979	Spectacular Bid	Ronnie Franklin	Grover Delp	Hawksworth Farm	2:02 2/5
1978	Affirmed *	Steve Cauthen	Lazaro Barrera	Harbor View Farm	2:01 1/5
1977	Seattle Slew *	Jean Cruguet	Wm. H. Turner, Jr.	Karen L. Taylor	2:02 1/5
1976	Bold Forbes	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Lazaro Barrera	E. Rodriguez Tizol	2:01 3/5
1975	Foolish Pleasure	Jacinto Vasquez	LeRoy Jolley	John L. Greer	2:02
1974	Cannonade	Angel Cordero, Jr.	Woodford C. Stephens	John M. Olin	2:04
1973	Secretariat *	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stable	1:59 2/5
1972	Riva Ridge	Ron Turcotte	Lucien Laurin	Meadow Stud	2:01 4/5
1971	Canonero II	Gustavo Avila	Juan Arias	Edgar Caibett	2:03 1/5
1970	Dust Commander	Mike Manganello	Don Combs	Robert E. Lehmann	2:03 2/5
1969	Majestic Prince	William Hartack	John Longden	Frank M. McMahon	2:01 4/5
1968	Forward Pass	Ismael Valenzuela	Henry Forrest	Calumet Farm	2:02 1/5
1967	Proud Clarion	Robert Ussery	Loyd Gentry, Jr.	Darby Dan Farm	2:00 3/5
1966	Kauai King	Don Brumfield	Henry Forrest	Ford Stable	2:02
1965	Lucky Debonair	William Shoemaker	Frank Catrone	Ada L. Rice	2:01 1/5
1964	Northern Dancer	William Hartack	Horatio Luro	Windfields Farm	2:00
1963	Chateaugay	Braulio Baeza	James P. Conway	Darby Dan Farm	2:01 4/5
1962	Decidedly	William Hartack	Horatio Luro	El Peco Ranch	2:00 2/5
1961	Carry Back	John Sellers	Jack Price	Katherine Price	2:04
1960	Venetian Way	William Hartack	Victor J. Sovinski	Sunny Blue Farm	2:02 2/5
1959	Tomy Lee	William Shoemaker	Frank E. Childs	Fred & Juliette Turner	2:02 1/5
1958	Tim Tam	Ismael Valenzuela	H. A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:05
1957	Iron Liege	William Hartack	H. A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:01 1/5
1956	Needles	David Erb	Hugh Fontaine	D & H Stable	2:03 2/5
1955	Swaps	William Shoemaker	M. A. Tenney	Rex C. Ellsworth	2:01 4/5
1954	Determine	Raymond York	William Molter	Andrew J. Crevolin	2:03
1953	Dark Star	Henry Moreno	Eddie Hayward	Cain Hoy Stable	2:02
1952	Hill Gail	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:01 3/5
1951	Count Turf	Conn McCreary	Sol Rutchick	Jack J. Amiel	2:02 3/5
1950	Middleground	William Boland	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:01 3/5
1949	Ponder	Steve Brooks	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:04 1/5
1948	Citation *	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:05 2/5
1947	Jet Pilot	Eric Guerin	Tom Smith	Maine Chance Farm	2:06 4/5
1946	Assault *	Warren Mehrtens	Max Hirsch	King Ranch	2:06 3/5
1945	Hoop Jr.	Eddie Arcaro	Ivan H. Parke	Fred W. Hooper	2:07
1944	Pensive	Conn McCreary	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:04 1/5
1943	Count Fleet *	John Longden	G. D. Cameron	Fannie Hertz	2:04
1942	Shut Out	Wayne D. Wright	John Milton Gaver, Sr.	Greentree Stable	2:04 2/5
1941	Whirlaway *	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Calumet Farm	2:01 2/5
1940	Gallahadion	Carroll Bierman	Roy Waldron	Milky Way Farm	2:05
1939	Johnstown	James Stout	Jame Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:03 2/5
1938	Lawrin	Eddie Arcaro	Ben A. Jones	Herbert M. Woolf	2:04 4/5
1937	War Admiral *	Charle Kurtsinger	George Conway	Glen Riddle Farm	2:03 1/5
1936	Bold Venture	Ira Hanford	Max Hirsch	Morton L. Schwartz	2:03 3/5
1935	Omaha *	William Saunders	Jame Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:05
1934	Cavalcade	Mack Garner	Robert A. Smith	Brookmeade Stable	2:04
1933	Brokers Tip	Don Meade	Herbert John Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	2:06 4/5
1932	Burgoo King	Basil James	Herbert John Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	2:05 1/5
1931	Twenty Grand	Charle Kurtsinger	James Rowe, Jr.	Greentree Stable	2:01 4/5
1930	Gallant Fox *	Earl Sande	Jame Fitzsimmons	Belair Stud	2:07 3/5
1929	Clyde Van Dusen	Linus McAtee	Clyde Van Dusen	Herbert P. Gardner	2:10 4/5
1928	Reigh Count	Charle Lang	Bert Michell	Fannie Hertz	2:10 2/5
1927	Whiskery	Linus McAtee	Fred Hopkins	Harry P. Whitney	2:06
1926	Bubbling Over	Albert Johnson	Herbert John Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	2:03 4/5
1925	Flying Ebony	Earl Sande	William Duke	Gifford A. Cochran	2:07 3/5
1924	Black Gold	John D. Mooney	Hanly Webb	Rosa M. Hoots	2:05 1/5
1923	Zev	Earl Sande	D. J. Leary	Rancocas Stable	2:05 2/5
1922	Morvich	Albert Johnson	Fred Burlew	Benjamin Block	2:04 3/5
1921	Behave Yourself	Charles Thompson	Herbert John Thompson	Edward R. Bradley	2:04 1/5
1920	Paul Jones	Ted Rice	William Garth	Ral Parr	2:09
1919	Sir Barton *	John Loftus	H. Guy Bedwell	J. K. L. Ross	2:09 4/5
1918	Exterminator	William Knapp	Henry McDaniel	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	2:10 4/5
1917	Omar Khayyam	Charles Borel	C. T. Patterson	Billings & Johnson	2:04 3/5
1916	George Smith	John Loftus	Hollie Hughes	John Sanford	2:04
1915	Regret	Joe Notter	James Rowe, Sr.	Harry P. Whitney	2:05 2/5
1914	Old Rosebud	John McCabe	Frank D. Weir	Hamilton C. Applegate	2:03 2/5
1913	Donerail	Roscoe Goose	Thomas P. Hayes	Thomas P. Hayes	2:04 4/5
1912	Worth	Carroll Hugh Shilling	Frank M. Taylor	Henry C. Hallenbeck	2:09 2/5
1911	Meridian	George Archibald	Albert Ewing	Richard F. Carman	2:05
1910	Donau	Robert Herbert	George Ham	William Gerst	2:06 2/5
1909	Wintergreen	Vincent Powers	Charles Mack	Jerome B. Respess	2:08 1/5
1908	Stone Street	Arthur Pickens	J. W. Hall	C. E. & J. W. Hamilton	2:15 1/5
1907	Pink Star	Andy Minder	W. H. Fizer	J. Hal Woodford	2:12 3/5
1906	Sir Huon	Roscoe Troxler	Pete Coyne	Bashford Manor Stable	2:08 4/5
1905	Agile	Jack Martin	Robert Tucker	Samuel S. Brown	2:10 3/4
1904	Elwood	Frank Prior	Charle E. Durnell	Mrs. C. E. Durnell	2:08 1/2
1903	Judge Himes	Harold Booker	John P. Mayberry	Charles R. Ellison	2:09
1902	Alan-a-Dale	Jimmy Winkfield	Thomas Clay McDowell	Thomas Clay McDowell	2:08 3/4
1901	His Eminence	Jimmy Winkfield	Frank B. Van Meter	Frank B. Van Meter	2:07 3/4
1900	Lieut. Gibson	Jimmy Boland	Charles Hughes	Charles H. Smith	2:06 1/2
1899	Manuel	Fred Taral	Robert Walden	A. H. & D. H. Morris	2:12
1898	Plaudit	Willie Simms	John E. Madden	John E. Madden	2:09
1897	Typhoon II	Buttons Garner	J. C. Cahn	J. C. Cahn	2:12 1/2
1896	Ben Brush	Willie Simms	Hardy Campbell, Jr.	Mike F. Dwyer	2:07 3/4
1895	Halma	Soup Perkins	Byron McClelland	Byron McClelland	2:37 1/2
1894	Chant	Frank Goodale	H. Eugene Leigh	Leigh & Rose	2:41
1893	Lookout	Eddie Kunze	William McDaniel	Cushing & Orth	2:39 1/4
1892	Azra	Alonzo Clayton	John H. Morris	Bashford Manor Stable	2:41 1/2
1891	Kingman	Isaac Murphy	Dud Allen	Jacobin Stable	2:52 1/4
1890	Riley	Isaac Murphy	Edward Corrigan	Edward Corrigan	2:45
1889	Spokane	Thomas Kiley	John Rodegap	Noah Armstrong	2:34 1/2
1888	Macbeth II	George Covington	John Campbell	Chicago Stable	2:38 1/4
1887	Montrose	Isaac Lewis	John McGinty	Labold Brothers	2:39 1/4
1886	Ben Ali	Paul Duffy	Jim Murphy	J. B. A. Haggin	2:36 1/2
1885	Joe Cotton	Erkine Henderson	Abe Perry	James T. Williams	2:37 1/4
1884	Buchanan	Isaac Murphy	William Bird	William Cottrill	2:40 1/4
1883	Leonatus	William Donohue	Raleigh Colston	Chinn & Morgan	2:43
1882	Apollo	Babe Hurd	Green B. Morris	Morris & Patton	2:40 1/4
1881	Hindoo	James McLaughlin	James G. Rowe, Sr.	Dwyer Bros. Stable	2:40
1880	Fonso	George Garret Lewis	Tice Hutsell	J. Snell Shawhan	2:37 1/2
1879	Lord Murphy	Charlie Shauer	George Rice	Darden & Co	2:37
1878	Day Star	Jimmy Carter	Lee Paul	T. J. Nichols	2:37 1/4
1877	Baden-Baden	William Walker	Edward D. Brown	Daniel Swigert	2:38
1876	Vagrant	Bobby Swim	James Williams	William Astor, Jr.	2:38 1/4
1875	Aristides	Oliver Lewis	Ansel Williamson	Hal P. McGrath	2:37 3/4

Today:
Restrictions include each guest being permitted one bag no larger than 12″ x 6″ x 12. No delays announced, and over 150,000 people, although the maximum has been 170,513 people, all in full attendance! Post time is 5:57 p.m. CDT. Hopefully it goes smooth and no problems. Things could get interesting today at Churchill Downs!

The Future:
My hope is to have it go forever, continuing now and on the first Saturday in May to continue the tradition. . .

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