How to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby: Start time, channel, post positions and more

It's time for the 151st Run for the Roses — aka the 2025 Kentucky Derby. The annual race at Kentucky's Churchill Downs will be run this weekend, with all 20 horses expected to be out of the gates at 6:57 p.m. ET. The drawing of the Kentucky Derby post positions was held this past Saturday, and the odds for the most-watched horse racing event of the year are already in. Journalism drew the favorable post position No. 8 and is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the 151st Kentucky Derby. The two other horses with single-digit odds headed into this year's Run For the Roses are Sovereignty (5-1) and Sandman (6-1).

Coverage of the first leg of the Triple Crown will begin this Saturday at 12 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock, before moving over to NBC (and Peacock) at 2:30 p.m. Are you stocked up on Mint Julep ingredients? Here's everything you need to know about how to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby this weekend.

How to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby:

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

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Time: (approximately) 6:57 p.m. ET

Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.

TV channel: NBC

Streaming: Peacock

When is the Kentucky Derby 2025?

The Run for the Roses returns Saturday, May 3.

What time is the Kentucky Derby on?

Coverage of the 151st Run for the Roses will begin as early as 12 p.m. ET (on Peacock and USA Network) and 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The actual race won't begin until after 6:30 ET. The current post time is 6:57 p.m. ET.

2025 Kentucky Derby channel:

The 151st Kentucky Derby will air on NBC and stream live on Peacock. Additional coverage of the derby and Kentucky Oaks Day will air on USA Network. Across the two days of racing, NBC Sports will cover 17 live races.

How to watch the Kentucky Derby without cable:

More ways to watch the Kentucky Derby live without cable:

Kentucky Derby 2025 post positions and odds:

Here are the post positions and odds for all 20 horses in the 151st Kentucky Derby:

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1. Citizen Bull (20-1)

2. Neoequos (30-1)

3. Final Gambit (30-1)

4. Rodriguez (12-1)

5. American Promise (30-1)

6. Admire Daytona (30-1)

7. Luxor Cafe (15-1)

8. Journalism (3-1)

9. Burnham Square (12-1)

10. Grande (20-1)

11. Flying Mohawk (30-1)

12. East Avenue (20-1)

13. Publisher (20-1)

14. Tiztastic (20-1)

15. Render Judgement (30-1)

16. Coal Battle (30-1)

17. Sandman (6-1)

18. Sovereignty (5-1)

19. Chunk of Gold (30-1)

20. Owen Almighty (30-1)

When is the Kentucky Oaks 2025?

The Kentucky Derby's sister race, the Kentucky Oaks (a race for 3-year-old thoroughbred fillies) will be held the day before the 151st Kentucky Derby, on Friday, May 2.

How to watch the Kentucky Oaks 2025:

The Kentucky Oaks fillies race will air on USA Network and stream live on Peacock the day before the 2025 Derby. Coverage of the race will air from 1-6 p.m. ET.

How long is the Kentucky Derby?

The Kentucky Derby is 1 1/4 miles of racing (or 10 furlongs). The Derby's actual race time typically hovers around 2 minutes (only two horses have ever run the Kentucky Derby in under two minutes). But coverage of the 2025 race will begin as early as 12 p.m. ET on Saturday.

2025 Kentucky Derby Purse — how much is the Kentucky Derby prize money?

The winner of the 2025 Run for the Roses will receive a portion of the $5 million purse. The prize money, or purse, is broken up among the top five finishers.

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Here's how the prize money breaks down:

1st place: $3.1 million

2nd place: $1 million

3rd place: $500,000

4th place: $250,000

5th place: $150,000

The Kentucky Derby winner's prize money is typically broken down like this: 80% of the winning purse is awarded to the owner(s) of the winning horse, and the winning trainer receives 10%. The winning jockey also gets 10%.

2025 Kentucky Derby horses, trainers and jockeys:

Here are the 20 contenders for the 2025 Kentucky Derby, in order of post position.

1. Citizen Bull

Jockey: Martin Garcia

Trainer: Bob Baffert

2. Neoequos

Jockey: Flavien Pratt

Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr.

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3. Final Gambit

Jockey: Luan Machado

Trainer: Brad H. Cox

4. Rodriguez

Jockey: Michael E. Smith

Trainer: Bob Baffert

5. American Promise

Jockey: Nik Juarez

Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas

6. Admire Daytona

Jockey: Christophe Lemaire

Trainer: Yukihiro Kato

7. Luxor Cafe

Jockey: TBA

Trainer: Noriyuki Hori

8. Journalism

Jockey: Umberto Rispoli

Trainer: Mike McCarthy

9. Burnham Square

Jockey: Brian T. Hernandez, Jr.

Trainer: Ian R. Wilkes

10. Grande

Jockey: John Velazquez

Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher

11. Flying Mohawk

Jockey: Joseph D. Ramos

Trainer: D. Whitworth Beckman

12. East Avenue

Jockey: Luan Machado

Trainer: Brendan P. Walsh

13. Publisher

Jockey: Flavien Prat

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Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen

14. Tiztastic

Jockey: Joel Rosario

Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen

15. Render Judgement

Jockey: Julien Leparoux

Trainer: Kenneth G. McPeek

16. Coal Battle

Jockey: Juan P. Vargas

Trainer: Lonnie Briley

17. Sandman

Jockey: Jose L. Ortiz

Trainer: Mark Casse

18. Sovereignty

Jockey: Manuel Franco

Trainer: William I. Mott

19. Chunk of Gold

Jockey: Jareth Loveberry

Trainer: Ethan W. West

20. Owen Almighty

Jockey: TBA

Trainer: Brian Lynch

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