Kentucky Derby 2025 Contenders. Those horses are designated with a [*] in the chart. Springboard mile winner coal battle joins the standings in eighth place, and journalism , winner of the grade 2 los alamitos futurity, is in 10th place.
A compact field of five freshmen will go 1 1/16 miles over the fair grounds dirt in saturday’s $125,000 gun runner s. As horses enter the derby trail, they get one shot to run in the kentucky derby in their lifetime.