The 2025 Derby was won by a true closer in Sovereignty, but the race had an influx of early pace courtesy of Bob Baffert’s Citizen Bull, who set the opening quarter-mile in 22.81 seconds and the opening half-mile in 46.23 seconds. t was 1:10.78 for the first three-fourths of a mile.

Here's everything you need to know about the 19 horses in the field for the 2025 Kentucky Derby May 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Of the three Triple Crown races, which also consist of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby is the second longest. The Preakness Stakes, which takes place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, is 1 3/16 miles long, while the Belmont Stakes, which is held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, is 1½ miles long.