The 151st Kentucky Derby will be run in just over two weeks, setting off the 2025 Triple Crown season. Online sportsbooks are already taking wagers on winners despite the uncertain field of competing thoroughbreds.
Legally betting on the Kentucky Derby has already commenced, and the early favorite to win is Journalism at +350.
2025 Kentucky Derby Odds To Win
- Journalism +350
- Sovereignty +700
- Luxor Cafe +1000
- Sandman +1000
- Citizen Bull +1200
- Rodriguez +1200
- Tappan Street +1200
- Burnham Square +1400
- Coal Battle +2000
- East Avenue +2000
- Tiztastic +2000
- American Promise +2500
- Grande +2500
- Madaket Road +2500
- Publisher +2500
- River Thames +2500
- Admire Daytona +3000
- Chunk Of Gold +3000
- Final Gambit +3000
- Built +4000
- Flying Mohawk +4000
- Neoequos +5000
- @Bovada
Journalism is bred in Kentucky, and is 4-0-1 in five starts. His career earnings are currently $638,880, and pre-race oddsmakers believe he has the best shot to get the winner’s share of the $5 million prize pool at Churchill Downs.
2025 Kentucky Derby Odds To Win
- Journalism +300
- Sovereignty +700
- Luxor Cafe +900
- Sandman +1000
- Tappan Street +1100
- Rodriguez +1400
- Burnham Square +1400
- East Avenue +1600
- Citizen Bull +1600
- Tiztastic +2000
- Baeza +2000
- Coal Battle +2500
- Publisher +2500
- American Promise +2800
- Grande +2800
- Final Gambit +2800
- River Thames +3300
- Chunk Of Gold +3300
- Madaket Road +4000
- Admire Daytona +4000
- Built +4000
- Flying Mohawk +5000
- Neoequos +5000
- Render Judgment +10000
- @BetOnline
Multiple Triple Crown betting sites have produced Kentucky Derby odds, allowing players to shop the lines for the best payouts. While the odds for some horses may be higher at one book over another, be sure to check the max wagers on each moneyline before making your final decision.
For example, Bovada has a +350 moneyline on Journalism to win, while BetOnline has him at +300. The max bet at Bovada is $2,500 for a potential win of $8,750. The max at BOL is $500 for a max win of 1,500.
Sovereignty is rated second with +700 moneyline odds at Bovada and BetOnline. However, you can earn a lot more money by laying your action at Bovada. The max bet of $500 on Sovereignty at BetOnline AG has the potential to result in wins of $3,500, while the max wager of $1,785 at Bovada will earn gamblers $12.500.
2025 Triple Crown Schedule
- May 3 – Kentucky Derby
- May 17 – Preakness Stakes
- June 7 – Belmont Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is the next stop on the Triple Crown schedule in 2025, taking place on May 17th. There have been thirteen Triple Crown winners, with the most recent being Justify in 2018.
Triple Crown Winners
- Sir Barton (1919)
- Gallant Fox (1930)
- Omaha (1935)
- War Admiral (1937)
- Whirlaway (1941)
- Count Fleet (1943)
- Assault (1946)
- Citation (1948)
- Secretariat (1973)
- Seattle Slew (1977)
- Affirmed (1978)
- American Pharoah (2015)
- Justify (2018)
We’ve yet to see any Triple Crown futures posted, but they’ll appear as soon as the Kentucky Derby concludes. Saturday, April 26th, is the final day that qualifying points can be attained, so the lineup of horses for the Derby will be announced that evening.
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