The 150th Kentucky Derby is here as the paddock is full for the 2024 edition of the Run for the Roses. This year’s edition of the first leg of the Triple Crown features a heavy favorite, Fierceness, who comes to Churchill Downs after a 13 1/2 length victory in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Catalytic and Grand Mo the First, who finished second and third at Gulfstream, are in a nearly full Derby field that includes 21 horses, none of which will be brought by legendary trainer Bob Baffert, who is still hanging on the track after his horse, and Medina Spirit, initial winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, failed a post-race drug test.
How to watch the 150th Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby will air live on NBC, starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The Derby can be streamed here, as well as on Peacock.
Post time for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. ET.
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2024 Kentucky Derby Odds
Last updated at 4:10 p.m. ET
Dornoch, 22-1
Sierra Leone, 5-1
Mystik Dan, 15-1
Catching Liberty, 8-1
Catalytic, 32-1
Just steel, 22-1
Honor Marie, 13-1
Just one touch, 10-1
Encino (striped)
To Password, 48-1
Forever young, 6-1
Ghost Trail, 41-1
Saratoga West, 23-1
Endless, 47-1
Domestic product, 28-1
Great Mo the First, 45-1
Ferocity, 7/2
Fortress, 35-1
Resilience, 29-1
Society man, 46-1
Epic ride, 45-1
Next up from Louisville is Race 10, the Churchill Downs Million Dollar Stakes on dirt over seven furlongs. There are just two races left before the main event of Race 12 – the 150th Kentucky Derby.
Next is the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). We have 2 races left before the 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby (G1)
– FanDuel Racing (formerly TVG) (@FanDuel_Racing) May 4, 2024
A big upset in Race 9 of the day as Trikari, who closed at 47-1, produced a stunning upset in the $600,000 American Turf Stakes for trainer H. Graham Motion.
2 – Trikari EARN: $96.43 PLACE: $40.20 TO SHOW: $22.98
4 – The wonderful man PLACE: $23.22 TO SHOW: $14.18
3 – Lagynos TO SHOW: $19.60
$1.00 EXACTA 2-4 $662.17
$0.50 TRIFECTA 2-4-3 $2,985.51
$1.00 SUPERFECTA 2-4-3-11 $69,493.26
The next race on the schedule, Race 9 of the day, is the American Turf Stakes, a $600,000 race for three-year-olds over 8 1/2 furlongs (1 1/16 miles) on turf. Here are the registrations for the 2024 edition of the race, scheduled for 3:40 p.m. ET:
Twirling tip (striped)
Trikari, 39-1
Lyganos, 37-1
Great man, 19-1
Legend of Time, 7/2
Clean, 9-1
Stay warm, 11-1
Lord Bullingdon, 21-2
Rated, 25-1
Together, 12-1
Cugino, 6-1
Abrumar, 33-1
Can Group, 32-1
Agate Road, 5-1
Blue-eyed George, 35-1
Rock’n A Halo (striped)
Dancing groom (striped)
More stars flock to Kentucky Derby to Churchill Downs red carpet
Race 8, the $600,000 Pat Dye Mile is in the books – the Kentucky Derby is race 12 – and D. Wayne Lucas’ Seize The Gray came in first with Nash second and Vlaho third. Here are the official results and payouts for the Pat Dye Mile:
5 – Seize the gray EARN: $20.84 PLACE: $7.94 TO SHOW: $5.16
12 – Nash PLACE: $4.46 TO SHOW: $3.22
11 – Vlahos TO SHOW: $5.50
$1.00 EXACTA 5-12 $40.22
$0.50 TRIFECTA 5-12-11 $196.07
$1.00 SUPERFECTA 5-12-11-7 $919.56
Horses aren’t the only things turning heads at the Kentucky Derby. The Rose Race is as much about being seen as it is about seeing the races.
The 150th Kentucky Derby is a great time to celebrate the Race for the Roses, and who better to remember first than the GOAT Secretariat, whose 1973 record of 1:59 2/5 still stands.
On this Kentucky Derby day, here’s your reminder that Secretariat was faster than any horse you’ll see today. It’s 1973 and this is his record. Untouched for over 50 years. The goat.
Bloodlines play an important role in horse racing and the Kentucky Derby is obviously no different. NBC numbers guru Steve Kornacki breaks down what it looks like in this year’s field and which Derby winners have sons in this year’s race.
Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been a Kentucky Derby regular for years and 2024 is no different for the future Hall of Fame QB who should be ready for OTAs this summer, following a season-ending Achilles injury. first test of the season in 2023.
