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Christopher Boan is a staff writer for BetKentucky.com. He has covered sports and sports betting for more than seven years and has worked for publications such as ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.
Kentucky Derby Horse Odds: What Horses Will Be In The Race?
BetKentucky.com developed exclusive odds projecting which horses will make the final lineup for the 2025 Kentucky Derby. On Derby Day, there will be a maximum of 20 horses that will be on the docket to race against one another.
Kentucky Derby Racehorse Odds
Horse | Odds | Percent Chance |
Tiztastic | -100000 | 99.9% |
Final Gambit | -100000 | 99.9% |
Chunk of Gold | -100000 | 99.9% |
Coal Battle | -100000 | 99.9% |
Owen Almighty | -100000 | 99.9% |
Citizen Bull | -2700 | 96.4% |
Sovereignty | -2700 | 96.4% |
American Promise | -1300 | 92.9% |
Flood Zone | -1300 | 92.9% |
Flying Mohawk | -1300 | 92.9% |
Hotazhell | -750 | 88.2% |
Opera Ballo | -750 | 88.2% |
Titanium Emperor | -350 | 77.8% |
Wimbledon Hawkeye | -350 | 77.8% |
Camille Pissarro | -300 | 75.0% |
Luxor Cafe | -250 | 71.4% |
Myriad Love | -200 | 66.7% |
Promise Gene | -150 | 60.0% |
Hott Shott | -150 | 60.0% |
Spicy Margarita | -150 | 60.0% |
Happy Man | -100 | 50.0% |
Natural Rise | -100 | 50.0% |
Don In The Mood | +150 | 40.0% |
Soldier Field | +150 | 40.0% |
Saddadd | +200 | 33.3% |
Mount Kilimanjaro | +300 | 25.0% |
Rashabar | +350 | 22.2% |
Admire Daytona | +550 | 15.4% |
Clay King | +1150 | 8.0% |
The Field | +400 | 20.0% |
Who Makes Kentucky Derby Field?
While there’s still much to be learned about which horses will make the 20-thoroughbred field come the first Saturday of May, we have a pretty good hunch on several of them, with five frontrunners to make the field across Kentucky sports betting.
That quintet includes Kentucky-bred horse Tiztastic, who has won more than $1.5 million across eight starts, as well as other top-tier thoroughbreds on the scene like Final Gambit, Chunk of Gold, Coal Battle and Owen Almighty.
That quintet of horses all hold -100000 odds of making the 20-horse field in 2025 thanks to their success on the circuit, with Coal Battle being another $1 million winner, with $1,053,875 in lifetime earnings.
Combined, those five horses have career earnings of $3,957,442, showcasing the type of skill that top tier thoroughbreds have in today’s Triple Crown era, which begins in early May at Churchill Downs.
The other horses to keep an eye on include British thoroughbred Hotazhell, who has no career earnings but has -750 odds of making the field, as does Opera Ballo, who is another relative unknown on the American horse racing circuit that hails from Brazil.
Other names to keep an eye on ahead of May 3 are Titanium Emperor and Wimbledon Hawkeye, who check in at -350 apiece to make the field, while Luxor Café (-250), Myriad Love (-200), while Promise Gene, Hott Shott and Spicy Margarita check in at -150 apiece to make the 20-thoroughbred field during the 151st Kentucky Derby in Louisville.
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