Kentucky Derby 2025 field, post positions draw, lineup, odds, who's favored to wins at Churchill Downs.

− Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby six times, but he could do something Saturday that even he’s never accomplished: Win the race from the dreaded No. 1 post position.

Citizen Bull, last year’s 2-year old champion, will try to win from a starting gate that no Derby winner has come from since Ferdinand in 1986. The inside post is considered difficult in this particular race due to the 20-horse field and the heavy traffic that typically occurs around the first turn, meaning the No. 1 horse usually has to either go to the lead or drop way back to stay out of trouble.

"It is what it is, you can't worry about once you have the draw, you can't worry about it right now, the horses have to be ready to roll," said Baffert. "It will be easy to watch.

"He does have a lot of speed, and it looks like once you get the one hole, I don't need to give instructions what he's going to have to do away from he's going to have to leave there running and but the horse wants to do that anyway."

Derby favorite Journalism drew the No. 8 post, while Sovereignty should be fine coming out of the No. 18 hole given his come-from-behind running style.

Arkansas Derby winner Sandman, another closer who should be near the back early, will try to become the first ever Derby winner out of the No. 17 post.

Here is everything you need to know about the Kentucky Derby post-position.

2025 Kentucky Derby post positions, draw, full horses lineup

Here's where each horse landed, in addition to the horse's jockey and odds in parentheses:

1. Citizen Bull, Martin Garcia (20-1)

2. Neoequos, Flavien Prat (30-1)

3. Final Gambit, Luan Machado (30-1)

4. Rodriguez, Mike Smith (12-1)

5. American Promise, Nik Juarez (30-1)

6. Admire Daytona, Christophe Lemaire (30-1)

7. Luxor Cafe, Joao Moreira (15-1)

8. Journalism, Umberto Rispoli (3-1)

9. Burnham Square, Brian Hernandez Jr. (12-1)

10. Grande, John Velazquez (20-1)

11. Flying Mohawk, Joe Ramos (30-1)

12. East Avenue, Manny Franco (20-1)

13. Publisher, Irad Ortiz Jr. (20-1)

14. Tiztastic, Joel Rosario (20-1)

15. Render Judgement, Julien Leparoux (30-1)

16. Coal Battle, Juan Vargas (30-1)

17. Sandman, Jose Ortiz (6-1)

18. Sovereignty, Junior Alvarado (5-1)

19. Chunk of Gold, Jareth Loveberry (30-1)

20. Owen Almighty, Javier Castellano (30-1)

Also eligible

21. Baeza, Flavien Prat

Kentucky Derby winners, by post position

History shows horses on the inside, starting from positions one to 10, are much more likely to win the Derby than those starting on the outside.

Here are the all-time Derby winners by post position:

Post position - winners

1 - 8

2- 7

3 - 6

4 - 5

5 - 10

6 - 2

7 - 8

8 - 9

9 - 4

10 - 9

11 - 2

12 - 3

13 - 5

14 - 2

15 - 6

16 - 4

17 - 0

18 - 2

19 - 1

20 - 2

What day is the Kentucky Derby, Post time

The Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 3. The 151st Run for the Roses will be race No. 12 of the 14-race slate. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles will give the iconic “Rider's Up” command ahead of the race.

How to watch the 2025 Kentucky Derby Live

The 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby will be broadcast on NBC, which has served as the home of the annual “Run for the Roses" since 2001. NBC Sports signed a multi-year extension with Churchill Downs last year to carry the Kentucky Derby through 2032.