The 2025 Kentucky Derby features 19 horses competing, with 20 post positions available but some scratches reducing the field. Here is the list of horses running in the race along with their post positions:
- No. 1 Citizen Bull
- No. 2 Neoequos
- No. 3 Final Gambit
- No. 5 American Promise
- No. 6 Admire Daytona
- No. 7 Luxor Café
- No. 8 Journalism (morning-line favorite)
- No. 9 Burnham Square
- No. 11 Flying Mohawk
- No. 12 East Avenue
- No. 13 Publisher
- No. 14 Tiztastic
- No. 15 Render Judgment
- No. 16 Coal Battle
- No. 17 Sandman
- No. 18 Sovereignty
- No. 19 Chunk of Gold
- No. 20 Owen Almighty
- No. 21 Baeza (entered after Rodriguez was scratched)
Rodriguez (No. 4) and Grande (No. 10) were scratched due to injuries, allowing Baeza to enter the field
. Notable horses include Journalism, the morning-line favorite with 3-1 odds, and Sovereignty, who won the 2025 Kentucky Derby
