who is the gray horse in kentucky derby

The gray horse in the 2025 Kentucky Derby is Sandman. Sandman is a gray or roan colt, sired by Tapit and out of Distorted Music. He is trained by Mark E. Casse and ridden by jockey Jose L. Ortiz. Sandman won the Arkansas Derby and entered the Kentucky Derby as one of three gray horses in the field, with odds around 6-1, making him the gray horse with the lowest odds among the three grays in the race. Sandman is known as a strong closer on the track and has earned over $1.1 million in his career leading up to the Derby