The long wait is finally over and the traffic as well as the betting action is off the charts for the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Odds are expected to change throughout the day, especially with rains likely during the afternoon hours and quite possibly as this race is run. Below you can find the 2025 Kentucky Derby morning odds.

2025 Kentucky Derby Morning Odds

1     Citizen Bull         +1450
2     Neoequos         +3500
3     Final Gambit         +2000
5     American Promise         +2100
6     Admire Daytona         +3500
7     Luxor Café         +850
8     Journalism         +250
9     Burnham Square         +1200
11     Flying Mohawk         +4500
12     East Avenue         +1900
13     Publisher         +3100
14     Tiztastic         +2000
15     Render Judgment         +3100
16     Coal Battle         +2500
17     Sandman         +700
18     Sovereignty         +575
19     Chunk of Gold         +3900
20     Owen Almighty         +5000
21     Baeza - AE         +1200

Kentucky Derby Betting Markets

These betting markets are available at BetUS here

• Number Of Words In Winners Name    
• Saddle Cloth Number Of The Winner
• To Finish Last
• To Win The Kentucky Derby 2025
• Top 2 Finish
• Top 3 Finish
• Who Will The Winning Jockey Mention First After The Race
• Will A Debut Jockey Win The 2025 Kentucky Derby
• Will A Horse Win The Triple Crown 2025    
• Will Secretariat's Record Time Be Tied or Broken

Know Your Mudders

• Sandman - In the 2025 Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park, he finished second over a sealed, wet-fast surface. In the 2025 Rebel Stakes (G2), also at Oaklawn Park, Sandman secured third place on a similarly wet track
• American Promise - On December 29, 2024, he won a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race at Oaklawn Park, which was run on a muddy sealed track. He led throughout and secured victory by 1½ lengths, defeating Publisher and Knicks Glory.  A previous race on a muddy track did not produce as good results. 
• Coal Battle - He won his debut race on a sloppy track at Evangeline Downs on July 25, 2024, and later secured victory in the Jean Lafitte Stakes at Delta Downs on a muddy track on November 8, 2024.
• Luxor Cafe - on August 31, 2024, he finished second in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight at Sapporo, Japan, on a muddy dirt track, completing the race in 1:45.85.  He's had success running on tracks classified as "good" or "muddy".  His sire, American Pharoah, has a 17% win rate on muddy tracks.
• Publisher has experience racing on wet and muddy tracks. He finished second in a maiden race on a muddy track at Oaklawn Park and third on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs, also in a maiden race .​
• Burnham Square's pedigree suggests he may handle off-track conditions well. His sire, Liam's Map, has a 20% mud-winning rate, and his dam's sire, Scat Daddy, has a 15% mud-winning rate.