2025 Kentucky Derby Contenders

2025 Kentucky Derby Contenders. The inaugural top 5 contenders list for the 2025 kentucky derby (g1) includes 3 runners exiting the breeders’ cup juvenile, led by the race winner citizen bull. Here’s my attempt at a top 12 to follow on the road to the 151st kentucky derby on may 3, 2025.

Four are included virtually by definition — the top two from the hopeful (g1) and del mar futurity (g1) — while a healthy degree of subjectivity filters the rest. Follow along with horse racing nation and track the kentucky derby contenders.