Louisville, Ky.
Journalism, whose fourth straight win came three weeks ago in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, drew post 8 and will be made the morning-line favorite Saturday night when post positions are drawn for Kentucky Derby 2025.
The draw in the Churchill Downs will be streamed live Saturday at about 7:30 p.m. on the track’s online platforms.
Tappan Street suffers injury, will not run in Derby.
North America’s biggest race is scheduled to be run next Saturday at 6:57 p.m. EDT. Twenty 3-year-olds plus one also-eligible were entered for the 1 1/4-mile classic worth $5 million.
Trained by Michael McCarthy, Journalism spent much of the winter as the futures favorite in Nevada. He was best-priced at 3-1 in Las Vegas about two hours before the draw. He will be paired as usual with jockey Umberto Rispoli. With each looking for his first victory, McCarthy is training in his second Derby, and Rispoli is riding in his third.
Bridlewood Farm, Don Alberto Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Elayne Stables 5, Robert LaPenta and the Coolmore partners who leased a share own Journalism, an $825,000 yearling purchase who has earned $638,880.
Making his return to the Kentucky Derby for the first time since Medina Spirit’s positive drug test in 2021 led to a suspension, six-time winner Bob Baffert trains two entrants. Wood Memorial (G2) winner Rodríguez will have two-time Derby victor Mike Smith in the irons breaking from post 4. Last year’s champion juvenile male Citizen Bull gets Martín García, who seeks his first Derby triumph in his sixth try. He also got stuck with the rail draw.
Kentucky Derby 2025 Trainer JockeyOdds* Admire DaytonaYukihiro KatoChristophe Lemaire50-1 American PromiseD. Wayne LukasNik Juárez63-1 Burnham SquareIan WilkesBrian Hernandez Jr.12-1 Chunk of GoldEthan WestJareth Loveberry34-1 Citizen BullBob BaffertMartin Garcia40-1 Coal BattleLonnie BrileyJuan Vargas40-1 East AvenueBrendan WalshManny Franco30-1 Final GambitBrad CoxLuan Machado50-1 Flying MohawkWhit BeckmanJoe Ramos100-1 GrandeTodd PletcherJohn Velázquez14-1 JournalismMichael McCarthyUmberto Rispoli3-1 Luxor CafeNoriyuki HoriJoão Moreira16-1 NeoequosSaffie Joseph Jr.Flavien Prat**97-1 Owen AlmightyBrian LynchJavier Castellano199-1 PublisherSteve AsmussenIrad Ortiz Jr.45-1 Render JudgmentKenny McPeekJulien Leparoux200-1 RodríguezBob BaffertMike Smith8-1 SandmanMark CasseJose Ortiz13-1 SovereigntyBill MottJúnior Alvarado7-1 TiztasticSteve AsmussenJoel Rosario41-1 Baeza – aeJohn ShirreffsFlavien Prat ae – also eligible *Ed DeRosa fair odds **2nd preference
