The 19 horses that competed in the 2025 Kentucky Derby are:

• Citizen Bull
• Neoequos
• Final Gambit
• American Promise
• Admire Daytona
• Luxor Cafe
• Journalism
• Burnham Square
• Flying Mohawk
• East Avenue
• Publisher
• Tiztastic
• Render Judgment
• Coal Battle
• Sandman
• Sovereignty
• Chunk of Gold
• Owen Almighty
• Baeza

Notably, Rodriguez and Grande were scratched from the race due to injuries, making room for Baeza to enter the field

. Journalism was the morning-line favorite, and Sovereignty ultimately won the race