The 2025 edition of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve was an unforgettable one, as Sovereignty prevailed in a thrilling finish over favored Journalism by 1 1/2 lengths with Baeza only another neck behin
Early weather forecasts for the Louisville area on Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve Day 2025 turned out to be… inaccurate. It didn’t matter as tens of thousands of fans attended a wet Churchill Downs on May 3 for a day spent eating, drinking, mingling, showing off fashion, and last but not least, betting.
Bob Ehalt and Tom Pedulla became fast friends when they met on their first day at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1970. Bob soon introduced Tom to the joys of Thoroughbred racing.
This column has made it to another Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and after weeks of giving you the stats and trends of the big prep races we’ll close it out with some nuggets that give some amount of hope for every horse in the race. The Road is a BloodHorse feature sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm.
Let’s take a look at this year’s field in post-position order:
Thirty-five years ago, on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, a youthful Ian Wilkes would tell anyone who would listen that Unbridled could not be beat in that afternoon’s run for the roses.
