Get ready for the 2025 Kentucky Derby with this look at contenders, post positions, speed records and long-standing traditions. The field has shifted after several qualified horses, like Flood Zone and Heart of Honor, withdrew, allowing names such as Flying Mohawk and Render Judgment to enter the mix.

They called him the Bald Eagle of the Sierra. He had won more races on more tracks than anyone else in the business. He was 72 years old when he decided to schlep a colt from California to the Kentucky Derby, which he had never won. His presence at Churchill Downs in 1986 surprised everyone,