20 elite three-year-old thoroughbreds will take to the iconic Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Kentucky: Derby

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Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 151st Kentucky Derby.

 Coverage starts on USA Network (12–2:30 p.m. ET) before switching to NBC and Peacock for the main event.

Post Time: 6:57 p.m. ET

Location: Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY

Here’s the full field, in pole position order, with their current odds (as of 10:30 am EST) to win:

  • Citizen Bull (20-1)
  • Neoequos (30-1)
  • Final Gambit (30-1)
  • American Promise (30-1)
  • Admire Daytona (30-1)
  • Luxor Cafe (15-1)
  • Journalism (3-1) Favorite
  • Burnham Square (12-1)
  • Flying Mohawk (30-1)
  • East Avenue (20-1)
  • Publisher (20-1)
  • Tiztastic (20-1)
  • Render Judgment (30-1)
  • Coal Battle (30-1)
  • Sandman (6-1)
  • Sovereignty (5-1)
  • Chunk of Gold (30-1)
  • Owen Almighty (30-1)
  • Baeza (12-1) — replacement entrant

The 151st Kentucky Derby purse is worth a whopping $5 million, and according to race officials, the winner will walk away with $3.1 million of that pot. But it’s not just first place that cashes in as second through fifth-place finishers will also take-home sizable checks of $1 million for second, $500,000 for third, $250,000 for fourth, and $150,000 for fifth.