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

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.