Meet the horses running in the Kentucky Derby

The pageantry of the 150th Kentucky Derby 05:14 The Kentucky Derby will see a full field of 20 horses Saturday in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown. The Run for the Roses in Louisville, Kentucky, is the opening race for the Triple Crown, the series for 3-year-olds that's traditionally followed by the Preakness Stakes in Maryland and the Belmont Stakes in New York. The last time a horse swept all three races was in 2018, when Justify galloped his way into the history books as the 13th Triple Crown winner .

2026 Kentucky Derby horses and odds The field for the 1 1/4-mile Derby has been capped at 20 horses since 1975. For the 2026 Derby, Renegade , with 4-1 odds, was picked as the morning-line favorite last Saturday by Nick Tammaro, the oddsmaker at Churchill Downs Racetrack, the home of the Derby. The odds will change as bettors make their wagers ahead of Saturday's Derby, the 12th race of the day at Churchill Downs with an approximate post time of 6:57 p.

m. ET. Since Saturday's post-position draw, three horses have scratched from the race — No.

20 Fulleffort, No. 5 Right to Party and No. 13 Silent Tactic — allowing for three others to draw into the field.