Anticipation is building for the 2025 Kentucky Derby, which will be held at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3. The latest 2025 Kentucky Derby odds list two-time graded stakes winner Citizen Bull at 9-1, while Barnes, his stablemate at Bob Baffert's barn, is the 8-1 favorite in 2025 Kentucky Derby futures. A bet on all other 3-year-old horses returns 9-2, and the final Kentucky Derby futures pool opens on April 3 and closes two days later. The Kentucky Derby 2025 will mark Baffert's first appearance at Churchill Downs since serving a ban after Medina Spirit failed a drug test after crossing the finish line first in 2021. This year marks the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby and attendance is expected to exceed 150,000. Before making any 2025 Kentucky Derby picks for the annual Run for the Roses, you NEED to see what our resident horse racing guru, Jody Demling, has to say, given his historical DOMINATION of this race.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling has nailed the Kentucky Oaks-Derby double 11 times in the last 16 years! He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years and called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta. He also hit the Preakness in 2024. Anyone who has followed him on those picks is WAY UP! Join SportsLine here to get his picks for 2025!

For the 2025 Kentucky Derby, we can tell you Demling's fading John Hancock, even though he is undefeated and coming off a win in the 2025 Sam F. Davis Stakes! Another stunner: Demling is high on Burnham Square, even though he's a 15-1 longshot! He's a target for anyone looking for a HUGE payday!

Demling is especially high on an EPIC double-digit longshot who has "lots and lots of potential." He's including this horse in his 2025 Kentucky Derby bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

Who wins the 2025 Kentucky Derby, and which double-digit longshot is a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Jody Demling's 2025 Kentucky Derby projected leaderboard, all from the expert who has nailed a COLOSSAL 11 Derby-Oaks doubles!