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2025 Kentucky Derby odds, horses, futures: Journalism, Sandman predictions from proven expert
Jody Demling has hit the Derby-Oaks double 11 times and just locked in his Kentucky Derby 2025 picks
Journalism will head into the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Saturday as the 3-1 favorite for the first leg of the Triple Crown and is on a four-race winning streak. The Santa Anita Derby winner is followed by Sovereignty (5-1) and Sandman (6-1) in the 2025 Kentucky Derby odds. Trainer Bob Baffert is making his first appearance at Churchill Downs since serving a ban after Medina Spirit failed a drug test following the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Baffert, who is eyeing a record-setting seventh Kentucky Derby victory, has one of the 2025 Kentucky Derby horses in the field, Citizen Bull (20-1). Grande and Rodriguez have both scratched, bringing Baeza into the field at 12-1 Kentucky Derby odds 2025. Kentucky Derby favorites haven't prevailed in the last six editions of the race, but Journalism has won his last four starts and collected 122.5 points in the prep races leading up to the Kentucky Derby 2025.
Post time for Saturday's race is set for 6:57 p.m. ET. 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.
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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 Derby-Oaks 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 unlock his 2025 Kentucky Derby picks, and get 50% off with promo code "JOCKEY"!
For the 2025 Kentucky Derby, we can tell you Demling is fading Sandman, even though he is coming off a win in the Arkansas Derby. Demling believes in the potential of Sandman, but told SportsLine, "He looks too immature to win the Derby." He adds that the horse "was still swerving down the stretch in his last race." In fact, Demling says Sandman barely even cracks the top 10 finishers!
Demling has also locked in his picks for Journalism and Sovereignty (5-1). Journalism is trying to become the first favorite to win the Kentucky Derby since Justify (2018), while Sovereignty (6-1) is looking to build on his second-place finish in the Florida Derby. Join SportsLine here to get Demling's full 2025 Kentucky Derby picks for 50% off NOW with promo code "JOCKEY"!
Demling is especially high on a COLOSSAL double-digit longshot who is "generating buzz on the backside"! He's including this horse in his 2025 Kentucky Derby bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY NEED to see his 2025 Kentucky Derby picks before locking in any of your own!
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