How to watch Kentucky Derby 2025 for free: time, live stream

It is time to break out the chic hat and the mint juleps – the 151st Kentucky Derby is today!

The annual “Race for the Roses” is the first event in the Triple Crown of Racing, followed by the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, both of which are planned for spring later.

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Coach Bob Baffert returns this year after a three -year suspension to Churchill Downs after it was found that he had used banned substances on a winning horse in 2021. This year he enters the Bullen of Horse Citizen in the Kentucky Derby.

The current favorite that can be won is Kentucky-Brach-Horsejournalism, which has won four out of five career starts and enters the Kentucky Derby with a winning streamer with four breeds.

As the fastest two minutes in sports, the race will be over in no time. Here you will find out if you don't miss it.

When and where is the 2025 Kentucky Derby?

The Kentucky Derby 2025 begins this evening at 6:57 p.m. ET, May 3. The reporting before the race started at 2:30 p.m. ET with NBC and Peacock.

As it has been every year since 1875, the Kentucky Derby 2025 takes place in Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

How to see the 2025 Kentucky Derby for free:

If you do not have a cable or a TV antenna, you need a live TV streaming service to catch the Kentucky derby for free. An option we love is DirectV, which is equipped free of charge at five days and starts at 69.99 US dollars per month. You have numerous subscription options that contain NBC so that you can select the most suitable one for you.

Other ways to stream the Kentucky Derby without cable:

Another inexpensive way to adjust to the 2025 Kentucky Derby is a subscription to the streaming service from Peacock, NBC.

Peacock currently costs 7.99 $/month with advertisements and $ 13.99/month, monthly. The streamer also offers reduced annual plans that are either $ 79.99 with ads or $ 139.99 add-free.

What is the entire field of horses and opportunities for this year's Kentucky Derby?

According to Twin Spiers Horse Racing, one of our favorite apps for betting on this year's race. These are the chances of betting for the Kentucky Derby 2025 at the time of publication, although these numbers can change until the start of the race.

Postposition	Horse name	jockey	trainer	Chances of winning
1	Citizen Bull	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert	20-1
2	NeoEquos	Flavien Prat	Saffie Joseph Jr.	50-1
3	Endgambit	Luan Machado	Brad Cox	30-1
5	American promise	Nik Juarez	Wayne Lukas	30-1
6	Admire daytona	Christophe Lemaire	Yukihiro Kato	30-1
7	Luxor Cafe	João Moreira	Noriyuki Hori	10-1
8	journalism	Umberto Rispoli	Michael McCarthy	3-1
9	Burnham Square	Brian Hernandez Jr.	Ian Wilkes	8-1
11	Fly Mohawk	Joseph Ramos	Whit Beckman	50-1
12	East Avenue	Manuel Franco	Brendan P. Walsh	15-1
13	editor	Irad Ortiz Jr.	Steven Asmussen	20-1
14	Tizast	Joel Rosario	Steven Asmussen	15-1
15	Make judgment	Julien Leparoux	Kenneth McPeek	50-1
16	Coal fight	Juan Vargas	Lonnie Briley	20-1
17	Sandman	José Ortiz	Mark Casse	5-1
18	sovereignty	Junior Alvarado	William Mott	9-2
19	Piece of gold	Jareth Loveberry	Ethan West	20-1
20	Owen Almighty	Javier Casellano	Brian Lynch	50-1
21	Baeza	Flavien Prat	John A. Shirffs	50-1

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