The field saw a couple of adjustments prior to the draw. Late scratches included Bob Baffert's Madaket Road (opted for the shorter Pat Day Mile) and Brad Cox's Tappan Street (fractured leg in training Saturday morning).

Post position No. 17 is the only gate that has never produced a Kentucky Derby winner, so Sandman will try to make history in the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. The 2025 Kentucky Derby post time is 6:57 p.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby contains a purse of $5 million once again. $3.1 million will be for the winner, $1 million will be presented to the runner-up, $500,000 will go to the No. 3 finisher, $250,000 for fourth place and $150,000 for the fifth-place finisher. The purse was previously $3 million from 2019-23 before rising to $5 million in 2024.