Everything you need to know about the Kentucky Derby in 2024 including odds, predictions and streaming options
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be run on Saturday, May 4th. This year's Derby is the 150th running of the celebrated race, which is the first leg of the Triple Crown.Horse racing experts from SportsLine have made their predictions for the race, including the winner. Michelle Yu, Jody Demling and Bob Weir shared their picks with us, and provided the following commentary.
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"You have to either like Fierceness or Sierra Leone, and I prefer the latter. This galloper will be happy to get the added ground, and there should be enough early pace for him. I am a little concerned about his rally-from-the-clouds running style since recent Derby winners have close to the pace, but he has the ability to overcome that."
Jody Demling's pick to win: 2 Sierra Leone (3-1) Demling hit 10 of the last 15 Oaks-Derby doubles. "The son of Gun Runner has been my top pick for a few months and I am not moving him down. Looked really good in the Blue Grass Stakes; he has trained well at Churchill and I believe when they turn for home he will be rolling down the center of the track -- headed to the Winner's Circle."
Bob Weir's pick to win: 11 Forever Young (10-1) Weir has had multiple five-figure days at the track and is a member of the Beyer figure-making team. "Forever Young is 5-for-5 and will try to pull off the Saudi-UAE-Kentucky Derby triple. He's versatile and might be able to lay closer than some expect in this spot. The estimated figures for his 3-year-old races are right in line with the top 3-year-old figures among the American horses, except for Fierceness. There is no reason to believe a horse coming from Dubai can't win this race, and he may be the best UAE Derby shipper to attempt this. He looks live and will be interesting at double-digit odds."
Here are the current odds for this year's Derby, according to the horse racing experts at SportsLine:
- Fierceness - 5-2
- Sierra Leone - 3-1
- Catching Freedom - 8-1
- Forever Young - 10-1
- Just a Touch - 10-1
- Dornoch - 20-1
- Mystik Dan - 20-1
- Just Steel - 20-1
- Honor Marie - 20-1
- Encino - 20-1
- Track Phantom - 20-1
- Stronghold - 20-1
- Resilience - 20-1
- Catalytic - 30-1
- T O Password - 30-1
- Endlessly - 30-1
- Domestic Product - 30-1
- Society Man - 50-1
- Grand Mo the First - 50-1
- West Saratoga - 50-1
The 2024 Kentucky Derby will air on NBC and USA Network, and stream on Peacock, Sling TV and the live TV streaming platforms featured above. Post time for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. ET (3:45 p.m. PT).
Derby coverage starts at 12:00 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock.
Derby coverage starts at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Hedging a bet: Placing wagers on different horses in the same race.
Horizontal bet: Also known as multi-race bets, a horizontal bet predicts the first-place finisher in consecutive races.
Super High Five: Predict the order of the top five finishers.
Exacta, trifecta and superfecta: Correctly choose the first two, three and four horses respectively in the correct order.