One surprise: Weir is completely fading Skippylongstocking even though he is the 3-1 morning-line favorite. Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., Skippylongstocking has seven wins, two seconds and four thirds in 22 career starts. He is coming off a victory in the Grade 3 Challenger Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on March 9.

Santa Anita-based Stronghold and Endlessly are among 20 horses with spots guaranteed in the May 4 race at Churchill Downs.

This year marks the 150th Kentucky Derby. Here's the latest schedule, odds, and how to watch the biggest horse racing event of the year.

T he first race of the Triple Crown series is almost two weeks away, and the 2024 Kentucky Derby field has come into view ahead of the Saturday, May 4 spectacle at Churchill Downs. Fierceness is the 3-1 favorite in the 2024 Kentucky Derby odds,

The Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races have concluded. Derby favorite Fierceness (pictured above) won the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Sierra Leone, second in the betting odds, captured the victory in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.