Kentucky Derby 2025 payouts: Churchill Downs sets wagering records for third straight year

Kentucky Derby Day, for a third straight year, set wagering records.

With 147,406 spectators at Churchill Downs to watch Sovereignty win the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at 7-1 odds on Saturday, wagering from all sources on the Derby Day program totaled $349 million, according to Churchill Downs. The total broke last year’s record of $320.5 million.

All-source wagering also hit a new high of $234.4 million after a record-setting $210.7 million in 2024, while all-sources handle for Derby Week totaled a record-setting $473.9 million.

Sovereignty paid $17.96 to win on a $2 bet and moved to 3-2-0 in six career starts. As a result, TwinSpires, the official betting partner of the Kentucky Derby, brought in a record-setting $108 million in wagering on Churchill Downs races for the Kentucky Derby Day program.

Kentucky Derby 2025 payouts: Churchill Downs sets wagering records for third straight year

Sovereignty paid $17.96 to win on a $2 bet and moved to 3-2-0 in six career starts. As a result, TwinSpires, the official betting partner of the Kentucky Derby, brought in a record-setting $108 million in wagering on Churchill Downs races for the Kentucky Derby Day program.

Final payouts for Kentucky Derby 2025

Sovereignty

(Based on a $2 bet)

• Win: $17.96
• Place: $7.50
• Show: $5.58

Journalism

(Based on a $2 bet)

• Place: $4.94
• Show: $3.70

Baeza

(Based on a $2 bet)

• Show: $8.38

The rest of Saturday’s payouts based on wager type

• $1.00 Trifecta (18/8/21) $231.12
• $1.00 Super High Five: (18/21/3/20) $38,405.96
• $1.00 Double (10/18) $26.96
• $0.50 Pick 3 (2/10/18) $64.16
• $0.50 Pick 4 (7/2/10/18) $236.39
• $0.50 Pick 5 (7/8/2/10/18) $1,504.44
• $0.20 Pick 6 (7/8/2/10/11/18) $2,062.47

Top 5 Kentucky Derby winners’ payouts

Winner: Sovereignty, $3.1 million

2nd: Journalism, $1 million

3rd: Baeza, $500,000

4th: Final Gambit, $250,000

5th: Owen Almighty, $150,000 

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