Briley finally has made it to the Kentucky Derby with Coal Battle, who won four straight stakes races from November through February before finishing third in the Arkansas Derby in March. “It’s a good thing I don’t drink,” Briley says. “Because I’d be a drunk.”

Kentucky Derby calls for rain In, Ky., at Churchill Downs, think about betting these horses in the Run for the Roses field:

Baeza is now among the horses in the field for the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Rodriguez, who is trained by Bob Baffert, was scratched.