Citizen Bull trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
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2025 Kentucky Derby contender Citizen Bull is trained by Bob Baffert. The horse is 4-0-1 in six career starts with $1,451,000 in earnings.
Citizen Bull will enter the Kentucky Derby off a fourth-place finish in the Santa Anita Derby
Citizen Bull was the 2-year-old champion after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile in November at 15-1 odds
Citizen Bull is one of 20 horses expected to enter the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3 at Churchill Downs.
Spots for the Run for the Roses are earned by gaining points through a series of Kentucky Derby prep races that began last September.
The post-position draw for the Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday, April 26. Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
Citizen Bull will enter the Kentucky Derby off a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 5. He currently ranks 10th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 71.25.
Color: Bay.
Bred in: Kentucky.
Sire: Into Mischief.
Dam: No Joke, by Distorted Humor.
Price tag: $675,000 at 2023 Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
Owners: SF Racing (Gavin Murphy); Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf); Madaket Stables (Sol Kumin); Stonestreet Stables (Barbara Banke); Dianne Bashor; Determined Stables (Matt Dorman); Robert Masterson; Tom Ryan; Waves Edge Capital (Gregg Slager); Catherine Donovan. Madaket and Starlight were co-owners of 2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic. The majority of this group teamed on Messier (15th in 2022) and Reincarnate (13th in 2023). Kumin and Wolf were co-owners of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify.
Trainer: Bob Baffert. He's 6 for 34 in the Derby, tied with Ben Jones for the most victories by any trainer. His last win came with Authentic in 2020.
Jockey: Martin Garcia. He's 0 for 4 in the Derby, best finish coming with Dortmund (third) in 2015.
Record: 4-0-1 in six starts.
Career earnings: $1,451,000.
Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 71.25 (No. 10).
Last race: Fourth in Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 5.
Running style: Front-runner.
Notes: Citizen Bull was the 2-year-old champion after winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last November at Del Mar at 15-1 odds. The last Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to capture the Run for the Roses was Nyquist (2015-16). … Citizen Bull won his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes on Feb. 1 at Santa Anita before his fourth-place showing in the Santa Anita Derby. … Baffert is set to return to the Kentucky Derby for the first time since 2021. He was suspended three years following the disqualification of Medina Spirit from the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
What they're saying: 'I was discouraged (Citizen Bull) didn't get the win today,' Baffert said after the Santa Anita Derby. 'He got tired. He's a heavy horse. The track was deep today. We will figure this out.'
Last May, NBC Sports announced a partnership with Churchill Downs to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032.
The extension includes multiplatform rights to the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks and Derby and Oaks Day programming, which will be presented on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and additional NBCU platforms.
You can stream the 2025 Kentucky Derby on Fubo and Peacock.
Post time for the 151st Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 3.
More Kentucky Derby: Five things to know about 2025 field as draw approaches April 26
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com. Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
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