Chunk of Gold trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Chunk of Gold trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
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Chunk of Gold will enter the Kentucky Derby off a runner-up finish in the Louisiana Derby on March 22
Trainer Ethan West will be saddling a horse in the Kentucky Derby for the first time
Chunk of Gold 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.
Chunk of Gold will enter the Kentucky Derby off a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 22 at Fair Grounds. He currently ranks ninth on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 75.
Color: Gray/roan.
Bred in: Kentucky.
Sire: Preservationist.
Dam: Play for Gold, by Cairo Prince.
Price tag: $2,500 at 2023 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale.
Owner: Terry Stephens. He's 0 for 1 in the Derby, finishing fourth with O Besos in 2021.
Trainer: Ethan West. First Derby.
Jockey: Jareth Loveberry. He's 0 for 1 in the Derby, finishing second on Two Phil's in 2023.
Record: 1-3-0 in four starts.
Career earnings: $348,818.
Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 75 (No. 9).
Last race: Second in Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 22 at Fair Grounds, 2 ¼ lengths behind Tiztastic.
Running style: Stalker.
Notes: Bargain-basement purchase has exceeded expectations, never finishing worse than second in four career starts. Broke his maiden at Turfway Park last December in first career start before three straight runner-up finishes. … West was raised in Cambridge City, Indiana, and went out on his own as a trainer in 2018, stabling at Turfway Park. His only victory in a graded stake came with Runaway Storm, who won the Grade 3 Bryan Station in 2023 at Keeneland. … Chunk of Gold has been training at Turfway Park since the Louisiana Derby and breezed five furlongs in 59.40 seconds on April 12.
What they're saying: 'Stabling year-round at Turfway has been great, not just to develop horses like Chunk of Gold but also to be here with my family,' West said. 'Family always comes first, and they know the tough life it is to train horses. I've got a great group of horses and clients supporting me. What more do you need? Maybe one day we'll even get to smell the roses.'
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.
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com. Follow on X @KentuckyDerbyCJ.
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