Owen Almighty trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
Owen Almighty trainer, jockey, owner and more to know about 2025 Kentucky Derby horse
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Kentucky Derby 2025 contender Owen Almighty trains at Churchill Downs
Owen Almighty is trained by Brian Lynch. Horse is 3-2-0 in seven starts. Jockey Javier Castellano is slated to ride.
Owen Almighty will enter the Kentucky Derby off a sixth-place finish in the Blue Grass on April 8
Owen Almighty broke his maiden at Churchill Downs last June
Owen Almighty 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.
Owen Almighty will enter the Kentucky Derby off a sixth-place finish in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes on April 8 at Keeneland. He currently ranks 11th on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard with 65.
Color: Bay.
Bred in: Kentucky.
Sire: Speightstown.
Dam: Tempers Rising, by Bayern.
Price tag: $350,000 at 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale.
Owner: Flying Dutchmen Breeding and Racing (Travis Boersma). First Derby.
Trainer: Brian Lynch. He's 0 for 1 in the Derby, finishing 11th with Classic Causeway in 2022.
Jockey: Javier Castellano. He's 1 for 16 in the Derby, winning with Mage in 2023.
Record: 3-2-0 in seven starts.
Career earnings: $499,935.
Road to the Kentucky Derby points: 65 (No. 11).
Last race: Sixth in Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes on April 8 at Keeneland.
Running style: At or near the front early.
Notes: Following the Blue Grass, Lynch announced plans to enter Owen Almighty in the $600,000, Grade 2 Pat Day Mile on the Kentucky Derby undercard. But those plans changed April 16 when Lynch informed Churchill Downs officials that Owen Almighty once again was on the Kentucky Derby trail. … Owen Almighty has enjoyed success at Churchill Downs, breaking his maiden there last June and finishing second behind Jonathan's Way in the Grade 3 Iroquois Stakes on Sept. 14. He won the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby on March 8 before faltering in the Blue Grass. His ability to get the 1 ¼-mile distance of the Kentucky Derby is a big question mark. … Jose Ortiz and Irad Ortiz Jr. have been the primary jockeys for Owen Almighty, but both have committed to riding other horses in the Kentucky Derby. ... Boersma — the second-richest billionaire in Oregon, according to the annual Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people — is the co-founder of the coffee company, Dutch Bros.
What they're saying: 'He had the perfect trip and had every chance to make it his race, but he came up a little empty when we needed it,' Lynch said after the Blue Grass.
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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