Projected field for the Kentucky Derby includes the top 20 on the leaderboard and four horses on the bubble.

Roughly 2 1/2 months out from the 2025 Kentucky Derby (G1), bettors have concluded trainer Bob Baffert has a strong chance to secure a record-breaking seventh Derby win.

Unraced since his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), last year’s divisional champion Citizen Bull picked up right where he left off in Saturday’s Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita.

An authoritative victory in the San Vicente (G2) cemented Barnes as the top individual choice of bettors playing Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3.

Barnes was a talking horse before his debut victory, and the $3.2 million yearling purchase raised the decibel level with a spectacular display in Saturday’s San Vicente (G2).