Pedigree matters when it comes to determining a Kentucky Derby winner. Take a look at the bloodlines for all of the horses set to race in the 2025 Run for the Roses.

The Kentucky Derby dates back to 1875. The annual event at Churchill Downs has produced a long list of photo finishes and special moments.

Kentucky Derby is in the books with Sovereignty holding off front-runner Journalism. Here's how it all went down.

Notable: McPeek last year became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Oaks (with Thorpedo Anna) and the Kentucky Derby (with Mystik Dan) since Ben Jones in 1952. His horse in this year’s Oaks is the No. 10, Take Charge Milady, who opened at 12-1.

Sovereignty will not run May 17 at Pimlico Race Course, becoming the fourth Derby winner in the past seven Triple Crown seasons to miss the Preakness.

With Sovereignty in the books as the 151st Kentucky Derby winner, the question shifts to: Will he forge on to try to win the Triple Crown? And who might he face in the Preakness Stakes?

Junior Alvarado, who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has been fined and suspended for the overuse of his whip during the race.