The first leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby is Saturday on NBC. Twenty horses will vie for the $3.1 million winner’s share of the $5 million purse. The stakes will not be nearly as high for most bettors,

With time running out on his chances to run for the roses, Santa Anita Derby runner-up Baeza slipped into the Kentucky Derby field on Thursday with the scratch of the Bob Baffert-trained Rodriguez

Baeza is now among the horses in the field for the 2025 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Rodriguez, who is trained by Bob Baffert, was scratched.