2025 Kentucky Derby Dates

2025 Kentucky Derby Dates. The 2025 kentucky derby has a purse of $5,000,000 and will take place on saturday, may 3, 2025. The kentucky derby is held annually on the first saturday in may at churchill downs in louisville, kentucky.

The 151st kentucky derby presented by woodford reserve is the world’s most exciting two minutes in sports®. The race is the climax and the most important event in the two week of the “kentucky derby festival”.