2025 Kentucky Derby Dates. The event is scheduled for saturday, may 3, 2025. Held on the first saturday of may, the kentucky derby is the first leg of the triple crown and offers the largest purse of any thoroughbred race at $2,000,000.

The 2025 kentucky derby has a purse of $5,000,000 and will take place on saturday, may 3, 2025. Springboard mile winner coal battle joins the standings in eighth place,.