Getty Country House won the Kentucky Derby a year ago.
Churchill Downs will host the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. No fans will be present due to COVID-19.
Coverage of the Kentucky Derby race card will start at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, with the Derby itself taking place at about 7 p.m. ET on NBC. Fox Sports 2 will also have coverage of the undercard from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
If you don’t have cable, here’s how to watch a live stream of the Kentucky Derby and all the Derby Day races for free:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of NBC (live in most markets), Fox Sports 2 and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a seven-day free trial right here:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the 2020 Kentucky Derby live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 500 hours of cloud DVR space, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the race on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of NBC (live in most markets), Fox Sports 2 and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which comes with a seven-day free trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the 2020 Kentucky Derby live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of NBC (live in select markets), Fox Sports 2 and 40-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” bundle. It comes with a free 3-day trial, but if you bypass that, you can get it for $20 for the first month (normally $30), and get Showtime, Starz and Epix included for free:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the 2020 Kentucky Derby live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 10 hours of cloud DVR.
Kentucky Derby 2020 Horses, Post Positions & Odds
No. 1 Finnick the Fierce (scratched)
Trainer: Rey Hernandez
Jockey: Martin Garcia
No. 2 Max Player (30-1)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Jockey: Ricardo Santana Jr.
No. 3 Enforceable (30-1)
Trainer: Mark Casse
Jockey: Adam Beschizza
No. 4 Storm the Court (50-1)
Trainer: Peter Eurton
Jockey: Julien Leparoux
No. 5 Major Fed (50-1)
Trainer: Greg Foley
Jockey: James Graham
No. 6 King Guillermo (scratched)
Trainer: Samy Camacho
Jockey: Juan Carlos Avila
No. 7 Money Moves (30-1)
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
Jockey: Javier Castellano
No. 8 South Bend (50-1)
Trainer: William I. Mott
Jockey: Tyler Gaffalione
No. 9 Mr. Big News (50-1)
Trainer: Bret Calhoun
Jockey: Gabriel Sáez
10. Thousand Words (15-1)
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: Florent Geroux
11. Necker Island (50-1)
Trainer: Chris Hartmann
Jockey: Miguel Mena
12. Sole Volante (30-1)
Trainer: Patrick Biancone
Jockey: Luca Panici
13. Attachment Rate (50-1)
Trainer: Dale Romans
Jockey: Joe Talamo
14. Winning Impression (50-1)
Trainer: Dallas Stewart
Jockey: Joe Rocco Jr.
15. Ny Traffic (20-1)
Trainer: Saffie Joseph Jr.
Jockey: Paco Lopez
16. Honor A. P. (5-1)
Trainer: John Shirreffs
Jockey: Mike Smith
17. Tiz the Law (3-5)
Trainer: Barclay Tagg
Jockey: Manny Franco
18. Authentic (8-1)
Trainer: Bob Baffert
Jockey: John Velazquez
Kentucky Derby 2020 Preview
Tiz the Law, the hands-down morning-line favorite at 3-5, drew the 17th post, from where no horse has won the Kentucky Derby in its 146 runnings.
“I like it being on the outside,” Tiz the Law trainer Barclay Tagg said, according to BloodHorse. “I didn’t particularly want to be out that far, but we have been. He seems to handle everything that gets thrown at him. It gives you a chance if you have any speed at all.”
Tagg trained Funny Cide to victories at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2003, his last and only victories in American Classics until Tiz the Law claimed the 2020 Belmont Stakes in June.
Two horses were scratched ahead of the Saturday’s race. King Guillermo, who’d drawn the sixth post and had 20-1 morning-line odds, came down with a fever on Wednesday, trainer Juan Carlos Avila announced on Twitter a day later. A day after that, first-posted Finnick the Fierce’s team announced the scratch of the one-eyed gelding with 50-1 odds.
“I was not really happy how he trained this morning, and the state vet thinks he’s a little off,” Finnick the Fierce trainer and co-owner Rey Hernandez said, according to The Courier-Journal. “We decided to scratch him and bring him home and see if there’s anything we’re not seeing. The main thing is playing it safe for the horse.”
He added: “This is horse racing; it’s something you have to prepare for. You have really good days, and then you have days like this one. It just happens without expecting it. We’ll regroup and plan again.”