The winner of the 2025 Kentucky Derby was Sovereignty, who won the race with a time of 2:02.31. Sovereignty was trained by Bill Mott and won at odds of 7-1, edging out Journalism in a close finish. This victory marked Sovereignty's first Kentucky Derby win and also the first Derby win for owner Godolphin and jockey Junior Varado
. For context on recent winners:
- 2024: Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby in a very close finish
- 2023: Mage won the 149th Kentucky Derby
- 2022: Rich Strike won at long odds of 80:1
- 2020: Authentic won the Derby, giving trainer Bob Baffert his sixth Derby win, tying the record for most wins by a trainer
