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Updated 2024 Kentucky Derby odds: Fierceness 5-2 favorite as betting opens Friday

Jon Hale and John Clay, Lexington Herald-Leader on

Published in Horse Racing

The 150th Kentucky Derby is scheduled for a post time of 6:57 p.m. Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and official betting on the race began Friday morning.

Florida Derby winner Fierceness was established as the favorite in the morning line odds, but Blue Grass Stakes winner Sierra Leone was not far behind by the time betting opened Friday. Louisiana Derby winner Catching Freedom and UAE Derby winner Forever Young are among the other horses popular with early Derby bettors.

The 2024 Kentucky Derby will be shown live Saturday on NBC, with coverage beginning on USA at noon and shifting to NBC at 2:30 p.m.

(This story will be updated regularly with the latest Derby odds.)

Updated 2024 Kentucky Derby odds

1. Dornoch — 19-1

 

2. Sierra Leone — 9-2

3. Mystik Dan — 18-1

4. Catching Freedom — 8-1

5. Catalytic — 38-1

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