It’s been seven years since the post-time favorite won the Kentucky Derby. Justify — who went on to become horse racing’s 13th, and most recent, Triple Crown champion — was the last race-time favorite to win the Derby when he did so in 2018 at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Derby winner Sovereignty's status is pending for the race as is the runner-up, whose trainer also said he'll wait to see how the colt emerges from the Run for the Roses before a decision is made