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Every 2025 Kentucky Derby horse shares bloodline with Secretariat

This year's Kentucky Derby field has a unique connection to one of the greatest horses in the race's history.

By Matt Reed

Jockey Jorge Chavez aboard, joined 1973 winner Secretariat as the only Derby champions to hit the wire in under two minutes.
Jockey Jorge Chavez aboard, joined 1973 winner Secretariat as the only Derby champions to hit the wire in under two minutes. / Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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The Kentucky Derby is the biggest draw in horse racing as the Triple Crown season starts in May, and this year's field of competitors on the dirt track all share a unique bloodline with one of the sport's greatest thoroughbreds.

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All of the horses entering the 2025 derby are descendants of famed Triple Crown winner Secretariat, who won the race in 1973 in a wire-to-wire victory that occurred in under two minutes.

The long list of potential winners this year is headlined by Journalism, who is the favorite coming into the derby.

The event always has a host of major celebrities at the Kentucky Derby, and this year social media star Livvy Dunne was there to get the festivities going with her "Riders up" message on Friday.

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