The 2026 Kentucky Derby will go off later today at Churchill Downs.
If you're looking for the Kentucky Derby payouts on win, place, show, and more, we'll have them right here not long after the race goes official.
Kentucky Derby payouts
Kentucky Derby payouts are typically made available within minutes after the race is run. There are numerous ways to bet on the "Run for the Roses," including Kentucky Derby exacta, trifecta, and superfecta picks, as well as win, place, and show predictions.
Let's explain what each wager means:
- Kentucky Derby win: If you bet on a horse to win, and the horse finishes in first place.
- Kentucky Derby place: If you bet on a horse to finish in the Top 2. If the horse wins the race or the horse finishes in second, you win the bet.
- Kentucky Derby show: If you bet on a horse to finish in the Top 3. If the horse wins the race, finishes second or finishes third, you win the bet.
- Kentucky Derby exacta: An exacta bet is when you bet on a specific horse to finish first and a specific horse to finish second. To win, the horses must finish in that exact order.
- Kentucky Derby trifecta: A trifecta is like an exacta bet except with one extra leg. You must correctly pick the order in which the Top 3 horses cross the finish line.
- Kentucky Derby superfecta: A superfecta is along the same lines as an Exacta and Trifecta, except you must hit the Top 4 horses in correct order.
Obviously, with those exotic Kentucky Derby bets (exacta, trifecta, superfecta), the bigger the odds and the bigger the payouts will be, the more legs you add.
Here is what Kentucky Derby payouts look like for a standard $2 win bet. These are approximate payout figures.
- 1-5 odds: $2.40
- 2-5 odds: $2.80
- 1-2 odds: $3.00
- 3-5 odds: $3.20
- 4-5 odds: $3.60
- 1-1 odds: $4.00
- 6-5 odds: $4.40
- 7-5 odds: $4.80
- 3-2 odds: $5.00
- 8-5 odds: $5.20
- 9-5 odds: $5.60
- 2-1 odds: $6.00
- 5-2 odds: $7.00
- 3-1 odds: $8.00
- 7-2 odds: $9.00
- 4-1 odds: $10.00
- 9-2 odds: $11.00
- 5-1 odds: $12.00
- 6-1 odds: $14.00
- 7-1 odds: $16.00
- 8-1 odds: $18.00
- 9-1 odds: $20.00
- 10-1 odds: $22.00
- 15-1 odds: $32.00
- 20-1 odds: $42.00
- 30-1 odds: $62.00
- 50-1 odds: $102.00
Bet on horse racing now!
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