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Get up to speed on how to bet on the Kentucky Derby in 2025, including what states allow online horse betting, the best Kentucky Derby betting apps, and types of bets to place.

According to the Lexington Herald Leader, of the 2022 crop of foals (the year the horses that will compete in this year's Kentucky Derby were born), 7,754 of the 18,700 North American foals were born in Kentucky. Among the 20 horses in this year's Derby, all but two were born in Kentucky.