Rival trainers and horse racing insiders talk about what the return of Bob Baffert means for the 2025 Kentucky Derby.

Saturday’s field was set through the Road to the Kentucky Derby, a collection of races that paid points toward qualifying. Neoequos and Render Judgment are in the field because horses ahead of them were injured, including Florida Derby winner Tappan Street, or passed on the opportunity.

Bob Baffert is back at the Kentucky Derby for the first time in four years, having served his punishment for Medina Spirit’s failed drug test and coming to the place where he’s won a record-tying six times.