Betting on vibes? Check out the gray horses at the 2025 Derby — Final Gambit, Sandman, and Chunk of Gold. Find insights on odds and their unique stories.

No gray or roan horse has won the Derby since Giacomo in 2005. The last gray horse to even finish in the money was Essential Quality, which needed a disqualification to finish third in 2021.

Of the four gray or roan horses in this year’s race, Tapit Trice has the best odds and is the highest career earner so far with $883,650 via a 4-0-1 record in five starts.

"Silver Charm had lost most of his gray by the time he got here (and retired from stallion duties), but he was still speckled," said Blowen. "At 30 years old, he's all white.

Betting on vibes? Check out the gray horses at the 2025 Derby — Final Gambit, Sandman, and Chunk of Gold. Find insights on odds and their unique stories.

Scientists from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and Uppsala University in Sweden now understand why some gray horses turn completely white as they age ...

Of the 42 gray or roan horses to enter the Derby in that span, five have finished in the money. There are three options in the 2024 Derby field for anyone looking to “bet the gray.” Here is ...

The first horse, dappled gray with a blue metal stand, came to us 20 years ago from the swap shop at our town’s transfer station. A quick bounce, we thought, as we set our 2-year-old daughter in ...

An intronic copy number variation in Syntaxin 17 determines speed of greying and melanoma incidence in Grey horses. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51898-2; ...

Of the 118 gray or roan horses to enter the Derby since 1930, only eight have won the race. Three gray horses won the Derby between 1997 and 2005 but only one has finished better than third in the ...