"It was Toby’s dream," a social media post says. The post came from the late Toby Keith's Instagram account, which says a horse he owned is running in the Kentucky Derby this year. Keith died last year in February after a battle with stomach cancer.

The horse starting out of gate 15 during Kentucky Derby 151 won't have the greatest odds of winning, but it does hold sentimental value.

Toby Keith, the late country music superstar, will be represented in the 2025 Kentucky Derby by longshot Render Judgment. Here's how it happened: