| 100% | FOR | 3 | "Run ___ the Roses" (Kentucky Derby nickname) |
| 64% | ROSES | 5 | The Run for the ___ (floral nickname for the Kentucky Derby) |
| 63% | RUN | 3 | ___ for the Roses (Kentucky Derby) |
| 59% | ROSES | 5 | Run for the ___ (Kentucky Derby) |
| 59% | HORSE | 5 | Kentucky Derby runner |
| 53% | RUNFORTHEROSES | 14 | With "The," nickname for the Kentucky Derby (4 wds.) |
| 53% | OAKS | 4 | Kentucky __, event before the Derby |
| 53% | RACE | 4 | The Kentucky Derby, for one |
| 53% | RACE | 4 | The Kentucky Derby, for example |
| 53% | HORSERACE | 9 | The Kentucky Derby, for example |
| 53% | RACE | 4 | The Kentucky Derby, e.g. |
| 53% | MAY | 3 | The Kentucky Derby's month |
| 52% | PETRA | 5 | The Rose City, so nicknamed for its pink sandstone |
| 51% | RACES | 5 | The Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes |
| 50% | AZRA | 4 | Kentucky Derby winner of the smallest field ever, a three horse race |
| 50% | AARON | 5 | Judge at the Home Run Derby |
| 50% | OOHS | 4 | Cries at the Home Run Derby |
| 50% | OUTHIT | 6 | Beat in the Home Run Derby |
| 49% | RACE | 4 | The Kentucky Derby or the Daytona 500, for example |
| 49% | ESPN | 4 | Channel that broadcasts the Home Run Derby |
| 48% | CURRAGH | 7 | The —, horse racecourse at which the Irish Derby is run |
| 48% | MAY | 3 | When the Kentucky Derby is held |
| 47% | PAAVO | 5 | ___ Nurmi, 1920s Olympic runner nicknamed the "Flying Finn" |
| 47% | SWAPS | 5 | Racehorse whose 1955 Kentucky Derby win kept Nashua from taking the Triple Crown |
| 47% | SOTO | 4 | Slugger Juan who won the 2022 Home Run Derby |
| 47% | BRYCE | 5 | Slugger Harper who won the 2018 Home Run Derby |
| 47% | ORB | 3 | Horse that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby |
| 46% | RACEGOER | 8 | One at the Kentucky Derby |
| 46% | JOCKEYED | 8 | Rode in the kentucky derby |
| 46% | HORSE | 5 | Animal in the Kentucky Derby |