This is one of the most interesting years for Kentucky Derby (G1) starters, as there are many good horses set to go postward on May 7.
Who on the list below, the leaderboard for points for the Derby, will make up the field for the 148th running is yet to be decided, but some with enough points will likely drop out.
Horses such as CLASSIC CAUSEWAY, FANTASTIC KINGDOM, EMMANUEL and perhaps MORELLO might be out of Derby consideration (Canadian Thoroughbred has marked these with *).
Pioneer of Medina, third in the Louisiana Derby, could be the 20th horse in the gate – but again, the Derby is four weeks away.
Who is your Derby horse?
1. Epicenter 164 Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Joan & Ron Winchell) Steve Asmussen $940,000
2. Zandon 114 Jeff Drown Chad Brown $663,500
3. White Abarrio 112 C2 Racing Stable LLC (Clint Cornett) & La Milagrosa Stable LLC (Antonio Pagnano) Saffie Joseph Jr. $769,650
4. Mo Donegal 112 Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford et al) Todd Pletcher $561,500
5. Tiz the Bomb 110 Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek et al) Kenny McPeek $1,012,610
6. Cyberknife 100 Gold Square LLC (Abraham Gold) Brad Cox $752,000
7. Crown Pride (JPN) 100 Teruya Yoshida Koichi Shintani $671,544
8. Taiba 100 Zedan Racing Stables Inc. (Amr Zedan) Tim Yakteen $450,000
9. Simplification 74 Tami Bobo Antonio Sano $482,150
10. Smile Happy 70 Lucky Seven Stable (Michael J. Mackin) Kenny McPeek $499,410
*11. Classic Causeway 66 Kentucky West Racing LLC (Patrick O’Keefe) & Clarke M. Cooper Brian Lynch $466,100
12. Slow Down Andy 60 Reddam Racing LLC (J. Paul Reddam) Doug O’Neill $475,000
13. Barber Road 58 WSS Racing LLC (William Simon) John Ortiz $589,700
14. Un Ojo 54 Cypress Creek Equine (Kevin Moody) & Whispering Oaks FarmLLC (Carrol Castille) Ricky Courville $661,250
*15. Forbidden Kingdom 50 MyRacehorse (Michael Behrens) and Spendthrift Farm LLC (Eric Gustavason) Richard Mandella $392,500
16. Early Voting 50 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klarman) Chad Brown $277,500
*17. Morello 50 Diamond T Racing (Jason Taylor), Blue Lion Thoroughbreds (David Lyon) & Craig Taylor Steve Asmussen $242,500
18. Messier 40 SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy), Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf), Madaket Stables LLC (Sol Kumin), Robert E. Masterson, Jay A. Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC (W. Gregg Slager), Catherine M. Donovan, Golconda Stable (Ben Goldberg & Elliot Friman), Siena Farm LLC (Anthony Manganaro) Tim Yakteen $390,000
19. Zozos 40 Barry & Joni Butzow Brad Cox $200,000 Career: $291,200
20. $-Summer Is Tomorrow 40 Michael Hilary Burke & Negar Burke Bhupat Seemar $200,000 Career: $267,606
21. Charge It 40 Whisper Hill Farm (Amanda Pope) Todd Pletcher $188,000
22. Tawny Port 40 Peachtree Stable (John Fort) Brad Cox $122,000
*23. Happy Jack 30 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Doug O’Neill $142,000
24. Pioneer of Medina 25 Sumaya U. S. Stables (Oussama Aboughazale) Todd Pletcher $116,000
*25. Emmanuel 25 WinStar Farm (Kenny Troutt) & Siena Farm LLC (Anthony Manganaro, Ignacio Patino & David Pope) Todd Pletcher $111,700
26. Grantham 21 Three Diamonds Farm (Kirk, Debra & Jordan Wycoff) Mike Maker $85,000
27. Rich Strike 21 RED TR-Racing LLC (Richard Dawson) Eric Reed $74,500
*28. Rattle N Roll 20 Lucky Seven Stable (Michael J. Mackin) Kenny McPeek $356,500
*29. Ethereal Road 20 Julie Gilbert & Aaron Sones Wayne Lukas $212,500
30. $-Bye Bye Bobby 20 B4 Farms LLC Todd Fincher $176,700
31. Skippylongstocking 20 Daniel Alonso Saffie Joseph Jr. $86,350
32. In Due Time 20 Edge Racing (John Moran), Medallion Racing (Phillip Shelton) & Parkland Thoroughbreds (Steve Weston) Kelly Breen $76,800
KENTUCKY OAKS POINTS
# Horse Points Non-Restricted Stakes Earnings Career Earnings
1 Kathleen O. 150 $335,730 $379,730
2 Echo Zulu 130 $1,665,000 $1,720,000
3 Nest 120 $573,550 $623,050
4 Yuugiri 114 $508,050 $543,610
5 Desert Dawn 108 $328,000 $378,400
6 Nostalgic 101 $153,500 $235,400
7 Venti Valentine 94 $237,500 $416,250
8 Secret Oath 80 $436,707 $590,167
9 Goddess of Fire 62 $154,375 $209,375
10 Turnerloose 60 $516,700 $547,300
11 Hidden Connection 57 $369,525 $399,525
12 Cocktail Moments 52 $145,100 $214,560
13 Candy Raid 51 $154,320 $191,400
14 Cleopatras Charge 50 $182,250 $195,406
15 Shahama 50 $180,000 $223,484
16 Shotgun Hottie 41 $139,000 $214,720
17 Adare Manor 40 $200,000 $256,600
18 Ain’t Easy e 40 $180,000 $222,000
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