The $2-million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) is scheduled for May 2 at Churchill Downs.
The race is restricted to 20 starters with preference given to horses with the highest earnings in graded stakes races. There is one exception to that preference: Mafaaz, the winner of a Churchill Downs-sponsored race on March 18 at Kempton Park in England, will be guaranteed a spot in the starting gate for the 135th Kentucky Derby, if his owner decides to ship him to Churchill for the race.
Rank | Horse | Trainer | Graded stakes earnings |
1. | Stardom Bound (f) | Bobby Frankel | $1,810,000 |
2. | Regal Ransom | Saeed bin Suroor | $1,250,000 |
3. | Pioneerof the | Bob Baffert | $1,193,250 |
4. | Square Eddie | Doug O'Neill | $774,981 |
5. | I Want Revenge | Jeff Mullins | $774,000 |
6. | Papa Clem | | $760,000 |
7. | Desert Party | Saeed bin Suroor | $641,667 |
8. | Quality Road | James Jerkens | $600,000 |
9. | General Quarters | Tom McCarthy | $595,645 |
10. | Friesan Fire | J. Larry Jones | $570,465 |
11. | Musket Man | Derek Ryan | $485,000 |
12. | Big Drama | David Fawkes | $480,000 |
13. | Terrain | Albert Stall Jr. | $448,330 |
14. | Hold Me Back | Bill Mott | $438,000 |
15. | | Kelly Breen | $385,160 |
16. | Chocolate Candy | Jerry Hollendorfer | $370,000 |
17. | Capt. Candyman Can | Ian Wilkes | $306,945 |
18. | Win Willy | McLean Robertson | $230,000 |
19. | | Todd Pletcher | $211,000 |
20. | Giant Oak | Chris Block | $169,256 |
21. | | Todd Pletcher | $150,000 |
22. | Mine That Bird | Bennie Woolley | $138,705 |
23. | Beethoven | John T. Ward | $132,494 |
24. | Flying Private | D. Wayne Lukas | $124,000 |
25. | Mr. Hot Stuff | Eoin Harty | $114,000 |
26. | Summer Bird | Tim Ice | $100,000 |
27. | This Ones for Phil | Richard Dutrow Jr. | $97,500 |
28. | Join in the Dance | Todd Pletcher | $90,000 |
29. | Take the Points | Todd Pletcher | $85,000 |
30. | Atomic Rain | Kelly Breen | $77,500 |
31. | Just a Coincidence | Nick Zito | $75,000 |
32. | Imperial Council | Shug McGaughey | $72,500 |