Leaderboard
Updated: Sunday, March 23, 2014
HOW TO GET INTO THE KENTUCKY DERBY STARTING GATE – The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by TwinSpires.com is a 34-race series that
awards points to the Top 4 finishers in each race. The Top 20 point earners will earn a spot in the starting gate for the 140th running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby
Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) on Saturday, May 3, 2014. The Kentucky Derby field has been limited to 20 starters since 1975. At least 20 horses have entered the
1 ¼-mile race for 3-year-olds every year since 2004, and 13 of the last 15 years.
Rank
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Horse
We Miss Artie
Samraat
Hoppertunity
Chitu
Intense Holiday
Points
60
60
55
54
53
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
t-11.
Midnight Hawk
Wildcat Red
Ring Weekend
California Chrome
Tapiture
Albano
52
50
50
50
42
24
t-11.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
Uncle Sigh
Vinceremos
Vicar’s in Trouble
General a Rod
Ride On Curlin
Havana
24
20
20
20
15
14
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
Cairo Prince
Kristo
Coastline
Tamarando
Strong Mandate
Rise Up
Candy Boy
In Trouble
Noble Moon
Ami’s Holiday
Tanzanite Cat
Commissioner
Cleburne
Surfing U S A
Conquest Titan
Casiguapo
Financial Mogul
Classic Giacnroll
East Hall
Asserting Bear
Schoolofhardrocks
Scotland
Big Bazinga
Laddie Boy
Smart Cover
Enterprising
Arctic Slope
Wicked Strong
Gold Hawk
Awesome Sky
14
14
13
12
11
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
48.
49.
50.
Diamond Bachelor
Rum Point
Almost Famous
1
1
1
Owner(s)
Ken & Sarah Ramsey
My Meadowview Farm (Leonard Riggio)
Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman
Tanma Corporation (Susan Chu)
Starlight Racing (Jack & Laurie Wolf & Donald & Barbara Lucarelli)
Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (John Sikura),
Mike Kitchen, Mike Pegram, Mike Tice & Joel Quenneville
Honors Stable Corp.
St. Elias Stable & West Point Thoroughbreds
Steven Coburn & Perry Martin
Ron Winchell
Brereton C. Jones
Wounded Warrior Stables (George “Chip” McEwen) &
Anthony C. Robertson
WinStar Farm & Twin Creeks Racing Stables LLC
Ken & Sarah Ramsey
J. Armando Rodriguez
Daniel J. Dougherty
Michael Tabor, John Magnier & Derrick Smith
Godolphin (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum et al),
Namcook Stables (Terry Murray), Paul Braverman, Harvey Clarke &
Craig Robertson III
Hronis Racing, LLC (Kosta Hronis)
John C. Oxley
Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams
Robert C. Baker & William L. Mack
Paul and Andrena Van Doren
C R K Stable LLC (Lee and Susan Searing)
Team D
Treadway Racing Stable (Jeff Treadway)
Ivan Dalos
James L. & Ywachetta H. Driver
WinStar Farm LLC
Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford et al)
George Bolton & Stonestreet Stables LLC (Barbara Banke)
Conquest Stables LLC (Ernie Semersky & Dory Newell)
All American Horses (Jorge Wagner)
Klaravich Stables Inc. & William H. Lawrence
Lisa Guerrero & Joseph E. Besecker
H. Jack Hendricks & Roger Justice
Bear Stables LTD
Amerman Racing LLC
Harvey Clarke, Paul Braverman & Team D
Derby Dreamers Racing Stable
Kevin Jacobsen
Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford et al)
Glen Hill Farm (Leonard Lavin)
Shortleaf Stable, Inc. (John Ed Anthony)
Centennial Farms (Don Little Jr.)
Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC (Ron Winchell)
John C. Oxley
Diamond 100 Racing Club LLC (Kin Hui), Mrs. Susan
Magnier &Robert Trussel
Reddam Racing, LLC (J. Paul Reddam)
Chuck & Maribeth Sanford LLC
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Trainer
Todd Pletcher
Rick Violette Jr.
Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert
Todd Pletcher
Non-Restricted
Stakes Earnings
$544,000
$450,000
$376,000
$440,000
$327,500
Bob Baffert
Jose Garrofalo
Graham Motion
Art Sherman
Steve Asmussen
Larry Jones
$320,000
$410,000
$210,000
$182,250
$420,738
$150,000
Gary Contessa
Todd Pletcher
Mike Maker
Mike Maker
Billy Gowan
Todd Pletcher
$150,000
$190,000
$160,000
$140,000
$154,387
$660,000
Kiaran McLaughlin
John Sadler
Mark Casse
Jerry Hollendorfer
D. Wayne Lukas
Tom Amoss
John Sadler
Tony Dutrow
Leah Gyarmati
Josie Carroll
Cody Autrey
Todd Pletcher
Dale Romans
Todd Pletcher
Mark Casse
Mario Morales
Rick Violette Jr.
Lisa Guerrero
Bill Kaplan
Reade Baker
David Hofmans
Tony Dutrow
Katerina Vassilieva
Chuck Peery
Dale Romans
Tom Proctor
Kenny McPeek
Jimmy Jerkens
Steve Asmussen
Mark Casse
$470,000
$56,000
$129,679
$495,000
$472,500
$786,633
$260,000
$170,000
$145,000
$136,145
$111,000
$104,000
$102,044
$35,000
$180,945
$271,050
$93,000
$62,500
$47,550
$31,432
$18,000
$45,000
$44,649
$42,599
$38,418
$138,800
$47,252
$40,000
$28,000
$16,819
Patrick Biancone
Doug O’Neill
Pat Byrne
$96,770
$30,250
$28,579
Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard
Sunday, March 23, 2014
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Rank
51.
52.
53.
54.
Horse
Matuszak
Son of a Preacher
Buck Magic
I’ll Wrap It Up
Points
1
1
1
1
Owner(s)
George J. Prussian
Terra Di Sienna Stables (Sal & Colleen Simeone)
Katherine G. Ball
Daniel Kramer & WestsideRentals.com (Mark Verge)
Trainer
Bill Mott
Bret Calhoun
Dave Fawkes
Doug O’Neill
Non-Restricted
Stakes Earnings
$22,667
$11,500
$8,410
$6,000
NOTE: Bold-face indicates horses that earned points and/or non-restricted graded stakes earnings in previous week and/or entered to run in stakes engagement.
SIDELINED / INACTIVE / NOT TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATED – Harry’s Holiday (20, $150,956), Honor Code (14, $340,000), Bond Holder (11,
$333,000), New Year’s Day (10, $1,100,000), Top Billing (10, $40,000), Dance With Fate (8, $150,000), Rebranded (5, $X), Smarty’s Echo (4, $82,000), Walt (4,
$45,857), Go Greeley (2, $220,601), Roman Unbridled (2, $113,000), Rankhasprivileges (2, $100,250), Ontology (2, $77,250), Can the Man (1, $111,000) and Puppy
Manners (1, $18,000)
TIEBREAKERS – If two or more horses have the same number of points, the tiebreaker is earnings in non-restricted stakes races.
FILLIES – If a filly wants to run in the Kentucky Derby she can, but she’ll have to earn her way into the field by accumulating points against open company just like the
rest of the colts and geldings and be nominated to the Triple Crown. Additionally, any points earned by a filly in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series against open
company will be credited to her point total in the “Road to the Kentucky Oaks” series.
DEAD-HEATS – In the event of a dead-heat (tie) in a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” race, those horses will divide equally the points they would have received jointly
had one beaten the other.
SPLIT DIVISIONS – In the event a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” race is split into divisions and each division awards its originally published purse money, points will
be awarded as scheduled for each division. If the originally published purse is halved for each division, points will be halved as well.
NOMINATIONS – Horses born in 2011 can be made eligible to run in this year’s Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown with a $600 early payment due by Saturday, Jan.
25, 2014. A late period for nominations at $6,000 each will close Saturday, March 22, 2014. In addition to the Triple Crown nomination fee, owners must pay $25,000 to
enter the Derby by 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, and an additional $25,000 to start. A horse may be supplemented for $200,000.
POST POSITION DRAW – The Kentucky Derby post position draw – a traditional “pill pull” in which horses’ entry blanks are pulled simultaneously with a
numbered pill to determine what stall a horse will break from the starting gate – will be held at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at 5 p.m. ET (Live on
NBC Sports Network). Up to 24 horses may enter the race and four horses can be listed as “also eligible” and would be ranked in order accordingly; they could draw into
the field should any horse(s) be scratched before scratch time on Friday, May 2, 2014 at 9 a.m. ET.
PRIZE MONEY – The Kentucky Derby winner will receive a gold trophy plus an estimated $1.24 million payday. A total of $400,000 will be awarded to the runner-up,
$200,000 to third, $100,000 to fourth and $60,000 to fifth.
BACKGROUND – Churchill Downs abandoned the graded stakes earnings criteria for the 2013 Kentucky Derby (used from 1986-2012) and proactively adopted a
tiered point system to determine which horses would have preference for America’s greatest race. Today, a sliding scale of points is awarded to the Top 4 finishers in
select races, and at the series’ end, the Top 20 point earners get first crack to start in the Kentucky Derby.
METRICS – Year-over-year betting on “Kentucky Derby Championship Series” races in 2013 increased 7% or $2.6 million to $39.6 million. Despite heavy rainfall
throughout Kentucky Derby Day itself, Churchill Downs had record off-track wagering ($163.5 million), the second-highest all-sources betting handle in Derby history
($184.6 million) and a 9% jump in viewership on NBC to 16.2 million.
ABOUT THE DERBY – To have a horse draped in the garland of roses while raising the solid gold trophy high atop the Kentucky Derby winner’s stand is the Holy
Grail for horsemen around the world. Restricted to 3-year-old Thoroughbreds, horses only have one chance to win the Kentucky Derby, and it’s quite an
accomplishment just to receive a berth in the starting gate. Approximately 25,500 Thoroughbreds were foaled in North America three years ago in 2011, and if history is
any indication, about one percent of the crop will be nominated to next spring’s Triple Crown. Only 20 will be allowed to “Run for the Roses,” as the Derby field has
been limited to 20 starters since 1975. At least 20 horses have entered the race since 2004, and 13 of the last 15 years. Once a horse earns its coveted Kentucky Derby
berth, it, in most cases, will race the extended 1 ¼-mile distance for the first time. A combination of speed and the stamina it takes to complete the final eighth of a mile
in the Derby often determines a win or loss.
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2013-14 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY
34 Races (16 Championship Series Races)
Kentucky Derby Prep Season (18 races)
Date
Sept. 7
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 5
Oct. 6
Nov. 2
Nov. 23
Nov. 30
Nov. 30
Jan. 4
Jan. 11
Jan. 18
Jan. 20
Jan. 25
Feb. 1
Feb. 8
Feb. 15
Feb. 17
Race
Iroquois
FrontRunner
Champagne
Breeders’ Futurity
Grey
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Delta Downs Jackpot
Remsen
Kentucky Jockey Club
Jerome
Sham
Lecomte
Smarty Jones
Holy Bull
Withers
Robert B. Lewis
El Camino Real Derby
Southwest
Racetrack
Churchill Downs
Santa Anita
Belmont Park
Keeneland
Woodbine
Santa Anita
Delta Downs
Aqueduct
Churchill Downs
Aqueduct
Santa Anita
Fair Grounds
Oaklawn Park
Gulfstream Park
Aqueduct
Santa Anita
Golden Gate
Oaklawn Park
Distance
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 Mile
1 1/16 Miles (S)
1 1/16 Miles (S)
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 Mile 70 Yards
1 Mile
1 Mile 70 Yards
1 Mile
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/8 Miles (S)
1 1/16 Miles
1st
Cleburne (10)
Bond Holder (10)
Havana (10)
We Miss Artie (10)
Ami’s Holiday (10)
New Year’s Day (10)
Rise Up (10)
Honor Code (10)
Tapiture (10)
Noble Moon (10)
Midnight Hawk (10)
Vicar’s in Trouble (10)
Tanzanite Cat (10)
Cairo Prince (10)
Samraat (10)
Candy Boy (10)
Tamarando (10)
Tapiture (10)
2nd
Smart Cover (4)
Dance With Fate (4)
Honor Code (4)
Smarty’s Echo (4)
Big Bazinga (4)
Havana (4)
Casiguapo (4)
Cairo Prince (4)
Laddie Boy (4)
Classic Giacnroll (4)
Kristo (4)
Albano (4)
Walt (4)
Conquest Titan (4)
Uncle Sigh (4)
Chitu (4)
Dance With Fate (4)
Strong Mandate (4)
3rd
Tapiture (2)
Tamarando (2)
Ride On Curlin (2)
Arctic Slope (2)
Go Greeley (2)
Strong Mandate (2)
Rankhasprivileges (2)
Wicked Strong (2)
Awesome Sky (2)
Scotland (2)
Ontology (2)
Gold Hawk (2)
Coastline (2)
Intense Holiday (2)
Scotland (2)
Midnight Hawk (2)
Enterprising (2)
Ride On Curlin (2)
4th
Ride On Curlin (1)
Can the Man (1)
Casiguapo (1)
Rum Point (1)
Bond Holder (1)
Roman Unbridled (1)
Intense Holiday (1)
Buck Magic (1)
Matuszak (1)
I’ll Wrap It Up (1)
Roman Unbridled (1)
Son of a Preacher (1)
Almost Famous (1)
Classic Giacnroll (1)
2nd
General a Rod (20)
Albano (20)
Uncle Sigh (20)
Midnight Hawk (20)
Vinceremos (20)
Tapiture (20)
Harry’s Holiday (20)
Midnight Hawk (20)
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
4
3rd
Top Billing (10)
4th
East Hall (5)
Hoppertunity (5)
Financial Mogul (5)
Diamond Bachelor (1)
Puppy Manners (1)
Coastline (1)
Kentucky Derby Championship Series (16 races)
Date
Feb. 22
Feb. 22
March 1
March 8
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 23
March 29
March 29
March 29
April 5
April 5
April 12
April 12
April 19
Race
Fountain of Youth
Risen Star
Gotham
San Felipe
Tampa Bay Derby
Rebel
Spiral
Sunland Derby
Florida Derby
Louisiana Derby
UAE Derby
Wood Memorial
Santa Anita Derby
Arkansas Derby
Blue Grass
Lexington
Racetrack
Gulfstream Park
Fair Grounds
Aqueduct
Santa Anita
Tampa Bay Downs
Oaklawn Park
Turfway Park
Sunland Park
Gulfstream Park
Fair Grounds
Meydan Racecourse
Aqueduct
Santa Anita
Oaklawn Park
Keeneland
Keeneland
Distance
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/8 Miles (S)
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/8 Miles
1 3/16 Miles (S)
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/8 Miles
1 1/8 Miles (S)
1 1/16 Miles (S)
1st
Wildcat Red (50)
Intense Holiday (50)
Samraat (50)
California Chrome (50)
Ring Weekend (50)
Hoppertunity (50)
We Miss Artie (50)
Chitu (50)
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
10
Vicar’s in Trouble (10)
In Trouble (10)
Kristo (10)
Surfing U S A (10)
Ride On Curlin (10)
Coastline (10)
Commissioner (10)
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
2
Schoolofhardrocks (5)
Conquest Titan (5)
Strong Mandate (5)
Asserting Bear (5)
Rebranded (5)
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
1
2013-14 Changes
Date
Sept. 7
Sept. 28
Dec. 14
Jan. 4
Feb. 1
April 19
April 26
Race
Iroquois
Royal Lodge
CashCall Futurity
Jerome
Sam F. Davis
Lexington
Derby Trial
Racetrack
Churchill Downs
Newmarket
Betfair Hollywood Park
Aqueduct
Tampa Bay Downs
Keeneland
Churchill Downs
Distance
1 1/16 Miles
1 Mile (T)
1 1/16 Miles (S)
1 Mile 70 Yards
1 1/16 Miles
1 1/16 Miles (S)
1 Mile
Top 4 Points
10-4-2-1
0-0-0-0
0-0-0-0
10-4-2-1
0-0-0-0
10-4-2-1
0-0-0-0
Change
Added
Removed (10-4-2-1)
Removed (10-4-2-1)
Added
Removed (10-4-2-1)
Formerly 20-8-4-2
Removed (20-8-4-2)