The road to the 149th Kentucky Derby goes through these important prep races.
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Date |
Race |
Track |
Grade |
Distance |
Purse |
Winner |
Place |
Show |
Fourth |
Points |
9/17/22 |
Iroquois |
Churchill |
III |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Curly Jack |
Honed |
Jace's Road |
Hayes Strike |
10/4/3/2/1 |
9/24/22 |
Juddmonte Royal Lodge* |
Newmarket (GB) |
II |
1m (T) |
$135,625 |
The Foxes (IRE) |
Dubai Mile (IRE) |
Flying Honours (GB) |
Greenland (IRE) |
10/4/3/2/1 |
9/24/22 |
Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford* |
Curragh (IRE) |
II |
1m (T) |
$116,280 |
Crypto Force (GB) |
Adelaide River (IRE) |
Young Ireland (IRE) |
Roaring Gallagher (FR) |
10/4/3/2/1 |
10/1/22 |
Champagne |
Belmont (at Big A) |
I |
1m |
$500,000 |
Blazing Sevens |
Verifying |
Gulfport |
Andiamo a Firenze |
10/4/3/2/1 |
10/2/22 |
Qatar Prix de Jean Luc Lagardère* |
Longchamp (FR) |
I |
about 7f (T) |
$392,141 |
Belbek (FR) |
Gamestop (IRE) |
Breizh Sky (FR) |
Shartash (IRE) |
10/4/3/2/1 |
10/8/22 |
Breeders' Futurity |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/16m |
$600,000 |
Forte |
Loggins |
Red Route One |
Instant Coffee |
10/4/3/2/1 |
10/8/22 |
American Pharoah |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Cave Rock |
National Treasure |
Hejazi |
Gandolfini |
10/4/3/2/1 |
10/22/22 |
Vertem Futurity Trophy* |
Doncaster (GB) |
I |
1m (T) |
$225,967 |
Auguste Rodin (IRE) |
Epictetus (IRE) |
Holloway Boy (GB) |
Dancing Magic (IRE) |
10/4/3/2/1 |
11/4/22 |
BC Juvenile |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/16m |
$2,000,000 |
Forte |
Cave Rock |
National Treasure |
Blazing Sevens |
30/12/9/6/3 |
11/26/22 |
KY Jockey Club |
Churchill |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Instant Coffee |
Curly Jack |
Hayes Strike |
Red Route One |
10/4/3/2/1 |
11/26/22 |
Cattleya+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$218,417 |
Continuar (JPN) |
Mirror of Mind (JPN) |
Jasri (JPN) |
Plavi (JPN) |
10/4/3/2/1 |
12/3/22 |
Remsen |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Dubyuhnell |
Arctic Arrogance |
Tuskegee Airmen |
Quick to Accuse |
10/4/3/2/1 |
12/14/22 |
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun+ |
Kawasaki (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$526,615 |
Derma Sotogake (JPN) |
Omatsuri Otoko (JPN) |
Perriere (JPN) |
Hero Call (JPN) |
20/8/6/4/2 |
12/17/22 |
Los Alamitos Futurity |
Los Alamitos |
II |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Practical Move |
Carmel Road |
Fort Bragg |
Tall Boy |
10/4/3/2/1 |
12/17/22 |
Springboard Mile |
Remington |
|
1m |
$400,000 |
Wildatlanticstorm |
Giant Mischief |
Echo Again |
Gunflash |
10/4/3/2/1 |
12/26/22 |
Gun Runner |
Fair Grounds |
|
1 1/16m |
$100,000 |
Jace's Road |
Raise Cain |
Determinedly |
Hayes Strike |
10/4/3/2/1 |
1/1/23 |
Smarty Jones |
Oaklawn |
|
1m |
$250,000 |
Victory Formation |
Angel of Empire |
Denington |
Western Ghent |
10/4/3/2/1 |
1/7/23 |
Jerome |
Aqueduct |
|
1m |
$150,000 |
Lugan Knight |
Arctic Arrogance |
General Banker |
Neural Network |
10/4/3/2/1 |
1/8/23 |
Sham |
Santa Anita |
III |
1m |
$100,000 |
Reincarnate |
Newgate |
National Treasure |
Packs a Wahlop |
10/4/3/2/1 |
1/21/23 |
Lecomte |
Fair Grounds |
III |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Instant Coffee |
Two Phil's |
Confidence Game |
Denington |
20/8/6/4/2 |
1/28/23 |
Southwest |
Oaklawn |
III |
1 1/16m |
$750,000 |
Arabian Knight |
Red Route One |
Frosted Departure |
Sun Thunder |
20/8/6/4/2 |
2/4/23 |
Holy Bull |
Gulfstream |
III |
1 1/16m |
$250,000 |
Rocket Can |
Shadow Dragon |
West Coast Cowboy |
Legacy Isle |
20/8/6/4/2 |
2/4/23 |
Robert B. Lewis |
Santa Anita |
III |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Newgate |
Hard to Figure |
Worcester |
Arabian Lion |
20/8/6/4/2 |
2/11/23 |
Withers |
Aqueduct |
III |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Hit Show |
Arctic Arrogance |
General Banker |
Andiamo a Firenze |
20/8/6/4/2 |
2/11/23 |
Sam F. Davis |
Tampa Bay |
III |
1 1/16m |
$250,000 |
Litigate |
Groveland |
Classic Car Wash |
Classic Legacy |
20/8/6/4/2 |
2/11/23 |
El Camino Real Derby |
Golden Gate |
|
1 1/8m (S) |
$100,000 |
Chase the Chaos |
Gilmore |
Harcyn |
Passarando |
10/4/3/2/1 |
2/18/23 |
Risen Star |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 1/8m |
$400,000 |
Angel of Empire |
Sun Thunder |
Two Phil's |
Tapit's Conquest |
50/20/15/10/5 |
2/19/23 |
Hyacinth+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1 mile |
$269,848 |
Perriere (JPN) |
Z Lien (JPN) |
Eclogite (JPN) |
Great Sand Sea |
30/12/9/6/3 |
2/25/23 |
Rebel |
Oaklawn |
II |
1 1/16m |
$1,000,000 |
Confidence Game |
Red Route One |
Reincarnate |
Verifying |
50/20/15/10/5 |
3/3/23 |
Patton* |
Dundalk (IRE) |
|
1m (S) |
$37,600 |
Cairo (IRE) |
News At Ten (GB) |
Stormy Entry |
Cash Out (IRE) |
20/8/6/4/2 |
3/4/23 |
Fountain of Youth |
Gulfstream |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Forte |
Rocket Can |
Cyclone Mischief |
Mage |
50/20/15/10/5 |
3/4/23 |
San Felipe |
Santa Anita |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Practical Move |
Geaux Rocket Ride |
Skinner |
Hejazi |
50/20/15/10/5 |
3/4/23 |
Gotham |
Aqueduct |
III |
1m |
$300,000 |
Raise Cain |
Slip Mahoney |
General Banker |
Eyeing Clover |
50/20/15/10/5 |
3/4/23 |
John Battaglia Memorial |
Turfway |
|
1 1/16m (S) |
$150,000 |
Congruent |
Scoobie Quando |
Bromley |
Moon Landing |
20/8/6/4/2 |
3/11/23 |
Tampa Bay Derby |
Tampa Bay |
III |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Tapit Trice |
Classic Car Wash |
Classic Legacy |
Prairie Hawk |
50/20/15/10/5 |
3/15/23 |
Road to KY Derby Condition* |
Kempton (GB) |
|
1m (S) |
$72,954 |
Brave Emperor (IRE) |
Alzahir (FR) |
Tenjin (GB) |
Killybegs Warrior (IRE) |
20/8/6/4/2 |
3/25/23 |
Louisiana Derby |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 3/16m |
$1,000,000 |
Kingsbarns |
Disarm |
Jace's Road |
Shopper's Revenge |
100/40/30/20/10 |
3/25/23 |
UAE Derby |
Meydan (UAE) |
II |
1 3/16m |
$1,000,000 |
Derma Sotogake (JPN) |
Dura Erede (JPN) |
Continuar (JPN) |
Perriere (JPN) |
100/40/30/20/10 |
3/25/23 |
Jeff Ruby Steaks |
Turfway |
III |
1 1/8m (S) |
$700,000 |
Two Phil's |
Major Dude |
Funtastic Again |
Wadsworth |
100/40/30/20/10 |
3/25/23 |
Fukuryu+ |
Nakayama (JPN) |
|
1 1/8m |
$261,627 |
Mitono O (JPN) |
Mokku Mokku (JPN) |
Hero Call (JPN) |
Eifer Teio (JPN) |
40/16/12/8/4 |
3/26/23 |
Sunland Derby |
Sunland |
III |
1 1/8m |
$600,000 |
Wild On Ice |
Low Expectations |
Henry Q |
How Did He Do That |
50/20/15/10/5 |
4/1/23 |
Arkansas Derby |
Oaklawn |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,250,000 |
Angel of Empire |
King Russell |
Reincarnate |
Rocket Can |
100/40/30/20/10 |
4/1/23 |
Florida Derby |
Gulfstream |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Forte |
Mage |
Cyclone Mischief |
Mr. Ripple |
100/40/30/20/10 |
4/1/23 |
Cardinal Condition* |
Chelmsford City (GB) |
|
1m (S) |
$123,308 |
Bold Act (IRE) |
Brave Emperor (IRE) |
Killybegs Warrior (IRE) |
Iconic Moment (IRE) |
30/12/9/6/3 |
4/8/23 |
Blue Grass |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Tapit Trice |
Verifying |
Blazing Sevens |
Sun Thunder |
100/40/30/20/10 |
4/8/23 |
Santa Anita Derby |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/8m |
$750,000 |
Practical Move |
Mandarin Hero (JPN) |
Skinner |
National Treasure |
100/40/30/20/10 |
4/8/23 |
Wood Memorial |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$750,000 |
Lord Miles |
Hit Show |
Dreamlike |
Arctic Arrogance |
100/40/30/20/10 |
4/15/23 |
Lexington |
Keeneland |
III |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
First Mission |
Arabian Lion |
Disarm |
Denington |
20/8/6/4/2 |
5/6/23 |
Kentucky Derby |
Churchill |
I |
1 1/4m |
$3,000,000 |
Mage |
Two Phil's |
Angel of Empire |
Disarm |
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+ Japan Road to the Derby race
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