The road to the 144th Kentucky Derby goes through these important prep races.
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Date |
Race |
Track |
Grade |
Distance |
Purse |
Winner |
Place |
Show |
Fourth |
Points |
9/16/17 |
Iroquois |
Churchill |
III |
1 1/16m |
$150,000 |
The Tabulator |
Hollywood Star |
Ten City |
Ebben |
10/4/2/1 |
9/24/17 |
Juddmonte Beresford* |
Naas (IRE) |
II |
1m (T) |
€120,000 |
Saxon Warrior (JPN) |
Delano Roosevelt (IRE) |
Warm The Voice (IRE) |
Kew Gardens (IRE) |
10/4/2/1 |
9/30/17 |
Frontrunner |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Bolt d'Oro |
Solomini |
Take the One O One |
Ayacara (GB) |
10/4/2/1 |
9/30/17 |
Juddmonte Royal Lodge* |
Newmarket (GB) |
II |
1m (T) |
$97,020 |
Roaring Lion |
Nelson (IRE) |
Mildenberger (GB) |
Petrus (IRE) |
10/4/2/1 |
10/1/17 |
Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère* |
Chantilly (FR) |
I |
1m (T) |
$300,000 |
Happily (IRE) |
Olmedo (FR) |
Masar (IRE) |
Woodmax (GER) |
10/4/2/1 |
10/7/17 |
Breeders' Futurity |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/16m |
$500,000 |
Free Drop Billy |
Bravazo |
Lone Sailor |
Lionite |
10/4/2/1 |
10/7/17 |
Champagne |
Belmont |
I |
1m |
$500,000 |
Firenze Fire |
Good Magic |
Enticed |
Kowboy Karma |
10/4/2/1 |
10/28/17 |
Racing Post Trophy* |
Doncaster (GB) |
I |
1m (T) |
€215,500 |
Saxon Warrior (JPN) |
Roaring Lion |
The Pentagon (IRE) |
Verbal Dexterity (IRE) |
10/4/2/1 |
11/4/17 |
BC Juvenile |
Del Mar |
I |
1 1/16m |
$2,000,000 |
Good Magic |
Solomini |
Bolt d'Oro |
Givemeaminit |
20/8/4/2 |
11/25/17 |
KY Jockey Club |
Churchill |
II |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Enticed |
Tiz Mischief |
Promises Fulfilled |
High North |
10/4/2/1 |
11/25/17 |
Cattleya Sho+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$170,240 |
Ruggero (JPN) |
Mic Ben Hur (JPN) |
Meiner Yukitsubaki (JPN) |
Bronze Kay (JPN) |
10/4/2/1 |
12/2/17 |
Remsen |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Catholic Boy |
Avery Island |
Vouch |
Alkhaatam |
10/4/2/1 |
12/9/17 |
Los Alamitos Futurity |
Los Alamitos |
I |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
McKinzie |
Instilled Regard |
Solomini |
For Him |
10/4/2/1 |
12/13/17 |
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun+ |
Kawasaki (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$524,000 |
Le Vent Se Leve (JPN) |
Don Fortis (JPN) |
Haseno Pyro (JPN) |
Dark Repulser (JPN) |
10/4/2/1 |
12/17/17 |
Springboard Mile |
Remington |
|
1m |
$400,000 |
Greyvitos |
Combatant |
Kingsville |
Night Strike |
10/4/2/1 |
1/6/18 |
Sham |
Santa Anita |
III |
1m |
$100,000 |
McKinzie |
All Out Blitz |
My Boy Jack |
Shivermetimbers |
10/4/2/1 |
1/13/18 |
Jerome |
Aqueduct |
|
1m |
$150,000 |
Firenze Fire |
Seven Trumpets |
Coltandmississippi |
Regalian |
10/4/2/1 |
1/13/18 |
LeComte |
Fair Grounds |
III |
1m70y |
$200,000 |
Instilled Regard |
Princpe Guilherme |
Snapper Sinclair |
Zing Zang |
10/4/2/1 |
1/15/18 |
Smarty Jones |
Oaklawn |
|
1m |
$150,000 |
Mourinho |
Combatant |
Tap Daddy |
Bode's Maker |
10/4/2/1 |
2/3/18 |
Holy Bull |
Gulfstream |
II |
1 1/16m |
$350,000 |
Audible |
Free Drop Billy |
Tiz Mischief |
Enticed |
10/4/2/1 |
2/3/18 |
Withers |
Aqueduct |
III |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Avery Island |
Firenze Fire |
Marconi |
Coltandmississippi |
10/4/2/1 |
2/3/18 |
Robert B. Lewis |
Santa Anita |
III |
1 1/16m |
$150,000 |
Lombo |
Ayacara (GB) |
Dark Vader |
Regulate |
10/4/2/1 |
2/10/18 |
Sam F. Davis |
Tampa Bay |
III |
1 1/16m |
$250,000 |
Flameaway |
Catholic Boy |
Vino Rosso |
Hollywood Star |
10/4/2/1 |
2/17/18 |
El Camino Real Derby |
Golden Gate |
|
1 1/8m (S) |
$100,000 |
Paved |
City Plan |
Blended Citizen |
Mugaritz |
10/4/2/1 |
2/17/18 |
Risen Star |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Bravazo |
Snapper Sinclair |
Noble Indy |
Instilled Regard |
50/20/10/5 |
2/18/18 |
Hyacinth+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1 mile |
$307,000 |
Sumahama (JPN) |
Taiki Ferveur (JPN) |
Ruggero (JPN) |
Foggy Night (JPN) |
30/12/6/3 |
2/19/18 |
Southwest |
Oaklawn |
III |
1 1/16m |
$500,000 |
My Boy Jack |
Combatant |
Sporting Chance |
Mourinho |
10/4/2/1 |
3/3/18 |
Fountain of Youth |
Gulfstream |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Promises Fulfilled |
Strike Power |
Good Magic |
Machismo |
50/20/10/5 |
3/7/18 |
Road to KY Derby Condition* |
Kempton (GB) |
|
1m (S) |
$94,500 |
Gronkowski |
Courthouse (IRE) |
Fortune's Pearl (IRE) |
Ventura Knight (IRE) |
20/8/4/2 |
3/9/18 |
Patton* |
Dundalk (IRE) |
|
1m (S) |
$52,000 |
Mendelssohn |
Threeandfourpence |
Seahenge |
Blackgold Fairy |
20/8/4/2 |
3/10/18 |
Gotham |
Aqueduct |
III |
1m |
$300,000 |
Enticed |
Old Time Revival |
Free Drop Billy |
Firenze Fire |
50/20/10/5 |
3/10/18 |
San Felipe |
Santa Anita |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Bolt d'Oro |
McKinzie |
Kanthaka |
Peace |
50/20/10/5 |
3/10/18 |
Tampa Bay Derby |
Tampa Bay |
II |
1 1/16m |
$350,000 |
Quip |
Flameaway |
World of Trouble |
Vino Rosso |
50/20/10/5 |
3/17/18 |
Rebel |
Oaklawn |
II |
1 1/16m |
$900,000 |
Magnum Moon |
Solomini |
Combatant |
Title Ready |
50/20/10/5 |
3/17/18 |
Jeff Ruby Steaks |
Turfway |
III |
1 1/8m (S) |
$200,000 |
Blended Citizen |
Pony Up |
Arawak |
Zanesville |
20/8/4/2 |
3/24/18 |
Louisiana Derby |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Noble Indy |
Lone Sailor |
My Boy Jack |
Givemeaminit |
100/40/20/10 |
3/25/18 |
Sunland Derby |
Sunland |
III |
1 1/8m |
$800,000 |
Runaway Ghost |
Dream Baby Dream |
Peace |
Seven Trumpets |
50/20/10/5 |
3/30/18 |
Burradon* |
Newcastle (GB) |
|
about 1m (S) |
£100,000 |
Gronkowski |
Iconic Sunset |
Dark Acclaim |
Purser |
30/12/6/3 |
3/31/18 |
UAE Derby |
Meydan (UAE) |
II |
1 3/16m |
$2,000,000 |
Mendelssohn |
Rayya |
Reride |
Gold Town (GB) |
100/40/20/10 |
3/31/18 |
Florida Derby |
Gulfstream |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,100,000 |
Audible |
Hofburg |
Mississippi |
Catholic Boy |
100/40/20/10 |
4/7/18 |
Wood Memorial |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$750,000 |
Vino Rosso |
Enticed |
Restoring Hope |
Firenze Fire |
100/40/20/10 |
4/7/18 |
Santa Anita Derby |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Justify |
Bolt d'Oro |
Core Beliefs |
Instilled Regard |
100/40/20/10 |
4/7/18 |
Blue Grass |
Keeneland |
II |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Good Magic |
Flameaway |
Free Drop Billy |
Sporting Chance |
100/40/20/10 |
4/14/18 |
Arkansas Derby |
Oaklawn |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Magnum Moon |
Quip |
Solomini |
Combatant |
100/40/20/10 |
4/14/18 |
Lexington |
Keeneland |
III |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
My Boy Jack |
Telekinesis |
Pony Up |
Greyvitos |
20/8/4/2 |
5/5/18 |
Kentucky Derby |
Churchill |
I |
1 1/4m |
$2,000,000 |
Justify |
Good Magic |
Audible |
Instilled Regard |
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