The road to the 150th Kentucky Derby goes through these important prep races.
Click the race names in green to view the race replay.
| Date |
Race |
Track |
Grade |
Distance |
Purse |
Winner |
Place |
Show |
Fourth |
Points |
| 9/16/23 |
Iroquois |
Churchill |
III |
1m |
$300,000 |
West Saratoga |
Risk It |
Liberal Arts |
Seize the Grey |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 9/23/23 |
Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford* |
Curragh (IRE) |
II |
1m (T) |
$112,800 |
Deepone (GB) |
Chief Little Rock (IRE) |
Grosvenor Square (IRE) |
Navy Seal (IRE) |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 9/30/23 |
Juddmonte Royal Lodge* |
Newmarket (GB) |
II |
1m (T) |
$122,964 |
Ghostwriter (IRE) |
Al Musmak (IRE) |
Capulet |
Macduff (GB) |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/1/23 |
Qatar Prix de Jean Luc Lagardère* |
Longchamp (FR) |
I |
about 7f (T) |
$400,000 |
Rosallion (IRE) |
Unquestionable (FR) |
Beuvatier (FR) |
Henry Adams (IRE) |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/7/23 |
Breeders' Futurity |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/16m |
$600,000 |
Locked |
The Wine Steward |
Generous Tipper |
Northern Flame |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/7/23 |
Champagne |
Belmont (at Big A) |
I |
1m |
$500,000 |
Timberlake |
General Partner |
Dancing Groom |
Gold Sweep |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/7/23 |
American Pharoah |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Muth |
Wine Me Up |
Be You |
Raging Torrent |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/28/23 |
Kameko Futurity Trophy* |
Doncaster (GB) |
I |
1m (T) |
$211,986 |
Ancient Wisdom (IRE) |
Devil's Point (IRE) |
God's Window (GB) |
Deira Mile (IRE) |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 10/29/23 |
Street Sense |
Churchill |
III |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Liberal Arts |
Moonlight |
Informed Patriot |
Gettysburg Address |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 11/3/23 |
BC Juvenile |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/16m |
$2,000,000 |
Fierceness |
Muth |
Locked |
Timberlake |
30/15/9/6/3 |
| 11/25/23 |
KY Jockey Club |
Churchill |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Honor Marie |
Real Men Violin |
Stretch Ride |
Risk It |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 11/25/23 |
Cattleya+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$203,414 |
Amante Bianco (JPN) |
George Tesoro (JPN) |
Unquenchable (JPN) |
Star Turn (JPN) |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 12/2/23 |
Remsen |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Dornoch |
Sierra Leone |
Drum Roll Please |
Moonlight |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 12/13/23 |
Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun+ |
Kawasaki (JPN) |
|
about 1m |
$490,828 |
Forever Young (JPN) |
Aigle Noir (JPN) |
Saint Honore (JPN) |
Nasty Weather (JPN) |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 12/15/23 |
Springboard Mile |
Remington |
|
1m |
$300,000 |
Otto the Conqueror |
Glengarry |
Magic Grant |
Third Street |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 12/16/23 |
Los Alamitos Futurity |
Los Alamitos |
II |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Wynstock |
Stronghold |
Coach Prime |
Wine Me Up |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 12/23/23 |
Gun Runner |
Fair Grounds |
|
1 1/16m |
$100,000 |
Track Phantom |
Snead |
Nash |
Footprint |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 1/1/24 |
Smarty Jones |
Oaklawn |
|
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Catching Freedom |
Just Steel |
Informed Patriot |
Gettysburg Address |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 1/6/24 |
Jerome |
Aqueduct |
|
1m |
$150,000 |
Drum Roll Please |
El Grande O |
Khanate |
Regalo |
10/5/3/2/1 |
| 1/20/24 |
Lecomte |
Fair Grounds |
III |
1 1/16m |
$200,000 |
Track Phantom |
Nash |
Lat Long |
Ethan Energy |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/3/24 |
Southwest |
Oaklawn |
III |
1 1/16m |
$800,000 |
Mystik Dan |
Just Steel |
Liberal Arts |
Awesome Road |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/3/24 |
Holy Bull |
Gulfstream |
III |
1 1/16m |
$250,000 |
Hades |
Domestic Product |
Fierceness |
Inveigled |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/3/24 |
Withers |
Aqueduct |
III |
1 1/8m |
$250,000 |
Uncle Heavy |
El Grande O |
Lightline |
Deposition |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/3/24 |
Robert B. Lewis |
Santa Anita |
III |
1m |
$200,000 |
Nysos |
Wine Me Up |
Scatify |
Mc Vay |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/10/24 |
Sam F. Davis |
Tampa Bay |
III |
1 1/16m |
$250,000 |
No More Time |
Agate Road |
West Saratoga |
Elysian Meadows |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/17/24 |
Risen Star |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 1/8m |
$400,000 |
Sierra Leone |
Track Phantom |
Catching Freedom |
Resilience |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 2/18/24 |
Sunland Derby |
Sunland |
III |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Stronghold |
Alotaluck |
Lucky Jeremy |
Curlin's Kaos |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/18/24 |
Hyacinth+ |
Tokyo (JPN) |
|
about 1 mile |
$240,959 |
Ramjet (JPN) |
Unquenchable (JPN) |
Habire (JPN) |
Logi Adelaide (JPN) |
30/15/9/6/3 |
| 2/21/24 |
Road to KY Derby Condition* |
Kempton (GB) |
|
1m (S) |
$75,737 |
Notable Speech (GB) |
Cuban Tiger (GB) |
Solomon (GB) |
Arctic Thunder (IRE) |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 2/24/24 |
Rebel |
Oaklawn |
II |
1 1/16m |
$1,250,000 |
Timberlake |
Common Defense |
Northern Flame |
Woodcourt |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 3/1/24 |
Patton |
Dundalk (IRE) |
|
1m (S) |
$43,221 |
Bergamasco (IRE) |
Nerano |
Navy Seal (IRE) |
|
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 3/2/24 |
Fountain of Youth |
Gulfstream |
II |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Dornoch |
Le Dom Bro |
Frankie's Empire |
Real Macho |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 3/2/24 |
Gotham |
Aqueduct |
III |
1m |
$300,000 |
Deterministic |
Just a Touch |
El Grande O |
Maximus Meridius |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 3/2/24 |
John Battaglia Memorial |
Turfway |
|
1 1/16m (S) |
$150,000 |
Encino |
Epic Ride |
Blue Eyed George |
Mugatu |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 3/3/24 |
San Felipe |
Santa Anita |
II |
1 1/16m |
$300,000 |
Imagination |
Wine Me Up |
Mc Vay |
Scatify |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 3/9/24 |
Tampa Bay Derby |
Tampa Bay |
III |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Domestic Product |
No More Time |
Grand Mo the First |
Good Money |
50/25/15/10/5 |
| 3/23/24 |
Louisiana Derby |
Fair Grounds |
II |
1 3/16m |
$1,000,000 |
Catching Freedom |
Honor Marie |
Tuscan Gold |
Track Phantom |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 3/23/24 |
Jeff Ruby Steaks |
Turfway |
III |
1 1/8m (S) |
$700,000 |
Endlessly |
West Saratoga |
Seize the Grey |
Triple Espresso |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 3/23/24 |
Fukuryu+ |
Nakayama (JPN) |
|
1 1/8m |
$316,757 |
T O Password (JPN) |
Arare Tabashiru (JPN) |
Amber Doll (JPN) |
La Oracion (JPN) |
40/20/12/8/4 |
| 3/30/24 |
UAE Derby |
Meydan (UAE) |
II |
1 3/16m |
$1,000,000 |
Forever Young (JPN) |
Auto Bahn (ARG) |
Pandagate |
Mendelssohn Bay |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 3/30/24 |
Arkansas Derby |
Oaklawn |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,500,000 |
Muth |
Just Steel |
Mystiks Dan |
Timberlake |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 3/30/24 |
Florida Derby |
Gulfstream |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Fierceness |
Catalytic |
Grand Mo the First |
Conquest Warrior |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 4/6/24 |
Blue Grass |
Keeneland |
I |
1 1/8m |
$1,000,000 |
Sierra Leone |
Just a Touch |
Epic Ride |
Dornoch |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 4/6/24 |
Santa Anita Derby |
Santa Anita |
I |
1 1/8m |
$750,000 |
Stronghold |
Imagination |
E J Won the Cup |
Curlin's Kaos |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 4/6/24 |
Wood Memorial |
Aqueduct |
II |
1 1/8m |
$750,000 |
Resilience |
Society Man |
Protective |
Lonesome Boy |
100/50/25/15/10 |
| 4/6/24 |
Cardinal Condition* |
Chelmsford City (GB) |
|
1m (S) |
$108,570 |
Bracken's Length (IRE) |
Orne (IRE) |
Capulet |
Under the Sun (GB) |
30/15/9/6/3 |
| 4/13/24 |
Lexington |
Keeneland |
III |
1 1/16m |
$400,000 |
Encino |
The Wine Steward |
Dilger (IRE) |
Secret Chat |
20/10/6/4/2 |
| 5/4/24 |
Kentucky Derby |
Churchill |
I |
1 1/4m |
$5,000,000 |
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