Kentucky Derby 2026 Prep Races & Point Standings

Point Standings (as of 3/28/26)

Rank	Horse	Trainer	Points	Earnings
1	Commandment	Brad Cox	150	$943,020
2	Renegade	Todd Pletcher	125	$1,020,500
3	Fulleffort	Brad Cox	110	$507,900
4	The Puma	Gustavo Delgado	106	$428,000
5	Silent Tactic	Mark Casse	100	$1,020,130
6	Emerging Market	Chad Brown	100	$600,000
7	Pavlovian	Doug O'Neill	70	$527,000
8	Incredibolt	Riley Mott	60	$424,570
9	Golden Tempo	Cherie DeVaux	60	$300,000
10	Class President	Todd Pletcher	50	$569,700
11	Stark Contrast	Michael McCarthy	50	$439,900
12	Chief Wallabee	Bill Mott	50	$175,800
13	Iron Honor	Chad Brown	50	$165,000
14	Potente	Bob Baffert	50	$120,000
15	Chip Honcho	Steve Asmussen	49	$190,000
16	Universe	Kenny McPeek	38	$244,650
17	Grittiness	Todd Pletcher	36	$150,000
18	Further Ado	Brad Cox	35	$312,470
19	Nearly	Todd Pletcher	35	$220,450
20	Litmus Test	Bob Baffert	34	$429,688
Field cutoff
21	Blackout Time	Kenny McPeek	25	$237,875
22	Robusta	Doug O'Neill	25	$40,500
23	Intrepido	Jeff Mullins	23	$260,000
24	Talk to Me Jimmy	Rudy Rodriguez	20	$110,000
25	Great White	John Ennis	20	$107,440
26	Bravaro	Saffie A. Joseph, Jr.	20	$68,700
27	Wonder Dean (JPN)	Daisuke Takayanagi	Euro/Mideast	$725,172
28	Six Speed	Bhupat Seemar	Euro/Mideast	$314,366
29	Pyromancer (JPN)	Keiji Yoshimura	Euro/Mideast	$396,606
30	Danon Bourbon (JPN)	Daisuke Takayanagi	Japan	$228,417
31	Lucky Kid (JPN)	Yukihiro Kato	Japan	$228,417
32	Itterasshai (JPN)	Makoto Saito	Japan	$81,054

Prep Races

Date	Race	Track	Gr.	Dist.	Purse	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Points
9/13/25	Iroquois	Churchill	III	1m	$300,000	Spice Runner	Comport	Vost	Nothing Personal	10/5/3/2/1
9/27/25	Juddmonte Royal Lodge*	Newmarket (GB)	II	1m (T)	$157,475	Bow Echo (IRE)	Humidity (GB)	Action (IRE)	Pacific Avenue (IRE)	10/5/3/2/1
9/27/25	Beresford*	Curragh (IRE)	II	1m (T)	$120,801	Hawk Mountain (IRE)	Geryon (IRE)	Al Haarith (IRE)	Shaihaan (IRE)	10/5/3/2/1
10/4/25	Breeders' Futurity	Keeneland	I	1 1/16m	$650,000	Ted Noffey	Blackout Time	Litmus Test	Diciassette	10/5/3/2/1
10/4/25	Champagne	Belmont (at Big A)	I	1m	$500,000	Napoleon Solo	Talkin	Universe	It's Our Time	10/5/3/2/1
10/4/25	American Pharoah	Santa Anita	I	1 1/16m	$300,000	Intrepido	Desert Gate	Plutarch	Civil Liberty	10/5/3/2/1
10/5/25	Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere*	Longchamp (FR)	I	about 7f (T)	$432,977	Puerto Rico (IRE)	Nighttime (FR)	Rayif (IRE)	Campacite (FR)	10/5/3/2/1
10/25/25	William Hill Futurity Trophy*	Doncaster (GB)	I	1m (T)	$275,259	Hawk Mountain (IRE)	Action (IRE)	Benvenuto Cellini (IRE)	Rochfort Bridge (IRE)	10/5/3/2/1
10/26/25	Street Sense	Churchill	III	1 1/16m	$200,000	Incredibolt	Universe	Very Connected	I Did I Did	10/5/3/2/1
10/31/25	BC Juvenile	Del Mar	I	1 1/16m	$2,000,000	Ted Noffey	Mr. A. P.	Brant	Litmus Test	30/15/9/6/3
11/29/25	KY Jockey Club	Churchill	II	1 1/16m	$400,000	Further Ado	Universe	Soldier N Diplomat	Very Connected	10/5/3/2/1
11/29/25	Cattleya+	Tokyo (JPN)		about 1m	$199,591	Satono Voyage (JPN)	Don Erectus (JPN)	Arcadia Cafe (JPN)	Every Possible (JPN)	10/5/3/2/1
12/6/25	Remsen	Aqueduct	II	1 1/8m	$250,000	Paladin	Renegade	Balboa	Courting	10/5/3/2/1
12/13/25	Los Alamitos Futurity	Los Alamitos	II	1 1/16m	$200,000	Litmus Test	Blacksmith	Provenance	Acknowledgemeplz	10/5/3/2/1
12/17/25	Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun+	Kawasaki (JPN)		about 1m	$469,818	Pyromancer (JPN)	Tamamo Freesia (JPN)	Best Green (JPN)	Ayasan Jotaro (JPN)	20/10/6/4/2
12/20/25	Springboard Mile	Remington		1m	$300,000	Express Kid	Arctic Beast	Royalamerican	Western Man	10/5/3/2/1
12/20/25	Gun Runner	Fair Grounds		1 1/16m	$100,000	Chip Honcho	Liberty National	Crown the Buckeye	Quality Mischief	10/5/3/2/1
1/3/26	Smarty Jones	Oaklawn		1 1/16m	$250,000	Strategic Risk	Silent Tactic	Baytown Dreamer	Sleepingonfreedom	10/5/3/2/1
1/3/26	Jerome	Aqueduct		1m	$150,000	My World	Balboa	Enforced Agenda	Freedom's Echo	10/5/3/2/1
1/17/26	Lecomte	Fair Grounds	III	1 1/16m	$250,000	Golden Tempo	Mesquite	Carson Street	Chip Honcho	20/10/6/4/2
1/23/26	UAE 2000 Guineas	Meydan (UAE)	III	1m	$700,000	Six Speed	Devon Island	Union Security	Lino Padrino	20/10/6/4/2
1/31/26	Holy Bull	Gulfstream	III	1 1/16m	$275,000	Nearly	Bravaro	Project Ace	Cannoneer	20/10/6/4/2
2/6/26	Southwest	Oaklawn	III	1 1/16m	$1,000,000	Silent Tactic	Soldier N Diplomat	Buetane	Rancho Santa Fe	20/10/6/4/2
2/6/26	Withers	Aqueduct		1 1/8m	$200,000	Talk to Me Jimmy	Grittiness	Ottinho	Schoolyardsuperman	20/10/6/4/2
2/7/26	Robert B. Lewis	Santa Anita	III	1m	$100,000	Plutarch	Intrepido	Secured Freedom	Desert Gate	20/10/6/4/2
2/7/26	Sam F. Davis	Tampa Bay		1 1/16m	$250,000	Renegade	Wayne's Law	The Puma	Game for It	20/10/6/4/2
2/14/26	Risen Star	Fair Grounds	II	1 1/8m	$500,000	Paladin	Chip Honcho	Golden Tempo	Universe	50/25/15/10/5
2/14/26	Saudi Derby	King Abdulaziz (SAU)	III	1m	$1,500,000	Al Haram (IRE)	Obliteration	Satono Voyage (JPN)	Wonder Dean (JPN)	30/15/9/6/3
2/15/26	Sunland Derby	Sunland		1 1/16m	$500,000	Pavlovian	Express Kid	Bricklin	Daneyko	20/10/6/4/2
2/20/26	Dubai Road to KY Derby	Meydan (UAE)	II	1 3/16m	$217,840	Brotherly Love (GB)	Duke of Immatin	Lino Padrino	Sary Shayan	20/10/6/4/2
2/21/26	John Battaglia Memorial	Turfway		1 1/16m (S)	$175,000	Great White	Fulleffort	Maximus Prime	Baytown Dreamer	20/10/6/4/2
2/22/26	Hyacinth+	Tokyo (JPN)		about 1 mile	$244,767	Lucky Kid (JPN)	Don Erectus (JPN)	Itterasshai (JPN)	Boku Mada Nemuiyo (JPN)	30/15/9/6/3
2/25/26	Road to KY Derby Condition*	Kempton (GB)		1m (S)	$74,760	Hidden Force (GB)	Venetian Prince (GB)	Tadej (GB)	Utmost Good Faith (GB)	20/10/6/4/2
2/27/26	Patton*	Dundalk (IRE)		1m (S)	$40,122	Blanc de Blanc	Whatchadoin (IRE)	Redemption Road (GB)	Flanker Jet (GB)	20/10/6/4/2
2/28/26	Fountain of Youth	Gulfstream	II	1 1/16m	$425,000	Commandment	Chief Wallabee	Solitude Dude	Bravaro	50/25/15/10/5
2/28/26	Gotham	Aqueduct	III	1m	$300,000	Iron Honor	Crown the Buckeye	Right to Party	Exhibition Only	50/25/15/10/5
3/1/26	Rebel	Oaklawn	II	1 1/16m	$1,000,000	Class President	Silent Tactic	Litmus Test	Blackout Time	50/25/15/10/5
3/7/26	San Felipe	Santa Anita	II	1 1/16m	$200,000	Potente	Robusta	So Happy	Secured Freedom	50/25/15/10/5
3/7/26	Tampa Bay Derby	Tampa Bay	III	1 1/16m	$400,000	The Puma	Further Ado	Canaletto	Redland Rebels	50/25/15/10/5
3/14/26	Virginia Derby	Colonial Downs		1 1/8m	$500,000	Incredibolt	Grittiness	Confessional	Buetane	50/25/15/10/5
3/21/26	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	II	1 3/16m	$1,000,000	Emerging Market	Pavlovian	Golden Tempo	Universe	100/50/25/15/10
3/21/26	Jeff Ruby Steaks	Turfway	III	1 1/8m (S)	$777,000	Fulleffort	Stark Contrast	Medici	Stop the Car	100/50/25/15/10
3/28/26	Arkansas Derby	Oaklawn	I	1 1/8m	$1,500,000	Renegade	Silent Tactic	Taptastic	Full Serrano	100/50/25/15/10
3/28/26	Florida Derby	Gulfstream	I	1 1/8m	$1,000,000	Commandment	The Puma	Chief Wallabee	Nearly	100/50/25/15/10
3/28/26	UAE Derby	Meydan (UAE)	II	1 3/16m	$1,000,000	Wonder Dean (JPN)	Six Speed	Pyromancer (JPN)	Brotherly Love (GB)	100/50/25/15/10
3/28/26	Fukuryu+	Nakayama (JPN)		1 1/8m	$230,697	Danon Bourbon (JPN)	Don Erectus (JPN)	Charlie (JPN)	Itterasshai (JPN)	40/20/12/8/4
4/4/26	Blue Grass	Keeneland	I	1 1/8m	$1,250,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/4/26	Santa Anita Derby	Santa Anita	I	1 1/8m	$500,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/4/26	Wood Memorial	Aqueduct	II	1 1/8m	$750,000					100/50/25/15/10
4/11/26	Lexington	Keeneland	III	1 1/16m	$400,000					20/10/6/4/2
5/2/26	Kentucky Derby	Churchill	I	1 1/4m	$5,000,000