The starting gate for the Kentucky Derby is limited to twenty (20) horses which are given priority based on their earnings in graded stakes races. Below is the current top 50 three year olds by graded earnings.
Rank |
Horse |
GrStk Earnings |
1 |
Lookin At Lucky |
$1,390,000 |
2 |
Vale of York (IRE) |
1,114,784 |
3 |
Noble's Promise |
708,000 |
4 |
Rule |
570,000 |
5 |
Beethoven (IRE) |
342,616 |
6 |
D' Funnybone |
330,000 |
7 |
Discreetly Mine |
310,000 |
8 |
Dublin |
273,208 |
9 |
Interactif |
270,450 |
10 |
Homeboykris |
250,500 |
11 |
Devil May Care |
243,000 |
12 |
Aikenite |
218,000 |
13 |
Make Music for Me |
215,000 |
14 |
Awesome Act |
210,000 |
Conveyance |
210,000 |
|
16 |
Radiohead (GB) |
196,332 |
17 |
Uh Oh Bango |
187,952 |
18 |
Sidney's Candy |
180,000 |
Odysseus |
180,000 |
|
20 |
Backtalk |
172,566 |
21 |
Super Saver |
163,832 |
22 |
Eskendereya |
150,000 |
23 |
Caracortado |
108,000 |
24 |
Paddy O'Prado |
100,950 |
25 |
Schoolyard Dreams |
100,000 |
Aspire |
100,000 |
|
27 |
Alphie's Bet |
90,000 |
Connemara |
90,000 |
|
29 |
American Lion |
87,000 |
30 |
Jackson Bend |
80,000 |
31 |
The Program |
68,000 |
32 |
Ailalea |
66,900 |
33 |
Pulsion |
65,000 |
34 |
Ron the Greek |
63,000 |
35 |
Tempted to Tapit |
60,000 |
Who's Up |
60,000 |
|
37 |
Fly by Phil |
58,280 |
38 |
Cardiff Giant |
54,000 |
Smiling Tiger |
54,000 |
|
40 |
Roman Invasion |
50,000 |
Marcello |
50,000 |
|
Frozen Power (IRE) |
50,000 |
|
43 |
Switch |
48,000 |
44 |
Litigation Risk |
45,000 |
45 |
Peppi Knows |
41,000 |
46 |
Dean's Kitten |
35,475 |
47 |
Classical Slew |
33,000 |
48 |
Nacho Friend |
32,500 |
49 |
Tiny Woods |
31,000 |
50 |
Setsuko |
30,000 |
Northern Giant |
30,000 |
|
Dave in Dixie |
30,000 |
|
A Little Warm |
30,000 |
The winner of Saturday's Grade 1 Florida Derby will win $400,000, more than enough to ensure a starting spot in Louisville.