2022 Kentucky Derby Picks, Betting, Contenders and Results

The 148th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) will be held Saturday, May 7, 2022 at Churchill Downs. Looking for picks and tips? We’ve got you covered.

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2021 / 2022 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY PREP RACES

The Kentucky Derby 148 field is based on a tiered point system in select races throughout the world. See below for the entire schedule of Kentucky Derby prep races.

2021 / 2022 Kentucky Derby Prep Season (21 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 18, 2021	Iroquois	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Major General
Oct 1, 2021	American Pharoah	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Corniche*
Oct 2, 2021	Champagne	Belmont Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Jack Christopher
Oct 9, 2021	Breeders’ Futurity	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Rattle N Roll
Nov 5, 2021	Breeders’ Cup Juvenile	Del Mar	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2	Corniche*
Nov 27, 2021	Kentucky Jockey Club	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Smile Happy
Dec 4, 2021	Remsen	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1
Dec 17, 2021	Springboard Mile	Remington Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1
Dec 18, 2021	Los Alamitos Futurity	Los Alamitos	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Dec 26, 2021	Gun Runner	Fair Grounds	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Jan 1, 2022	Smarty Jones	Oaklawn Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1
Jan 1, 2022	Jerome	Aqueduct	1 Mile	10-4-2-1
Jan 8, 2022	Sham	Santa Anita	1 Mile	10-4-2-1
Jan 22, 2022	Lecomte	Fair Grounds	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Jan 29, 2022	Southwest	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Feb 5, 2022	Holy Bull	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Feb 5, 2022	Robert B. Lewis	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Feb 5, 2022	Sam F. Davis	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1
Feb 12, 2022	Withers	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1
Feb 19, 2022	El Camino Real Derby	Golden Gate	1 1/8 Miles (AW)	10-4-2-1
Mar 4, 2022	John Battaglia Memorial	Turfway Park	1 1/16 M (AW)	10-4-2-1

2022 Kentucky Derby Championship Series (16 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS
Feb 19, 2022	Risen Star	Fair Grounds	1 1/8 Miles	50-20-10-5
Feb 26, 2022	Rebel	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 5, 2022	Fountain of Youth	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 12, 2022	Gotham	Aqueduct	1 Mile	50-20-10-5
Mar 12, 2022	Tampa Bay Derby	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 12, 2022	San Felipe	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 26, 2022	UAE Derby	Meydan Racecourse	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10
Mar 26, 2022	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10
Mar 27, 2022	Sunland Derby	Sunland Park	1 1/8 Miles	50-20-10-5
Apr 2, 2022	Florida Derby	Gulfstream Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 2, 2022	Arkansas Derby	Oaklawn Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 2, 2022	Jeff Ruby Steaks	Turfway Park	1 1/8 Miles (AW)	100-40-20-10
Apr 9, 2022	Wood Memorial	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 9, 2022	Blue Grass	Keeneland	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 9, 2022	Santa Anita Derby	Santa Anita	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 16, 2022	Lexington	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2

2021 / 2022 European Road to the Kentucky Derby (7 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 25, 2021	Juddmonte Royal Lodge	Newmarket (GB)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Royal Patronage (FR)
Sep 25, 2021	Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford	Curragh	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Luxembourg (IRE)
Oct 3, 2021	Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère	Longchamp	7 Furlongs (T)	10-4-2-1	Angel Bleu (FR)
Oct 23, 2021	Vertem Futurity Trophy	Doncaster	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Luxembourg (IRE)
Mar 9, 2022	Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes	Kempton Park	1 Mile (AW)	20-8-4-2
Mar 11, 2022	Patton Stakes	Dundalk	1 Mile (AW)	20-8-4-2
Apr 7, 2022	Cardinal Condition Stakes	Chelmsford City	1 Mile (AW)	30-12-6-3

2021 / 2022 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby (4 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Nov 27, 2021	Cattleya	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Consigliere (JPN)
Dec 15, 2021	Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun	Kawasaki Racecourse	1 Mile	20-8-4-2
TBA	Hyacinth	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	30-12-6-3
TBA	Fukuyru	Nakayama Racecourse	1 1/8 Miles	40-16-8-4

(T) = Turf
(AW) = All-Weather

Note: Scheduled dates subject to change.

*“Road to the Kentucky Derby” series will not award points to any horse trained by any individual who is suspended from racing in the 2022 Kentucky Derby (G1) or any trainer directly or indirectly employed, supervised, or advised by a suspended trainer.

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2022 KENTUCKY DERBY POINT STANDINGS

Leaderboard for qualifying points to the 2022 Kentucky Derby. Points are earned by the top four finishers in designated qualifying Kentucky Derby prep races listed above. The Kentucky Derby field is reserved for the top 20 point earners. Two positions in the Kentucky Derby starting gate – one from Japan and one from Europe – will be extended to the horse that accrues the most points in their respective series.

America Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS	TRAINER	OWNER
1	Pappacap	12	Mark Casse	Rustlewood Farm, Inc.
2	Rattle N Roll	10	Kenny McPeek	Lucky Seven Stable
3	Jack Christopher	10	Chad Brown	Bakke, Jim, Isbister, Gerald, Coolmore Stud and Brant, Peter M.
4	Smile Happy	10	Kenny McPeek	Lucky Seven Stable
5	Major General	10	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC
6	Commandperformance	6	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable
7	Classic Causeway	6	Brian Lynch	Kentucky West Racing LLC and Cooper, Clarke M.
8	Double Thunder	4	Todd Pletcher	Phoenix Thoroughbred III
9	Giant Game	4	Dale Romans	West Point Thoroughbreds and Albaugh Family Stables LLC
10	Tough to Tame	4	Christopher Davis	Rittdiculous Gazmanian Stables
11	Wit	2	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable, St. Elias Stable and Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck)
12	Oviatt Class	2	Keith Desormeaux	James E. Downey
13	White Abarrio	2	Saffie Joseph, Jr.	C2 Racing Stable LLC and La Milagrosa Stable, LLC
14	Red Knobs	2	Dale Romans	Bakke, Jim and Isbister, Gerald
15	American Sanctuary	1	Christopher Davis	Dare To Dream Stable LLC (Michael Faber)
16	My Prankster	1	Todd Pletcher	Low, Lawana L. and Robert E.
17	Ben Diesel	1	Dallas Stewart	Willis Horton Racing LLC
18	Bourbon Heist	1	Ian Wilkes	Bourbon Lane Stable (J. Hill, M. McMahon)

European Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS
1	Luxembourg (IRE)	20
2	Angel Bleu (FR)	10
3	Royal Patronage (FR)	10
4	Noble Truth (FR)	4
5	Coroebus (IRE)	4
6	Sissoko (IRE)	4
7	Manu Et Corde (IRE)	4
8	Bayside Boy (IRE)	2
9	Ancient Rome	2
10	Unconquerable (IRE)	2
11	Tuwaiq (IRE)	2
12	Accakaba (IRE)	1
13	Masekela (IRE)	1
14	Hannibal Barca (IRE)	1
15	Swan Bay (IRE)	1

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS
1	Consigliere (JPN)	10
2	Café Karma (JPN)	4
3	Geraldo Barows (JPN)	2
4	World Connector	1

2022 KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER

Placing a Kentucky Derby Future Wager gives you the opportunity to lock down horses that you think will be in the Kentucky Derby starting gate, but usually at a much better price than what you would see on Kentucky Derby Day because the field is still unknown.

The dates and results for the 2022 Kentucky Derby Future Wager are:

November 25th – 12 PM – November 28th, 2021 – 6PM ET
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1

November 25th – 12 PM – November 28th, 2021 – 6 PM ET
Kentucky Derby Sire Wager
The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager lets fans wager on world-class sires (a horse’s father), winning if any one of their offspring wins the Kentucky Derby.

January 21st – 12 PM – January 23, 2022 – 6 PM
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2

February 11th – 12 PM – February 13th, 2022 – 6 PM
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3

March 11th – 12 PM – March 13th, 2022 – 6 PM
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4

March 11th – 12 PM – March 13th, 2022 – 6:30 PM
Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Pool 1

March 11th – 12 PM – March 13th, 2022 – 6:30 PM
Kentucky Oaks/Derby Double Future Wager

March 31st – 12 PM – April 2nd, 2022 – 6 PM
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5

2021 KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS AND PAYOUTS

Race Recap/Replay

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, Medina Spirit fought back after briefly relinquishing the lead to Mandaloun in the stretch to post a half-length to win the 147th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) presented by Woodford Reserve before a crowd of 51,838. This was Bob Baffert’s record setting 7th Kentucky Derby win and 4th win for jockey John Valazquez.

This is Medina Spirit’s 2nd career stakes win which includes his win in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3). The 3-year-old son of Protonico improves his record to 6-3-3-0 and has now earned $2,175,200 for owners Zendan Racing Stables.

Get results and payouts to the 2021 Kentucky Derby below. Also, click the link to download our 19-page Inside Track to the Kentucky Derby wagering guide. These wagering guides are included at least once a month as part of our premium picks packages.

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
8	Medina Spirit	John Velazquez	Bob Baffert	26.20	12.00	7.60
7	Mandaloun	Florent Geroux	Brad Cox		23.00	13.40
9	Hot Rod Charlie	Flavien Prat	Doug O'Neill			5.20

WAGER TYPE	NUMBERS	PAYOFF	POOL
$0.50 Pick 3	4-3-8 (3 Correct)	$73.15	$1,304,665
$0.50 Pick 3	4-5-8 (3 Correct)	$163.05	$0
$0.50 Pick 3	Oaks/Forester/Derby 10-3-8 (3 Correct)	$51.85	$0
$0.50 Pick 3	Oaks/Forester/Derby 10-5-8 (3 Correct)	$109.10	$631,903
$0.50 Pick 4	5-4-3/5-8 (4 Correct)	$708.15	$3,209,825
$0.50 Pick 5	2/3-5-4-3/5-8 (5 Correct)	$2,974.85	$3,425,122
$2.00 Pick 6	Oaks/Derby P6 2-7-10-4-4-3/5-8 (6 Correct)	$2,143.80	$640,315
$2.00 Pick 6	Oaks/Derby P6 2-7-10-4-4-3/5-8 (5 Correct)	$22.20	$0
$0.20 Pick 6 Jackpot	4-2/3-5-4-3/5-8 (6 Correct)	$1,363.90	$3,584,747
$1.00 Daily Double	3-8	$26.40	$1,223,340
$1.00 Daily Double	5-8	$62.60	$0
$1.00 Daily Double	Oaks/Derby 10-8	$47.90	$2,792,122
$2.00 Exacta	8-7	$503.60	$22,218,094
$1.00 Superfecta	8-7-9-14	$9,456.40	$13,933,415
$1.00 Super High Five	8-7-9-14-6	$296,769.60	$763,496
$0.50 Trifecta	8-7-9	$848.45	$30,501,566