While Kentucky Derby 144 isn’t until Saturday, May 5, 2018 at Churchill Downs, here at racingdudes.com, we never stop thinking about that first Saturday in May. Whether you’re looking for 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders, 2017 results and payouts, news, Kentucky Derby prep race schedule, Derby Trail Tracker, point standings and leaderboard, Kentucky Derby Future Wager odds, picks and tips, or handicapping advice, you will have the most updated information here.

2018 KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS

RANK	HORSE	TRAINER	LAST START
1	Justify (Scat Daddy)	Bob Baffert	1st, Santa Anita Derby (G1)
2	Bolt d'Oro (Medaglia d'Oro)	Mick Ruis	2nd, Santa Anita Derby (G1)
3	Magnum Moon (Malibu Moon)	Todd Pletcher	1st, Arkansas Derby (G1)
4	Audible (Into Mischief)	Todd Pletcher	1st, Florida Derby (G1)
5	Mendelssohn (Scat Daddy)	Aidan O'Brien	1st, UAE Derby (G1)
6	Good Magic (Curlin)	Chad Brown	1st, Blue Grass Stakes (G2)
7	Vino Rosso (Curlin)	Todd Pletcher	1st, Wood Memorial (G2)
8	My Boy Jack (Creative Cause)	Keith Desormeaux	1st, Lexington Stakes (G3)
9	Noble Indy (Take Charge Indy)	Todd Pletcher	1st, Louisiana Derby (G2)
10	Solomini (Curlin)	Bob Baffert	3rd, Arkansas Derby (G1)
11	Flameaway (Scat Daddy)	Mark Casse	2nd, Blue Grass Stakes (G2)
12	Quip (Distorted Humor)	Rodolphe Brisset	2nd, Arkansas Derby (G1)
13	Enticed (Medaglia d'Oro)	Kiaran McLaughlin	2nd, Wood Memorial (G3)
14	Hofburg (Tapit)	Bill Mott	2nd, Florida Derby (G1)
15	Free Drop Billy (Union Rags)	Dale Romans	3rd, Blue Grass Stakes (G3)
16	Lone Sailor (Majestic Warrior)	Tom Amoss	2nd, Louisiana Derby (G2)
17	Promises Fulfilled (Shakleford)	Dale Romans	9th, Florida Derby (G2)
18	Firenze Fire (Poseidon's Warrior)	Jason Servis	4th, Wood Memorial (G2)
19	Bravazo (Awesome Again)	D. Wayne Lukas	8th, Louisiana Derby (G2)
20	Gronkowski (Lonhro)	Jeremy Noseda	1st, Burradon Stakes

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2017-18 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY

The Kentucky Derby 144 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.

2017-18 Kentucky Derby Prep Season (19 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 16, 2017	Iroquois	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	The Tabulator
Sep 30, 2017	FrontRunner	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Bolt d'Oro
Oct 7, 2017	Champagne	Belmont Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Firenze Fire
Oct 7, 2017	Breeders’ Futurity	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Free Drop Billy
Nov 4, 2017	Breeders’ Cup Juvenile	Del Mar	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2	Good Magic
Nov 25, 2017	Kentucky Jockey Club	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Enticed
Dec 2, 2017	Remsen	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1	Catholic Boy
Dec 9, 2017	Los Alamitos Futurity	Los Alamitos	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	McKinzie
Dec 17, 2017	+Springboard Mile	Remington Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Greyvitos
Jan 6, 2018	Sham	Santa Anita	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	McKinzie
Jan 13, 2018	Jerome	Aqueduct	1 Mile 70 Yards	10-4-2-1	Firenze Fire
Jan 13, 2018	Lecomte	Fair Grounds	1 Mile 70 Yards	10-4-2-1	Instilled Regard
Jan 15, 2018	Smarty Jones	Oaklawn Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Mourinho
Feb 3, 2018	Robert B. Lewis	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Lombo
Feb 3, 2018	Withers	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1	Avery Island
Feb 3, 2018	Holy Bull	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Audible
Feb 10, 2018	Sam F. Davis	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Flameaway
Feb 17, 2018	El Camino Real Derby	Golden Gate	1 1/8 Miles (S)	10-4-2-1	Paved
Feb 19, 2018	Southwest	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	My Boy Jack

2018 Kentucky Derby Championship Series (16 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Feb 17, 2018	Risen Star	Fair Grounds	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Bravazo
Mar 3, 2018	Fountain of Youth	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Promises Fulfilled
Mar 10, 2018	Gotham	Aqueduct	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Enticed
Mar 10, 2018	San Felipe	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Bolt d'Oro
Mar 10, 2018	Tampa Bay Derby	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Quip
Mar 17, 2018	Rebel	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Magnum Moon
Mar 17, 2018	Jeff Ruby Steaks	Turfway Park	1 1/8 Miles (S)	20-8-4-2	Blended Citizen
Mar 24, 2018	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Noble Indy
Mar 25, 2018	Sunland Derby	Sunland Park	1 1/8 Miles	50-20-10-5	Runaway Ghost
Mar 31, 2018	UAE Derby	Meydan Racecourse	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10	Mendelssohn
Mar 31, 2018	Florida Derby	Gulfstream Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Audible
Apr 7, 2018	Wood Memorial	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Vino Rosso
Apr 7, 2018	Blue Grass	Keeneland	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Good Magic
Apr 7, 2018	Santa Anita Derby	Santa Anita	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Justify
Apr 14, 2018	Arkansas Derby	Oaklawn Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Magnum Moon
Apr 14, 2018	Lexington	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2	My Boy Jack

2017-18 European Road to the Kentucky Derby (7 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 24, 2017	+Juddmonte Beresford	Naas (Ire)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Saxon Warrior
Sep 30, 2017	+Juddmonte Royal Lodge	Newmarket (GB)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Roaring Lion
Oct 1, 2017	+Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère	Chantilly (Fr)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Happily
Oct 28, 2017	+Racing Post Trophy	Doncaster (GB)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Saxon Warrior
Mar 7, 2018	+Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes	Kempton Park (GB)	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2	Gronkowski
Mar 9, 2018	+Patton	Dundalk (Ire)	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2	Mendelssohn
Mar 30, 2018	+Burradon	Newcastle (GB)	1 Mile (S)	30-12-6-3	Gronkowski

2017-18 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby (3 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Nov 25, 2017	Cattleya Sho	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Ruggero (JPN)
Dec 13, 2017	+Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun	Kawasaki Racecourse	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Le Vent Se Leve (JPN)
Feb 18, 2018	Hyacinth	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	30-12-6-3	Sumahama

+ New Race Included in Series
(T) = Turf
(S) = Synthetic

2018 DERBY TRAIL TRACKER

The Derby Trail Tracker monitors and lists all the 2018 Kentucky Derby contenders and where they will be running next. Updated by Saratoga Slim, the races along the Derby trail with Kentucky Derby points (and a couple important preps without points) are listed and the potential runners (with trainer last name in parentheses) are categorized as follows:

·         Probable: connections (trainer / owner) have said they are planning to run their horse in this race

·         Possible: connections (trainer / owner) have named this race as a possible place that their horse may run

·         Target: connections (trainer / owner) have said that their horse will target this race in the future

·         Speculative: based on quotes from connections and past trainer trends, these are educated guesses on where the horse  may run on the Derby Trail

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 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager are:

November 23-26, 2017 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 

February 9-11, 2018 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2

March 9-11, 2018 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3

April 6-8, 2018 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4

2018 KENTUCKY DERBY POINT STANDINGS

Leaderboard for qualifying points to the 2018 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	Magnum Moon	150	Todd Pletcher	Robert and Lawana Low
2	Good Magic	134	Chad Brown	e Five Racing Thoroughbreds
3	Audible	110	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), China Horse Club International Ltd. (Ah Khing Teo) & SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy)
4	Noble Indy	110	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm (Kenny Trout) & Repole Stable (Mike Repole)
5	Vino Rosso	107	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stables and St. Elias Stable
6	Bolt d'Oro	104	Mick Ruis	Ruis Racing LLC
7	Enticed	103	Kiaran McLaughlin	Godolphin Racing LLC
8	Mendelssohn	100	Aidan O'Brien	Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor
9	Justify	100	Bob Baffert	China Horse Club International Ltd., Head of Plains Partners LLC, Starlight Racing & WinStar Farm LLC
10	Quip	90	Rodolphe Brisset	WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), China Horse Club International Ltd. (Ah Khing Teo) & SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy)
11	Flameaway	70	Mark Casse	John C. Oxley
12	Solomini	54	Bob Baffert	Zayat Stables
13	Bravazo	54	D Wayne Lukas	Calumet Farm
14	My Boy Jack	52	Keith Desormeaux	Don't Tell My Wife Stables and Monomoy Stables, LLC
15	Promises Fulfilled	52	Dale Romans	Robert J. Baron
16	Free Drop Billy	44	Dale Romans	Albaugh Family Stables LLC
17	Lone Sailor	42	Tom Amoss	G M B Racing
18	Hofburg	40	Bill Mott	Juddmonte Farms Inc. (Prince Khalid Abdullah)
19	Firenze Fire	39	Jason Servis	Mr. Amore Stable
20	Gronkowski	European Qualifier	Jeremy Noseda	Phoenix Thoroughbred III (Amer Abdulaziz)
21	Combatant	32	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton
22	Snapper Sinclair	22	Steve Asmussen	Bloom Racing Stable
23	Blended Citizen	22	Doug O'Neill	Greg Hall & SAYJAY Racing LLC (Steve Young)
24	Reride	20	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (Ron Winchell)
25	Dream Baby Dream	20	Steve Amsussen	Dream Baby Dream Racing Stable
26	Restoring Hope	20	Bob Baffert	Gary & Mary West
27	Sporting Chance	12	D Wayne Lukas	Robert C. Baker and William L. Mack
28	Givemeaminit	12	Dallas Stewart	Valene Farms LLC
29	Pony Up	12	Todd Pletcher	Calumet Farm

European Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS	TRAINER	OWNER
1	Gronkowski	50	Jermey Noseda	Phoenix Thoroughbred III
2	Mendelssohn	20	Aidan O’Brien	Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor
3	Saxon Warrior (JPN)	20	Aiden O’Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
4	Roaring Lion	14	John Gosden	Qatar Racing Limited
5	Happily (IRE)	10	Aiden O’Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
6	Threeandfourpence	8	Aidan O’Brien	Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor
7	Court House	8	John Godsen
8	Seahenge	4	Aidan O’Brien	Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier & Michael Tabor
9	Olmedo (FR)	4	Jean-Claude Rouget	A.Caro/G.Augustin-Normand
10	Nelson	4	Aiden O’Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
11	Delano Roosevelt (IRE)	4	Aiden O’Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
12	Masar (IRE)	2	Charlie Appleby	Godolphin Racing LLC
13	The Pentagon (IRE)	2	Aidan O'Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
14	Mildenberger	2	Mark Johnston	Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
15	Blackgold Fairy	2	Michael Halford	Zhang Yuesheng
16	Warm The Voice (IRE)	2	Brendan W Duke	Mrs J S Bolger
17	Verbal Dexterity (IRE)	1	J S Bolger	J S Bolger & John Corcoran
19	Kew Gardens (IRE)	1	Aiden O’Brien	Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Mr. Michael and Smith, Mr. Derrick
19	Woodmax (GER)	1	Nicolas Clement	Magnier, M., Tabor, M., Oxley, J., Smith, D. and Jooste, M.
20	Petrus	1	Brian Meehan	Mr G P M Morland

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS	TRAINER	OWNER
1	Sumahama (JPN)	30	R. Takahashi	Sanshisuimei Co. Ltd.
4	Ruggero (JPN)	16	Yuichi Shikato	Takashi Muraki
2	Tiaiki Ferveur	12	Mitsunori Makiura	U. Taiki Farm
3	Le Vent Se Leve (JPN)	10	Kiyoshi Hagiwara	G1 Racing Co. Ltd.
6	Don Fortis (JPN)	4	Mitsunori Makiura	Koichi Yamada
7	Mic Ben Hur (JPN)	4	Yoshihiro Hatakeyama	Kiratto One Co. Ltd.
8	Great Time (JPN)	3	H. Fujiwara	Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd.
9	Haseno Pyro (JPN)	2	Kenki Sato	Fumio Hasegawa
10	Meiner Yukitsubaki (JPN)	2	Noboru Takagi	K Thoroughbred Club Ruffian
11	Dark Repulser (JPN)	1	Takashi Kanari	Akira Katayama
12	Bronze Kay (JPN)	1	Koichi Tsunoda	Hiroshi Hatasa

2017 KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS AND PAYOUTS

Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, 9-2 favorite Always Dreaming opened up at the 1/2-mile pole, and ran off to win the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby.

See full race recap HERE along with the payouts below. Also, be sure to download our 2018 Kentucky Oaks / Kentucky Derby Wagering Guide by clicking the button below. Last year’s Kentucky Oaks/Derby picks paid out over $30,000.00! These wagering guides are included at least once a month as part of our premium picks packages.

#	HORSE	JOCKEY	TRAINER	WIN	PLACE	SHOW
5	Always Dreaming	John Velazquez	Todd Pletcher	11.40	7.20	5.80
1	Lookin At Lee	Corey Lanerie	Steve Asmussen		26.60	15.20
11	Battle of Midway	Flavien Prat	Jerry Hollendorfer			20.80

WAGER TYPE	NUMBERS	PAYOFF	POOL
$1.00 Daily Double	2-5	$25.50	$1,266,807
$2.00 Oaks/Derby Double	13-5	$146.00	$2,508,756
$1.00 Super High Five	5-1-11-14-19	$493,348.70	$400,313
$2.00 Exacta	5-1	$336.20	$23,297,591
$1.00 Pick 3	9-2-5 (3 Correct)	$415.00	$1,478,952
$1.00 Pick 4	6-9-2-5/21/22 (4 Correct)	$6,882.80	$3,376,451
$0.50 Pick 5	8-6-9-2-5/21/22 (5 Correct)	$50,063.35	$1,733,094
$2.00 Pick 6	2/6-8-6-9-2-5/21/22 (5 Correct)	$1,815.80
$2.00 Pick 6	2/6-8-6-9-2-5/21/22 (6 Correct)	$857,335.40	$1,126,845
$1.00 Superfecta	5-1-11-14	$75,974.50	$13,016,812
$2.00 Trifecta	5-1-11	$16,594.40	$30,708,732