Kentucky Derby Picks, Contenders, and Results

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, Bob Baffert won the 147^th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with Medina Spirit at Churchill Downs. Whether you’re looking for 2021 Kentucky Derby contenders, entries, odds, 2021 results and payouts, news, Kentucky Derby prep race schedule, point standings and leaderboard, past performances, Kentucky Derby Future Wager odds, picks and tips, or handicapping advice, you will have the most updated information here.

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2021 KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS AND PAYOUTS

Race Recap/Replay

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

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2020-2021 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS

The Kentucky Derby 147 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.

2020-21 Kentucky Derby Prep Season (20 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 5, 2020	Iroquois	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Sittin On Go
Sep 26, 2020	American Pharoah	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Get Her Number
Oct 3, 2020	Breeders’ Futurity	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Essential Quality
Oct 10, 2020	Champagne	Belmont Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Jackie's Warrior
Nov 6, 2020	Breeders’ Cup Juvenile	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2	Essential Quality
Nov 28, 2020	Kentucky Jockey Club	Churchill Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Keepmeinmind
Dec 5, 2020	Remsen	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1	Brooklyn Strong
Dec 18, 2020	Springboard Mile	Remington Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Senor Buscador
Dec 19, 2020	Los Alamitos Futurity	Los Alamitos	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Spielberg
Jan 1, 2021	Jerome	Aqueduct	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Capo Kane
Jan 2, 2021	Sham	Santa Anita	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Life Is Good
Jan 16, 2021	Lecomte	Fair Grounds	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Midnight Bourbon
Jan 22, 2021	Smarty Jones	Oaklawn Park	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Caddo River
Jan 30, 2021	Holy Bull	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Greatest Honour
Jan 30, 2021	Robert B. Lewis	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Medina Spirit
Feb 6, 2021	Withers	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	10-4-2-1	Risk Taking
Feb 6, 2021	Sam F. Davis	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Candy Man Rocket
Feb 13, 2021	El Camino Real Derby	Golden Gate	1 1/8 Miles (S)	10-4-2-1	Rombauer
Feb 26, 2021	John Battaglia Memorial	Turfway Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Hush of a Storm
Feb 27, 2021	Southwest	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	10-4-2-1	Essential Quality

2021 Kentucky Derby Championship Series (16 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Feb 13, 2021	Risen Star	Fair Grounds	1 1/8 Miles	50-20-10-5	Mandaloun
Feb 27, 2021	Fountain of Youth	Gulfstream Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Greatest Honour
Mar 6, 2021	Gotham	Aqueduct	1 Mile	50-20-10-5	Weyburn
Mar 6, 2021	Tampa Bay Derby	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Helium
Mar 6, 2021	San Felipe	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Life Is Good
Mar 13, 2021	Rebel	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5	Concert Tour
Mar 20, 2021	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10	Hot Rod Charlie
Mar 27, 2021	Jeff Ruby Steaks	Turfway Park	1 1/8 Miles (S)	100-40-20-10	Like the King
Mar 27, 2021	Florida Derby	Gulfstream Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Known Agenda
Mar 27, 2021	UAE Derby	Meydan Racecourse	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10	Rebel's Romance
Apr 3, 2021	Blue Grass Stakes	Keenealnd	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Essential Quality
Apr 3, 2021	Santa Anita Derby	Santa Anita Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Rock Your World
Apr 3, 2021	Wood Memorial	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Bourbonic
Apr 10, 2021	Arkansas Derby	Oaklawn Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10	Super Stock
Apr 10, 2021	Lexington Stakes	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2	King Fury

2020-21 European Road to the Kentucky Derby (7 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Sep 26, 2020	The Royal Lodge	Newmarket (GB)	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	New Mandate (IRE)
Sep 26, 2020	The Beresford	Curragh	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	High Definition
Oct 4, 2020	Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère	Longchamp	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Sealiway (FR)
Oct 24, 2020	Vertem Futurity Trophy	Doncaster	1 Mile (T)	10-4-2-1	Aberama Gold
Mar 3, 2021	Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes	Kempton Park	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2	Highland Avenue
Mar 5, 2021	Patton Stakes	Dundalk	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2	My Generation
Apr 1, 2021	Cardinal Condition Stakes	Chelmsford City	1 Mile (S)	30-12-6-3	Fundamental (GB)

2020-21 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby (4 races)

DATE	RACE	RACETRACK	DISTANCE	POINTS	WINNER
Nov 28, 2020	Cattleya	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	10-4-2-1	Lemon Pop
Dec 16, 2020	Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun	Kawasaki	1 Mile	20-8-4-2	Alain Barows (Jpn)
Feb 21, 2021	Hyacinth	Tokyo Racecourse	1 Mile	30-12-6-3	La Perouse (Jpn)
March 27, 2021	Fukuyru	Nakayama	1 1/8 Miles	40-16-8-4	God Selection (Jpn)

(T) = Turf
(S) = Synthetic

Note: Scheduled dates subject to change.

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2021 KENTUCKY DERBY FINAL POINT STANDINGS

Leaderboard for qualifying points to the 2021 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	Essential Quality	140	Brad Cox	Godolphin, LLC
2	Hot Rod Charlie	110	Doug O'Neill	Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing, LLC and Strauss Bros Racing
3	Super Stock	109	Steve Asmussen	Woolsey, Erv and Asmussen, Keith
4	Like the King	104	Wesley Ward	M Racing Group LLC (Mickey Gonzalez)
5	Known Agenda	102	Todd Pletcher	St. Elias Stable
6	Rock Your World	100	John Sadler	Hronis Racing LLC
7	Bourbonic	100	Todd Plecther	Calumet Farm
8	Medina Spirit	74	Bob Baffert	Zedan Racing Stables Inc.
9	Midnight Bourbon	66	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
10	Mandaloun	52	Brad Cox	Juddmonte Farms Inc. (Prince Khalid Abdullah)
11	Highly Motivated	50	Chad Brown	Klaravich Stables Inc.
12	Heluim	50	Mark Casse	D J Stable LLC
13	Soup and Sandwich	40	Mark Casse	Live Oak Plantation
14	Dynamic One	40	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable, Phipps Stable, and St. Elias Stable
15	Sainthood	40	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC
16	Hidden Stash	32	Vicki Oliver	BBN Racing LLC
17	O Besos	25	Greg Foley	L. Barrett Bernard, Tagg Team Racing & West Point Thoroughbreds
18	King Fury	20	Kenny McPeek	Fern Circle Stables & Three Chimneys Farm LLC
19	Keepmeinmind	18	Robertino Diodoro	Southern Equine Stable LLC
20	Brooklyn Strong	10	Daniel Velazquez	Mark Schwartz

European Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS	TRAINER	OWNER
1	Sealiway (FR)	10	Frederic Rossi	Le Haras de La Gousserie and Pariente, Guy
2	Mac Swiney (IRE)	10	J S Bolger	Mrs J S Bolger
3	New Mandate (IRE)	10	Ralph Beckett	Marcstown Thoroughbreds, LLC
4	High Definition (IRE)	10	C Boutin	J Beres
5	Nando Parrado (GB)	4	C G Cox	Mme M Mccartan
6	One Ruler (IRE)	4	Charlie Appleby	Godolphin, LLC
7	Ontario (IRE)	4	Aidan O'Brien	Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith
8	Monaasib (GB)	4	Kevin Prendergast	Hamdan Al Maktoum
9	Cobh (IRE)	3	C G Cox	China Horse Club International Limited
10	Laws of Indices (IRE)	2	K J Condon	Miss C R Holmes
11	Baradar (IRE)	2	R Varian	Amo Racing Limited
12	Snapraeterea (IRE)	2	Joseph O'Brien	J P Farrell
13	Gear Up (IRE)	1	Mark Johnston	Teme Valley 2
14	Libertine (IRE)	1	F. Vermeulen	J Romel
15	Sir Lucan (IRE)	1	Aidan O'Brien	Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs. John Magnier

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS	TRAINER	OWNER
-	God Selection (Jpn)	40	Teiichi Konno	Hiroyuki Kawakatsu
1	La Perouse (Jpn)	30	Kazuo Fujisawa	Nobutaka Tada
2	Alain Barows (Jpn)	20	Masato Hayashi	Koji Inokuma
-	Meisho Murakumo (Jpn)	16	Yusuke Wada	Yoshio Matsumoto
-	Probatio (Jpn)	12	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	North Hills Co. Ltd.
3	Lemon Pop	10	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Godolphin LLC
-	Gold Higher (Jpn)	8	Ryuji Okubo	Hisayo Ishiro
-	Ranryo O (Jpn)	8	Satoshi Kokubo	Satoshi Kokubo
-	Takeru Pegasus	7	Yukhiro Kato	Yasuhiko Mori
-	Ladybug (Jpn)	6	Yoshihito Kitade	Gold Up Company Co. Ltd.
-	Luce d’Oro (Jpn)	4	Yutaka Takahashi	Dearest Club
-	Taisei Again (Jpn)	4	Takeshi Matsushita	Seiho Tanaka
-	Plus Ultra	2	Takahisa Tezuka	Mill Farm Co. Ltd.
-	Shin Yomoginesu	1	Keizo Ito	Shinji Okamoto

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2021 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 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager are:

November 26-29, 2020 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1

November 26-29, 2020 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Sire Wager

January 22-24, 2021 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2

February 12-14, 2021 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3

March 5-7, 2021 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4

March 5-7, 2021 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Pool 1

March 26-28, 2021 (CLOSED)
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5