Kentucky Derby Contenders, Picks and Results

On Saturday, May 1, 2021, the 147^th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) will be ran at Churchill Downs. After 2020 saw the Kentucky Derby moved to September, Kentucky Derby 147 back in May will be a welcome sight.

Whether you’re looking for 2021 Kentucky Derby contenders, entries, odds, 2020 results and payouts, news, Kentucky Derby prep race schedule, point standings and leaderboard, past performances, 2021 Kentucky Derby Trail Tracker, Kentucky Derby Future Wager odds, picks and tips, or handicapping advice, you will have the most updated information here.

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2020-2021 KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS

Rank	Horse	Trainer	Last Start	Next Start
1	Essential Quality	Brad Cox	1st, Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park	Blue Grass Stakes (G2) at Keeneland
2	Life is Good	Bob Baffert	1st, Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita	San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita
3	Medina Spirit	Bob Baffert	1st, Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita	San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita
4	Caddo River	Brad Cox	1st, Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park	Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park
5	Mandaloun	Brad Cox	1st, Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds	Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds
6	Greatest Honour	Shug McGaughey	1st, Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park	Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park
7	Concert Tour	Bob Baffert	1st, San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita	Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park
8	Highly Motivated	Chad Brown	1st, Nyquist Stakes at Keeneland	Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct
9	Keepmeinmind	Robertino Diodoro	1st, Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs	Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park
10	Risk Taking	Chad Brown	1st, Withers Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct	Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct
11	Proxy	Mike Stidham	2nd, Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds	Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds
12	Roman Centurian	Simon Callaghan	2nd, Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita	San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita
13	Hot Rod Charlie	Doug O'Neill	3rd, Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita	Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds
14	The Great One	Doug O'Neill	1st, Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita	San Felipe Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita
15	Candy Man Rocket	Bill Mott	1st, Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs	Tampa Bay Derby (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs
16	Midnight Bourbon	Steve Asmussen	3rd, Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds	Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds
17	Rombauer	Michael McCarthy	1st, El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Golden Gate	???
18	Freedom Fighter	Bob Baffert	2nd, San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita	Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct
19	Spielberg	Bob Baffert	2nd, Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park	???
20	Brooklyn Strong	Daniel Velazquez	1st, Remsen Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct	Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct

2020-2021 ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY

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
Mar 6, 2021	Tampa Bay Derby	Tampa Bay Downs	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 6, 2021	San Felipe	Santa Anita	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 13, 2021	Rebel	Oaklawn Park	1 1/16 Miles	50-20-10-5
Mar 20, 2021	Louisiana Derby	Fair Grounds	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10
Mar 27, 2021	Jeff Ruby Steaks	Turfway Park	1 1/8 Miles (S)	100-40-20-10
Mar 27, 2021	Florida Derby	Gulfstream Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Mar 27, 2021	UAE Derby	Meydan Racecourse	1 3/16 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 3, 2021	Blue Grass Stakes	Keenealnd	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 3, 2021	Santa Anita Derby	Santa Anita Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 3, 2021	Wood Memorial	Aqueduct	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 10, 2021	Arkansas Derby	Oaklawn Park	1 1/8 Miles	100-40-20-10
Apr 10, 2021	Lexington Stakes	Keeneland	1 1/16 Miles	20-8-4-2

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 1, 2021	Patton Stakes	Dundalk	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2
Mar 4, 2021	Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes	Kempton Park	1 Mile (S)	20-8-4-2
Apr 1, 2021	Cardinal Condition Stakes	Chelmsford City	1 Mile (S)	30-12-6-3

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

(T) = Turf
(S) = Synthetic

Note: Scheduled dates subject to change.

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LATEST KENTUCKY DERBY NEWS

Calhoun Following Familiar Path to LA Derby with Run Classic

Two years ago, the Bret Calhoun-trained By My Standards broke his maiden on the Risen Star (G2) undercard and parlayed that score to a win in the Louisiana Derby (G2). Run Classic is in position to pull off the same feat three weeks from now in the TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby. Read More

Brooklyn Strong and Laobanonaprayer in a Holding Pattern

Kentucky Derby Rankings 2/18/21: First List Debuts

Greatest Honour Gears Up for Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth

Racing Dudes Fantasy League Update: Killers Bs Take the Lead

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2021 KENTUCKY DERBY 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	Greatest Honour	60	Shug McGaughey	Courtlandt Farms
2	Mandaloun	52	Brad Cox	Juddmonte Farms Inc. (Prince Khalid Abdullah)
3	Essential Quality	40	Brad Cox	Godolphin, LLC
4	Midnight Bourbon	26	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
5	Proxy	25	Midnight Bourbon	Godolphin LLC (Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum)
-	Drain the Clock	20	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Slam Dunk Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Wonder Stables & Michael Nentwig
6	Keepmeinmind	18	Robertino Diodoro	Southern Equine Stable LLC
7	Spielberg	17	Bob Baffert	SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Golconda Stables, Siena Fa
8	Jackie's Warrior	14	Steve Asmussen	Robison, J. Kirk and Judy
9	Rombauer	14	Michael McCarthy	Fradkin, John and Diane
10	Medina Spirit	14	Bob Baffert	Zedan Racing Stables Inc.
11	Capo Stone	12	Harold Wyner	Bing Cherry Racing Inc. & Leonard Liberto
12	Papetu	11	Antonio Sano	Magic Stables LLC
13	Hot Rod Charlie	10	Doug O'Neill	Roadrunner Racing, Boat Racing, LLC and Strauss Bros Racing
14	Get Her Number	10	Peter Miller	Gary Barber
16	Sittin On Go	10	Dale Romans	Albaugh Family Stables LLC
16	Risk Taking	10	Chad Brown	Klaravich Stables Inc.
17	Candy Man Rocket	10	Bill Mott	Frank Fletcher Racing Operations Inc.
18	Caddo River	10	Brad Cox	Shortleaf Stable Inc. (John E. Anthony)
19	Brooklyn Strong	10	Daniel Velazquez	Mark Schwartz
20	Life Is Good	10	Bob Baffert	CHC INC. and WinStar Farm LLC
21	Hush the Storm	10	Bill Morey	Joseph P. Morey Jr. Revocable Trust
22	Tarantino	9	Rodolphe Brisset	SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy), Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf et al), Madaket Stables LLC (Jason Monteleone & Sol Kumin), Stonestreet Stables LLC (Barbara Banke), Golconda Stables (Ben Goldberg & Elliot Friman), Siena Farm LLC (Anthony Manganaro, Ignacio Patino & David Pope) & Robert E. Masterson
23	Cowan	8	Steve Asmussen	William L. Heiligbrodt, Corinne Heiligbrodt, Madaket Stables LLC & Spendthrift Farm LLC
24	O Besos	5	Greg Foley	L. Barrett Bernard, Tagg Team Racing & West Point Thoroughbreds
25	Nova Rags	4	Bill Mott	Michael Shanley
26	Super Stock	4	Steve Asmussen	Woolsey, Erv and Asmussen, Keith
27	Overtook	4	Todd Pletcher	Repole Stable (Mike Repole), St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola), Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith
28	The Great One	4	Doug O'Neill	ERJ Racing LLC, Train Wreck Al Racing Stables, Niall J. Brennan, Tom Fritz & William Strauss
29	Smiley Sobotka	4	Dale Romans	Albaugh Family Stables LLC
30	Roman Centurian	4	Simon Callaghan	Don Alberto Stable (Liliana Solari Falabella and Andrea & Carlos Heller) & Qatar Racing Limited (Sheikh Fahad Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad & Sheikh Suhaim)
31	Like the King	4	Wesley Ward	M Racing Group LLC (Mickey Gonzalez)
32	Gretzky the Great	2	Mark Casse	Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners (Aron Wellman) & Gary Barber
33	Arabian Prince	2	Dallas Stewart	M. Taylor, J. Taylor, BGT LLC,G. E. Saufley & Louis Brooks Ranch LP
34	Waspirant	2	John Shirreffs	Wygod, Martin J., Wygod, Pam and Lessee
35	Petruchio	2	Richard Mandella	Perry R. Bass II & Ramona S. Bass
36	Known Agenda	2	Todd Pletcher	St. Elias Stable
37	Prime Factor	2	Todd Pletcher	CHC INC (Ah Khing Teo) & WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt)
38	Hidden Stash	2	Vicki Oliver	BBN Racing LLC
39	Hold the Salsa	2	Richard Lugovich	Richard J. Lugovich
40	Big Thorn	2	Steve Asmussen	Alex & JoAnn Lieblong
41	Parnelli	2	John Shirreffs	C R K Stable LLC
42	Pickin' Time	1	Kelly Breen	John Bowers, Jr.
43	Red Flag	1	John Shirreffs	Jerome S. Moss & Tina Moss
44	Santa Cruiser	1	Keith Desormeaux	Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley)
45	Moonlight Strike	1	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Sonata Stable (Marc Tacher)

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
1	La Perouse (Jpn)	30	Kazuo Fujisawa	Nobutaka Tada
2	Alain Barows (Jpn)	20	Masato Hayashi	Koji Inokuma
-	Probatio (Jpn)	12	Tsuyoshi Tanaka	North Hills Co. Ltd.
3	Lemon Pop	10	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Godolphin LLC
-	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)	2	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
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3

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

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

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

2020 KENTUCKY DERBY RESULTS AND PAYOUTS

Race Recap/Replay

On Saturday, September 5, 2020, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert saddled his record-tying sixth winner as Authentic shut down Tiz the Law in the 146^th running of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1).

Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, Authentic conquered the 1 1/4-mile classic at odds of 8-1 in a gate-to-wire score by 1 1/4 lengths in a final time of 2:00.61 – the fastest since Monarchos’ 1:59.97 in 2001.

It was Authentic’s second straight win following the Haskell Stakes (G1) and improved his overall record to 6-5-1-0, with his lone defeat coming in June’s 1 1/18-mile Santa Anita Derby (G1). The 3-year-old Into Mischief colt has now earned $2,871,200 for co-owners Spendthrift Farm, Madaket Stables, Starlight Racing, and MyRacehorse.com.

Get results and payouts to the 2020 Kentucky Derby below. Also, click the link to download our 20-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
18	Authentic	John Velazquez	Bob Baffert	18.80	6.00	5.00
17	Tiz the Law	Manny Franco	Barclay Tagg		3.40	3.20
9	Mr. Big News	Gabriel Saez	Bret Calhoun			16.80

WAGER TYPE	NUMBERS	PAYOFF	POOL
$0.50 Pick 3	4-4-18 (3 Correct)	$272.85	$1,744,990
$0.50 Pick 3	Oaks/Forester/Derby 7-4-18 (3 Correct)	$789.55	$414,643
$0.50 Pick 4	6-4-4-18 (4 Correct)	$2,789.30	$2,763,297
$0.50 Pick 5	2-6-4-4-18 (5 Correct)	$76,653.45	$2,795,827
$2.00 Pick 6	Oaks/Derby P6 6-8-7-4-4-18 (5 Correct)	$10,679.40	$452,357
$0.20 Pick 6 Jackpot	9-2-6-4-4-18 (6 Correct)	$278,513.32	$2,374,532
$1.00 Daily Double	4-18	$127.00	$1,092,892
$1.00 Daily Double	Oaks/Derby 7-18	$161.10	$1,208,965
$2.00 Exacta	18-17	$41.00	$11,861,290
$0.10 Superfecta	18-17-9-16	$792.58	$9,515,700
$1.00 Super High Five	18-17-9-16-2	$77,251.20	$776,119
$0.50 Trifecta	18-17-9	$655.90	$12,998,887