2022 Kentucky Derby Contenders and Leaderboard

With the 2022 Kentucky Derby approaching, see the latest top 2022 Kentucky Derby contenders here. Find the points leaders in this year’s Road to the Kentucky Derby and latest info on the top 20 horses below.

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2022 TOP 20 KENTUCKY DERBY CONTENDERS

Check out the latest contenders who are hopeful to start the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

Rank	Horse	Trainers	Last Start	Possible Next Start
1	Epicenter	Steve Asmussen	1st, Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds	Kentucky Derby (G1)
2	Zandon	Chad Brown	1st, Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland	Kentucky Derby (G1)
3	Messier	Tim Yakteen	2nd, Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita	Kentucky Derby (G1)
4	Taiba	Tim Yakteen	1st, Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita	Kentucky Derby (G1)
5	White Abarrio	Saffie Joseph Jr.	1st, Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
6	Simplification	Antonio Sano	3rd, Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
7	Mo Donegal	Todd Pletcher	1st, Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) at Aqueduct	Kentucky Derby (G1)
8	Smile Happy	Kenny McPeek	2nd, Blue Grass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland	Kentucky Derby (G1)
9	Cyberknife	Brad Cox	1st, Arkansas Derby (G1)	Kentucky Derby (G1)
10	Charge It	Todd Pletcher	2nd, Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
11	Zozos	Brad Cox	2nd, Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds	Kentucky Derby (G1)
12	Tiz the Bomb	Kenny McPeek	1st, Jeff Ruby Stakes at Turfway Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
13	Crown Pride	Koichi Shintani	1st, UAE Derby at Meydan Race Course	Kentucky Derby (G1)
14	Pioneer of Medina	Todd Pletcher	3rd, Louisiana Derby (G2) at Fair Grounds	Kentucky Derby (G1)
15	Tawny Port	Brad Cox	2nd, Jeff Ruby Stakes at Turfway Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
16	Classic Causeway	Brian Lynch	11th, Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
17	Barber Road	John Ortiz	2nd, Arkansas Derby (G1) at Oaklawn Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
18	Happy Jack	Doug O'Neill	3rd, Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park	Kentucky Derby (G1)
19	Ethereal Road	D Wayne Lukas	4th, Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland	Kentucky Derby (G1)
20	Summer Is Tomorrow	Bhupat Seemar	2nd, UAE Derby at Meydan Race Course	Kentucky Derby (G1)

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2022 KENTUCKY DERBY POINT LEADERS

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 here. 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	Epicenter	164	Steve Asmussen	Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
2	Zandon	114	Chad Brown	Jeff Drown
3	White Abarrio	112	Saffie Joseph, Jr.	C2 Racing Stable LLC and La Milagrosa Stable, LLC
4	Mo Donegal	112	Todd Pletcher	Donegal Racing
5	Tiz the Bomb	110	Kenny McPeek	Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek et al)
6	Cyberknife	100	Brad Cox	Gold Square LLC (Abraham Gold)
7	Crown Pride	100	Koichi Shintani	Teruya Yoshida
8	Taiba	100	Tim Yakteen	Zedan Racing Stables Inc. (Amr Zedan)
9	Simplification	74	Antonio Sano	Tami Bobo
10	Smile Happy	70	Kenny McPeek	Lucky Seven Stable
11	Classic Causeway	66	Brian Lynch	Kentucky West Racing LLC (Patrick O’Keefe) & Clarke M. Cooper
12	Tawny Port	60	Brad Cox	Peachtree Stable (John Fort)
13	Barber Road	58	John Ortiz	WSS Racing LLC
14	Messier	40	Tim Yakteen	SF Racing LLC (Gavin Murphy), Starlight Racing (Jack Wolf), Madaket Stables LLC (Sol Kumin), Robert E. Masterson, Jay A. Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC (W. Gregg Slager), Catherine M. Donovan, Golconda Stable (Ben Goldberg & Elliot Friman), Siena Farm LLC (Anthony Manganaro)
15	Zozos	40	Brad Cox	Barry & Joni Butzow
16	Summer Is Tomorrow	40	Bhupat Seemar	Michael Hilary Burke & Negar Burke
17	Charge It	40	Todd Pletcher	Whisper Hill Farm (Amanda Pope)
18	Happy Jack	30	Doug O'Neill	Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley)
19	Pioneer of Medina	25	Todd Pletcher	Sumaya U. S. Stables
20	Ethereal Road	22	D Wayne Lukas	Aaron Sones
21	Rich Strike	21	Eric Reed	RED TR-Racing LLC (Richard Dawson)
22	Rattle N Roll	20	Kenny McPeek	Lucky Seven Stable
23	Bye Bye Bobby	20	Todd Fincher	B4 Farms LLC
24	Skippylongstocking	20	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Daniel Alonso
25	Major General	18	Todd Pletcher	WinStar Farm LLC and Siena Farm LLC
26	Golden Glider	15	Mark Casse	Penny & Manfred Conrad

European Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS
-	Luxembourg (IRE)	20
-	Juncture (GB)	20
-	Blue Trail (Ire)	20
-	Angel Bleu (FR)	10
-	Royal Patronage (FR)	10
-	Morning Soldier (Ire)	8
-	Harrow (Ire)	8
-	Noble Truth (FR)	4
-	Coroebus (IRE)	4
-	Sissoko (IRE)	4
-	Manu Et Corde (IRE)	4
-	Sister Bridget (Ire)	4
-	Find (GB)	4
-	Bayside Boy (IRE)	2
-	Ancient Rome	2
-	Unconquerable (IRE)	2
-	Tuwaiq (Ire)	2
-	In Ecstasy (Ire)	2
-	Havana Goldrush (GB)	2
-	Tuwaiq (IRE)	2
-	Accakaba (IRE)	1
-	Masekela (IRE)	1
-	Hannibal Barca (IRE)	1
-	Swan Bay (IRE)	1

Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby

RANK	HORSE	POINTS
-	Delicada (JPN)	40
-	Combustion (JPN)	38
-	Dry Stout (JPN)	20
-	Notturno (JPN)	16
1	Geraldo Barows (JPN)	14
2	Consigliere (JPN)	10
-	Peisha Es (JPN)	8
-	Sea Vixen	6
-	Praelude (JPN)	4
-	Odilon (JPN)	4
3	Café Karma (JPN)	4
4	Sekifu (JPN)	2
5	Geraldo Barows (JPN)	2
-	World Connector	1