The Kentucky Derby is just 100 days away
Larry Collmus, who calls a certain horse race for NBC, points out that this is a significant date.
100 days to the @KentuckyDerby! @ChurchillDowns @NBCSN
— Larry Collmus (@larrycollmus) January 26, 2017
With that in mind, we offer two charts.
The first gives the Kentucky Derby prep schedule, based on the point system devised by Churchill Downs, home of the race on May 6. The “points” column refers points to the winner.
The second gives the current points standings.
It should be noted that this year, the Derby has partnered with the Japan Racing Association for the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby.” The two races on the chart with an asterisk are part of that series. The points leader from those two races will be guaranteed a position (if accepted) in the 20-horse starting gate.
And don’t forget Saturday’s Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream, featuring California Chrome and Arrogate. I wrote about that race earlier this week.
Kentucky Derby 2017 prep schedule
Date | Race | Track | Points | Winner |
9/17/16 | Iroquois | Churchill Downs | 10 | Not This Time |
10/1/16 | FrontRunner | Belmont Park | 10 | Gormley |
10/8/16 | Champagne | Belmont Park | 10 | Practical Joke |
10/8/16 | Breeders' Futurity | Keeneland | 10 | Classic Empire |
11/5/16 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile | Santa Anita Park | 20 | Classic Empire |
11/19/16 | Delta Downs Jackpot | Delta Downs | 10 | Gunnevera |
11/26/16 | Remsen | Aqueduct | 10 | Mo Town |
11/26/16 | Kentucky Jockey Club | Churchill Downs | 10 | McCraken |
11/26/16 | Cattleya Sho* | Tokyo Racecourse | 40 | Mont Saint Legame |
12/10/16 | Los Alamitos Futurity | Los Alamitos | 10 | Mastery |
1/2/17 | Jerome | Aqueduct | 10 | El Areeb |
1/7/17 | Sham | Santa Anita Park | 10 | Gormley |
1/16/17 | Smarty Jones | Oaklawn Park | 10 | Uncontested |
1/21/17 | Lecomte | Fair Grounds | 10 | Guest Suite |
2/4/17 | Withers | Aqueduct | 10 | |
2/4/17 | Holy Bull | Gulfstream Park | 10 | |
2/4/17 | Robert B. Lewis | Santa Anita Park | 10 | |
2/11/17 | Sam F. Davis | Tampa Bay Downs | 10 | |
2/18/17 | El Camino Real Derby | Golden Gate Fields | 10 | |
2/19/17 | Hyacinth* | Tokyo Racecourse | 50 | |
2/20/17 | Southwest | Oaklawn Park | 10 | |
2/25/17 | Risen Star | Fair Grounds | 50 | |
3/4/17 | Fountain of Youth | Gulfstream Park | 50 | |
3/4/17 | Gotham | Aqueduct | 50 | |
3/11/17 | Tampa Bay Derby | Tampa Bay Downs | 50 | |
3/11/17 | San Felipe | Santa Anita Park | 50 | |
3/18/17 | Rebel | Oaklawn Park | 50 | |
3/25/17 | UAE Derby | Meydan Racecourse | 100 | |
3/25/17 | Spiral | Turfway Park | 50 | |
3/25/17 | Sunland Derby | Sunland Park | 50 | |
4/1/17 | Florida Derby | Gulfstream Park | 100 | |
4/1/17 | Louisiana Derby | Fair Grounds | 100 | |
4/8/17 | Wood Memorial | Aqueduct | 100 | |
4/8/17 | Blue Grass | Keeneland | 100 | |
4/8/17 | Santa Anita Derby | Santa Anita Park | 100 | |
4/15/17 | Arkansas Derby | Oaklawn Park | 100 | |
4/15/17 | Lexington | Keeneland | 10 | |
* Japan Road to Kentucky Derby | ||||
Kentucky Derby 2017 leaderboard
Rank | Horse | Points | Trainer |
1 | Classic Empire | 30 | Mark Casse |
2 | Gormley | 20 | John Shirreffs |
3 | Practical Joke | 14 | Chad Brown |
4 | Uncontested | 10 | Wayne Catalano |
5 | Gunnevera | 10 | Antonio Sano |
6 | Lookin At Lee | 10 | Steve Asmussen |
7 | Mastery | 10 | Bob Baffert |
8 | Mo Town | 10 | Tony Dutrow |
9 | McCraken | 10 | Ian Wilkes |
10 | El Areeb | 10 | Cathal Lynch |
11 | Guest Suite | 10 | Neil Howard |
12 | Wild Shot | 6 | Rusty Arnold |
13 | No Dozing | 5 | Arnaud Delacour |
14 | Klimt | 4 | Bob Baffert |
15 | Hot Sean | 4 | Bob Baffert |
16 | Dangerfield | 4 | Doug O'Neill |
17 | Syndergaard | 4 | Todd Pletcher |
18 | Irap | 4 | Doug O'Neill |
19 | Petrov | 4 | Ron Moquett |
20 | Bonus Points | 4 | Todd Pletcher |
21 | Untrapped | 4 | Steve Asmussen |
22 | American Anthem | 4 | Bob Baffert |
23 | Warrior's Club | 3 | D. Wayne Lukas |
24 | Straight Fire | 2 | Keith Desormeaux |
25 | Favorable Outcome | 2 | Chad Brown |
This story was originally published January 26, 2017 at 1:40 PM.