Graded Stakes Earnings 2012

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney
Posted on April 1, 2012
 

Here are the current Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes earnings for 2012. The Kentucky Derby Prep races are underway and the Kentucky Derby is just 34 days away at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.

Graded Stakes earnings are used to determine the eligibility of a horse to make it into the starting gate in conjunction with their prepaid entry fee for the Triple Crown Nominations.

Yesterday we watched Take Charge Indy upset Union Rags the morning line favorite and early Kentucky Derby favorite in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Daddy Long Legs also jumped up the graded stakes earnings board with a win in the UAE Derby.

Every week I will be updating the Kentucky Derby Contenders ranked by Graded Stakes earnings for 2012 list so check back every weekend as we make yet another “Run for the Roses”.

2012 Kentucky Derby contenders ranked by graded stakes earnings

Rank

Horse

Trainer

Earnings

1

Hansen

Michael Maker

$1,400,000

2

Daddy Long Legs

Aidan O’Brien

$1,294,030

3

Union Rags

Michael Matz

$1,170,000

4

Wrote (IRE)

Aidan O’Brien

$756,630

5

Take Charge Indy

Patrick Byrne

$698,400

6

Creative Cause

Mike Harrington

$686,000

7

Sabercat

Steve Asmussen

$601,429

8

Daddy Nose Best

Steve Asmussen

$545,558

9

Secret Circle

Bob Baffert

$470,000

10

Yang Tse Kiang (FR)

Richard Chotard

$422,211

11

Dullahan

Dale Romans

$405,000

12

Liaison

Bob Baffert

$393,000

13

Prospective

Mark Casse

$365,452

14

Drill

Bob Baffert

$300,000

15

On Fire Baby (f)

Gary Hartlage

$286,729

16

Went the Day Well

Graham Motion

$282,000

17

El Padrino

Todd Pletcher

$250,000

18

Reveron

Agustin Bezara

$220,000

19

Isn’t He Clever

Henry Dominguez

$188,000

20

Optimizer

D. Wayne Lukas

$181,375

21

Alpha

Kiaran McLaughlin

$180,000

22

Trinniberg

Bisnath Parboo

$174,500

23

Rousing Sermon

Jerry Hollendorfer

$170,000

24

Castaway

Bob Baffert

$162,000

25

I’ll Have Another

Doug O’Neill

$151,000

26

Currency Swap

Teresa Pompay

$150,000

27

My Adonis

Kelly Breen

$130,000

28

Battle Hardened

Eddie Kenneally

$127,000

29

Genten

Yoshito Yahagi

$123,826

30

Brother Francis

James Cassidy

$120,000

31

Mr. Bowling

Larry Jones

$115,848

32

Lucky Chappy (IRE)

Graham Motion

$115,000

33

Jack’s in the Deck

Robin Graham

$105,000

34

Gemologist

Todd Pletcher

$103,855

35

Longview Drive

Jerry Hollendorfer

$102,834

36

Scatman

Michael Lauer

$100,000

37

Fly Lexis Fly

Arturo Morales

$99,481

38

Stirred Up

Bob Baffert

$96,000

39

Howe Great

Graham Motion

$90,000

40

State of Play

Graham Motion

$90,000

41

Zip Top (IRE)

James Bolger

$85,244

42

Jake Mo

Allen Milligan

$85,000

43

News Pending

Dale Romans

$80,000

44

Shared Property

Thomas Amoss

$79,700

45

Handsome Mike

Doug O’Neill

$73,500

46

Golden Ticket

Kenneth McPeek

$70,000

47

Z Dager

Steven Asmussen

$65,000

48

Power World

Bill Mott

$61,354

49

Bodemeister

Bob Baffert

$60,000

50

Midnight Transfer

Carla Gaines

$36,000

 

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