Kentucky Derby Contenders

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney
Posted on April 27, 2011
 

Kentucky Derby contenders for Jack’s Top 20 as of April 27th. The 137th Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs on May 7th, televised on NBC and sponsored by Yum! Brands for the $2 Million purse. My Kentucky Derby contenders will help you prepare for The Greatest Two Minutes In Sports as the three year old horses run for the roses.

Kentucky Derby Contenders ranked 21-24 are simply listed based on graded earnings due to the fact they will likely need help to get into the Derby.

Graded Earnings #

Horse

Trainer

Earnings

Jack’s Ranking

2

Dialed In

Nicholas Zito

$840,000

1

1

Uncle Mo

Todd Pletcher

$1,360,000

2

13

Mucho Macho Man

Katherine Ritvo

$370,000

3

3

Archarcharch

William Fires

$780,000

4

11

Nehro

Steven Asmussen

$400,000

5

5

Toby’s Corner

H. Graham Motion

$625,000

6

6

Pants On Fire

Kelly Breen

$623,000

7

19

Shackleford

Dale Romans

$212,000

8

7

Midnight Interlude

Bob Baffert

$600,000

9

4

Comma to the Top

Peter Miller

$671,000

10

8

Soldat

Kiaran McLaughlin

$540,000

11

10

Master of Hounds

Aidan O’Brien

$441,884

12

14

Decisive Moment

Juan Arias

$301,000

13

12

Twice the Appeal

Jeff Bonde

$400,000

14

16

Stay Thirsty

Todd Pletcher

$260,000

15

17

Santiva

Eddie Kenneally

$242,397

16

15

Animal Kingdom

H. Graham Motion

$285,000

17

18

Watch Me Go

Kathleen O’Connell

$235,500

18

20

Twinspired

Michael Maker

$197,500

19

9

Brilliant Speed

Thomas Albertrani

$450,000

20

21

Silver Medallion

Steven Asmussen

$194,334

21

22

Anthony’s Cross

Eoin Harty

$182,000

22

23

Blue Laser

Mark Casse

$143,502

23

24

Flashpoint

Richard Dutrow, Jr.

$140,000

24

 

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