Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes Earnings
Posted on February 15, 2012
Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes earnings for 2012. The Kentucky Derby Prep races are underway and the Kentucky Derby is just 80 days away presented by Yum! Brands 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.
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 | $1,160,000 |
| 2 | Union Rags | Michael Matz | $830,000 |
| 3 | Sabercat | Steve Asmussen | $600,000 |
| 4 | Wrote (IRE) | Aidan O’Brien | $556,630 |
| 5 | Creative Cause | Mike Harrington | $488,000 |
| 6 | Liaison | Bob Baffert | $375,000 |
| 6 | Dullahan | Dale Romans | $375,000 |
| 8 | Excaper | Ian Black | $240,736 |
| 9 | Algorithms | Todd Pletcher | $240,000 |
| 10 | Drill | Bob Baffert | $210,000 |
| 11 | Alpha | Kiaran McLaughlin | $180,000 |
| 12 | Rousing Sermon | Jerry Hollendorfer | $164,000 |
| 13 | Prospective | Mark Casse | $155,452 |
| 14 | I’ll Have Another | Doug O’Neill | $151,000 |
| 15 | Currency Swap | Teresa Pompay | $150,000 |
| 16 | Brother Francis | James Cassidy | $120,000 |
| 16 | Battle Hardened | Eddie Kenneally | $120,000 |
| 18 | Mr. Bowling | Larry Jones | $115,848 |
| 19 | Jack’s In The Deck | Robin Graham | $105,000 |
| 20 | Gemologist | Todd Pletcher | $103,855 |
| 21 | Longview Drive | Jerry Hollendorfer | $102,000 |
| 22 | Take Charge Indy | Patrick Byrne | $98,400 |
| 23 | Daddy Long Legs | Aidan O’Brien | $94,030 |
| 24 | Thunder Moccasin | Todd Pletcher | $90,000 |
| 24 | State of Play | Graham Motion | $90,000 |
| 26 | Empire Way | Mike Harrington | $85,000 |
| 27 | Motor City | Ian Wilkes | $78,383 |
| 28 | Optimizer | D. Wayne Lukas | $78,375 |
| 29 | Lucky Chappy (IRE) | Graham Motion | $75,000 |
| 30 | Shared Property | Thomas Amoss | $73,700 |
| 31 | Exfactor | Bernie Flint | $67,748 |
| 32 | Sky Kingdom | Bob Baffert | $64,000 |
| 33 | Power World | Neil Howard | $61,354 |
| 34 | Shkspeare Shaliyah | Doodnauth Shivmangal | $60,000 |
| 34 | Out of Bounds | Eoin Harty | $60,000 |
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