Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes Earnings 2012

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney
Posted on March 26, 2012
 

Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes earnings for 2012. The Kentucky Derby Prep races are underway and the Kentucky Derby is just 40 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

$1,400,000

2

Union Rags

Michael Matz

$1,070,000

3

Creative Cause

Mike Harrington

$686,000

4

Sabercat

Steven Asmussen

$601,429

5

Wrote (IRE)

Aidan O’Brien

$556,630

6

Daddy Nose Best

Steven Asmussen

$545,558

7

Secret Circle

Bob Baffert

$470,000

8

Dullahan

Dale Romans

$405,000

9

Liaison

Bob Baffert

$393,000

10

Prospective

Mark Casse

$365,452

11

Went the Day Well

H. Motion

$282,000

12

El Padrino

Todd Pletcher

$200,000

13

Isn’t He Clever*

Henry Dominguez

$188,000

14

Optimizer

D. Lukas

$181,375

15

Alpha

Kiaran McLaughlin

$180,000

16

Trinniberg*

Bisnath Parboo

$174,500

17

Rousing Sermon

Jerry Hollendorfer

$170,000

18

Castaway

Bob Baffert

$162,000

19

I’ll Have Another

Doug O’Neill

$151,000

20

Currency Swap

Teresa Pompay

$150,000

21

My Adonis

Kelly Breen

$130,000

22

Battle Hardened

Eddie Kenneally

$127,000

23

Brother Francis

James Cassidy

$120,000

24

Mr. Bowling

J. Jones

$115,848

25

Lucky Chappy (IRE)

H. Motion

$115,000

26

Jack’s in the Deck

Robin Graham

$105,000

27

Gemologist

Todd Pletcher

$103,855

28

Longview Drive

Jerry Hollendorfer

$102,834

29

Scatman

Michael Lauer

$100,000

30

Fly Lexis Fly

Arturo Morales

$99,481

31

Take Charge Indy

Patrick Byrne

$98,400

32

Stirred Up

Bob Baffert

$96,000

33

Daddy Long Legs

Aidan O’Brien

$94,030

34

Holiday Promise*

Todd Pletcher

$94,000

35

Howe Great

H. Motion

$90,000

35

State of Play

H. Motion

$90,000

37

Zip Top (IRE)

James Bolger

$85,244

38

Jake Mo*

Allen Milligan

$85,000

39

News Pending

Dale Romans

$80,000

40

Shared Property

Thomas Amoss

$79,700

41

Handsome Mike

Doug O’Neill

$73,500

42

Golden Ticket*

Kenneth McPeek

$70,000

43

Z Dager

Steven Asmussen

$65,000

44

Power World

Neil Howard

$61,354

45

Stoney Fleece*

John Sadler

$60,000

* – Not nominated to Triple Crown

 

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