Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes Earnings

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney
Posted on February 22, 2012
 

Kentucky Derby Graded Stakes earnings for 2012. The Kentucky Derby Prep races are underway and the Kentucky Derby is just 73 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 $506,000
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 On Fire Baby (f) Gary Hartlage $211,729
11 Alpha Kiaran McLaughlin $180,000
12 Secret Circle Bob Baffert $170,000
13 Rousing Sermon Jerry Hollendorfer $164,000
14 Prospective Mark Casse $155,452
15 I’ll Have Another Doug O’Neill $151,000
16 Castaway Bob Baffert $150,000
16 Currency Swap Teresa Pompay $150,000
18 Daddy Nose Best Steve Asmussen $145,558
19 Brother Francis James Cassidy $120,000
19 Battle Hardened Eddie Kenneally $120,000
21 Mr. Bowling Larry Jones $115,848
22 Lucky Chappy (IRE) Graham Motion $115,000
23 Jack’s In The Deck Robin Graham $105,000
24 Gemologist Todd Pletcher $103,855
25 Longview Drive Jerry Hollendorfer $102,834
26 Fly Lexis Fly Arturo Morales $99,481
27 Take Charge Indy Patrick Byrne $98,400
28 Daddy Long Legs Aidan O’Brien $94,030
29 Red Duke John Quinn $90,823
30 Thunder Moccasin Todd Pletcher $90,000
30 State of Play Graham Motion $90,000
32 Zip Top (IRE) James Bolger $85,244
33 Empire Way Mike Harrington $85,000
34 Motor City Ian Wilkes $78,383
35 Optimizer D. Wayne Lukas $78,375
36 Shared Property Thomas Amoss $73,700
37 Exfactor Bernie Flint $67,748
38 Sky Kingdom Bob Baffert $64,000
39 Power World Neil Howard $61,354
40 Shkspeare Shaliyah Doodnauth Shivmangal $60,000
40 Out of Bounds Eoin Harty $60,000

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