151st Ky Derby Final Rankings
HorseSireTrainerJockeyRecordComments
1. SovereigntyInto MischiefBill MottJunior Alvarado5/2-2-0Ran 2nd in G1 Florida Derby, But Race Didn't Set Up Right…Look for Huge Derby
2. JournalsimCurlinMichael McCarthyUmberto Rispoli5/4-0-1Prohibitive KY Derby Favorite After Winning G1 SA Derby…Will Be a Tough "Out"
3. Final GambitNot This TimeBrad CoxLuan Machado4/2-1-1This Was MY Longshot Before He Got to Be Everybody Elses…Can Finish…Can Win
4. Tappan StreetInto MischiefBrad CoxLuis Saez3/2-1-0What a Win in G1 Florida Derby / Held Off Out #1 In That / Could Be a Huge Derby Play
5. SandmanTapitMark CasseCristian Torres8/3-1-2Winner of G1 Arkansas Derby Is Beautiful / Will Take Lots of Action / Overbet? I Think
6. TiztasticTiz the LawSteve AsmussenJoel Rosario8/3-1-2Louisiana Derby Winner Has Experience at CD / Don’t Dismiss This One
7. Luxor CaféAmerican PharoahNoriyuk HoriJoao Moreira6/4-1-0KY-Bred Has Only Run in JPN…But This One is Very Impressive…Very…Impressive
8. GrandeCurlinTodd PletcherDylan Davis3/2-1-0Didn't Start As 2YO…Yep…It's Still a Thing…But This One is a Talent…I Use Underneath
9. Burnham SquareLiam's MapIan WilkesBrian Hernandez,Jr.6/3-1-1Storming Winner of the G1 BG Stakes / Can He Get the Same Trip / Why Can't He?
10. Publisher American PharoahSteve AsmussenFlavien Prat7/0-2-3Still a Maiden…That's An Issue…Only 3 Maidens Have Ever Won Derby / Not a 4th
11. Citizen BullInto MischiefBob BaffertMartin Garcia6/4-0-1Went Way Too Fast Early in SA Derby & Folded / Could Do Same in KY Derby
12. Coal Battle Coal FrontLonnie BrileyJuan Vargas8/5-0-1Had Perfect Trip to Run Down Speed in Ark Derby & Couldn't Do It / Won't Do It Here
13. American PromiseJustifyD. Wayne LukasNik Juarez9/2-1-1Jumped Into the Mix With Huge Win in VA Derby; Can He Keep Improving? Good ?
14. RodriguezAuthenticBob BaffertMike Smith5/2-2-1Wood Winner Is Another Speed Horse Who Can't Last This Trip…Just Can't
16. Admire Daytona DrefongYukihiro KatoJunko Kondo6/2-2-0UAE Derby Winner Has Never Won "The Derby"/ This Speedy Type Won't Either
17. Flying MohawkKaraknotieD. Whit BeckmanJoseph Ramos6/2-2-0Turf Closer Ran 2nd Over AW in G3 Jeff Ruby / No Match for Final Gambit, Though
18. East AvenueMedaglia d'OroBrendan WalshLuan Machado5/2-1-0Another Speedster Who Loves KEE / Won't Love KY Derby or Distance / Toss for Me
13. Owen AlmightySpeightstownBryan LynchJose Ortiz7/3-2-0Speedy Type Folded in Stretch of G1 BG / Same Happens in KY Derby
19. Chunk of GoldPreservationistEthan WestJareth Loveberry4/1-3-0Had Ever Chance in LA Derby & Folded / Can't Hang With These Top Horses
20. BuiltHard SpunWayne CatalanoLuis Saez6/2-1-25th in the LA Derby When Weakened…But a Rather Rough Trip, Too…Must Improve