Kentucky Derby 2025: See leaderboard after 10 races
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Dustin Orona Photography / Remington Park
With two Kentucky Derby 2025 points preps last week, the leaderboard has two new names in the top 10.
Springboard Mile winner Coal Battle joins the standings in eighth place, and Journalism, winner of the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity, is in 10th place. Both earned 10 qualifying points for their wins.
Gaming remains in second place but added three points by finishing third in the Los Al Futurity. Getaway Car moved from fourth to third after earning five points for finishing second in the same race.
Saturday’s Gun Runner Stakes is the last points prep of the year. Five were entered for the Fair Grounds stakes, which offers 10-5-3-2-1 points to the top five finishers. The entries include Render Judgment, who has one Derby point for his fifth-place finish in the Kentucky Jockey Club (G2).
The first weekend of the New Year brings two more points preps, the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn and the Jerome at Aqueduct. Both offer 10-5-3-2-1 points.
| Horse | Points | Trainer | Last race | Earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Citizen Bull | 40 | Bob Baffert | 1st, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $1,256,000 |
| 2. Gaming | 18 | Bob Baffert | 3rd, Los Alamitos Futurity | $544,000 |
| 3. Getaway Car | 16 | Bob Baffert | 2nd, Los Alamitos Futurity | $308,000 |
| 4. Jonathan’s Way | 15 | Philip Bauer | 2nd, Kentucky Jockey Club | $213,530 |
| 5. Chancer McPatrick | 10 | Chad Brown | 6th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $480,000 |
| 6. East Avenue | 10 | Brendan Walsh | 9th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $368,750 |
| 7. First Resort | 10 | Eoin Harty | 1st, Kentucky Jockey Club | $296,776 |
| 8. Coal Battle | 10 | Lonnie Briley | 1st, Springboard Mile | $288,250 |
| 9. Poster | 10 | Eoin Harty | 1st, Remsen | $137,500 |
| 10. Journalism | 10 | Michael McCarthy | 1st, Los Alamitos Futurity | $120,000 |
| 11. Sovereignty | 10 | Bill Mott | 1st, Street Sense | $119,280 |
| 12. Hill Road | 9 | Adrian Murray | 3rd, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $180,000 |
| 13. Tiztastic | 8 | Steve Asmussen | 3rd, Kentucky Jockey Club | $665,800 |
| 14. Ferocious | 8 | Gustavo Delgado | 5th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $232,500 |
| 15. Dapper Moon | 6 | Dallas Stewart | 4th, Kentucky Jockey Club | $46,238 |
| 16. Owen Almighty | 5 | Brian Lynch | 2nd, Iroquois | $163,060 |
| 17. Tip Top Thomas | 5 | Todd Pletcher | 2nd, Champagne | $100,000 |
| 18. Speed King | 5 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Springboard Mile | $60,000 |
| 19. Aviator Gui | 4 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Remsen | $59,000 |
| 20. Sandman | 4 | Mark Casse | 3rd, Street Sense | $27,995 |
| 21. Mo Plex | 3 | Jeremiah Englehart | 2nd, Sleepy Hollow | $156,250 |
| 22. McKinzie Street | 3 | Tim Yakteen | 3rd, American Pharoah | $96,000 |
| 23. Filoso | 3 | Chad Summers | 3rd, Breeders’ Futurity | $59,875 |
| 24. Dominant Spirit | 4 | Bret Calhoun | 3rd, Springboard Mile | $48,000 |
| 25. Giocoso | 3 | Keith Desormeaux | 1st, CD allowance | $33,025 |
| 26. Mesero | 3 | Dale Romans | 3rd, CD allowance | $31,200 |
| 27. Tux | 3 | Bill Mott | 3rd, Street Sense | $30,000 |
| 28. Studlydoright | 2 | Jerry Robb | 4th, Remsen | $247,350 |
| 29. Smoken Wicked | 2 | Dallas Stewart | 1st, CD allowance | $109,200 |
| 30. Dr Ruben M | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Springboard Mile | $18,000 |
| 31. Rank | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $12,500 |
| 32. Jolly Samurai | 1 | Danny Pish | 5th, Springboard Mile | $99,000 |
| 33. Vekoma Rides | 1 | John Kimmel | 2nd, Nashua | $20,000 |
| 34. Render Judgment | 1 | Kenny McPeek | 5th, Kentucky Jockey Club | $11,610 |
| 35. Keewaydin | 1 | Chad Brown | 5th Remsen | $10,000 |
| 36. Show of Force | 1 | Todd Fincher | 5th American Pharoah | $8,000 |
| 37. Bracket Buster | 1 | Vicki Oliver | 5th, Street Sense | $5,820 |
| 38. Mellencamp | 1 | Bob Baffert | 5th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $4,000 |
| *Non-restricted stakes earnings |
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