Kentucky Derby 2025: See leaderboard after 11 races
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Ben Breland / Eclipse Sportswire
Built, the Hard Spun colt trained by Wayne Catalano, joined the leaderboard for Kentucky Derby 2025 with his 6 3/4-length win in Saturday’s Gun Runner at Fair Grounds.
He got 10 points for the victory, which put him at no. 12 in the standings. The Gun Runner was the first start for Built since he won a maiden special weight at Keeneland on Oct. 6.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Citizen Bull remains in the no. 1 spot, and Gaming, a stablemate in Bob Baffert’s barn and second in the Juvenile, is at no. 2.
The Gun Runner was the last Derby points prep of the year. Two more are coming up on Jan. 4, the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn and the Jerome at Aqueduct. Both offer 10-5-3-2-1 points to the winner.
Two weeks later, the road to the Kentucky Derby begins to offer races with 20 points to the winner, with the Grade 3 Lecomte at Fair Grounds, followed the next week with the Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn.
Click here for a full list of Derby prep races and points earners.
| Horse | Points | Trainer | Last race | Earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Citizen Bull | 40 | Bob Baffert | 1st, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $1,256,000 |
| 2. Gaming | 18 | Bob Baffert | 2nd, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $544,000 |
| 3. Getaway Car | 16 | Bob Baffert | 4th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $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. Built | 10 | Wayne Catalano | 1st, Gun Runner | $60,000 |
| 13. Hill Road | 9 | Adrian Murray | 3rd, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $180,000 |
| 14. Tiztastic | 8 | Steve Asmussen | 3rd, Kentucky Jockey Club | $665,800 |
| 15. Ferocious | 8 | Gustavo Delgado | 5th, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | $232,500 |
| 16. Dapper Moon | 6 | Dallas Stewart | 4th, Kentucky Jockey Club | $46,238 |
| 17. Owen Almighty | 5 | Brian Lynch | 2nd, Iroquois | $163,060 |
| 18. Tip Top Thomas | 5 | Todd Pletcher | 2nd, Champagne | $100,000 |
| 19. Speed King | 5 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Springboard Mile | $60,000 |
| 20. Aviator Gui | 5 | Chad Brown | 2nd, Remsen | $59,000 |
| 21. Magnitude | 5 | Steve Asmussen | 2nd, Gun Runner | $22,505 |
| 22. Sandman | 4 | Mark Casse | 3rd, Street Sense | $27,995 |
| 23. Render Judgment | 4 | Kenny McPeek | 3td, Gun Runner | $21,610 |
| 24. Mo Plex | 3 | Jeremiah Englehart | 2nd, Sleepy Hollow | $156,250 |
| 25. McKinzie Street | 3 | Tim Yakteen | 3rd, American Pharoah | $96,000 |
| 26. Filoso | 3 | Chad Summers | 3rd, Breeders’ Futurity | $59,875 |
| 27. Dominant Spirit | 4 | Bret Calhoun | 3rd, Springboard Mile | $48,000 |
| 28. Giocoso | 3 | Keith Desormeaux | 1st, CD allowance | $33,025 |
| 29. Mesero | 3 | Dale Romans | 3rd, CD allowance | $31,200 |
| 30. Tux | 3 | Bill Mott | 3rd, Street Sense | $30,000 |
| 31. Studlydoright | 2 | Jerry Robb | 4th, Remsen | $247,350 |
| 32. Smoken Wicked | 2 | Dallas Stewart | 1st, CD allowance | $109,200 |
| 33. Dr Ruben M | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Springboard Mile | $18,000 |
| 34. Rank | 2 | Doug O’Neill | 4th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $12,500 |
| 35. Admiral Dennis | 2 | Brad Cox | 4th, Gun Runner | $4,000 |
| 36. Jolly Samurai | 1 | Danny Pish | 5th, Springboard MIle | $99,000 |
| 37. Vekoma Rides | 1 | John Kimmel | 2nd, Nashua | $20,000 |
| 38. Keewaydin | 1 | Chad Brown | 5th Resen | $10,000 |
| 39. Show of Force | 1 | Todd Fincher | 5th American Pharoah | $8,000 |
| 40. Bracket Buster | 1 | Vicki Oliver | 5th, Street Sense | $5,820 |
| 41. Mellencamp | 1 | Bob Baffert | 5th, Los Alamitos Futurity | $4,000 |
| 42. Chris’s Revenge | 1 | Brittany Russell | 5th, Gun Runner | $2,000 |
| *Non-restricted stakes earnings | Â | Â | Â |
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