2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby
Rank Horse Points Eligible Earnings Trainer Owner
1 Magnum Moon 150 $ 1,140,000 Todd Pletcher Lawana & Robert Low
2 Good Magic 134 $ 1,838,400 Chad Brown e Five Racing & Stonestreet Stables
3 Audible 110 $ 803,520 Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm , China Horse Club & SF Racing
4 Noble Indy 110 $ 640,000 Todd Pletcher WinStar Farm & Repole Stable
5 Vino Rosso 107 $ 572,500 Todd Pletcher Repole & St Elias Stables
6 Bolt d'Oro 104 $ 980,000 Mick Ruis Ruis Racing
7 Enticed 103 $ 545,880 Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin Racing
8 Mendelssohn 100 $ 1,947,299 Aidan O'Brien Smith , Magnier & Tabor
9 Justify 100 $ 600,000 Bob Baffert China Horse Club , Head of Plains Partners , WinStar Farm , Starlight Racing
bypassing Quip 90 $ 412,000 Rodolphe Brisset WinStar Farm , China Horse Club & SF Racing
10 Flameaway 70 $ 672,260 Mark Casse John Oxley
11 Solomini 54 $ 716,000 Bob Baffert Zayat Stables
12 Bravazo 54 $ 359,913 D. Wayne Lukas Calumet Farm
13 My Boy Jack 52 $ 622,000 J. Keith Desormeaux Do n't Tell My Wife and Monomoy Stables
14 Promises Fulfilled 52 $ 266,480 Dale Romans Robert Baron
injured Runaway Ghost 50 $ 456,350 Todd Fincher Joe Peacock
15 Free Drop Billy 44 $ 597,200 Dale Romans Albaugh Family Stables
16 Lone Sailor 42 $ 273,347 Thomas Amoss Tom Benson
bypassing Rayya 40 $ 600,000 Doug Watson Rashid bin Humaid al Nuaimi
injured McKinzie 40 $ 320,000 Bob Baffert Watson , Pegram & Wellman
Main Road to the Kentucky Derby -- Standings
The following table shows the points earned in the eligible races for the main series . Entries for the Derby were taken on May 1 . [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The 2018 Road to the Kentucky Derby was a series of races through which horses qualified for the 2018 Kentucky Derby, which was held on May 5. The field for the Derby was limited to 20 horses, with up to four 'also eligibles' in case of a late withdrawal from the field. There were three separate paths for horses to take to qualify for the Derby: the main Road consisting of 34 races in North America plus one in Dubai, the Japan Road consisting of three races in Japan, and a new European Road consisting of seven races in England, Ireland and France. The races in the Road to the Kentucky Derby were held from September 2017 (when the horses were age two) through April 2018 (when they had turned three). The top four finishers in the specified races earned points, with the highest point values awarded in the major preparatory races held in late March or early April. Earnings in non-restricted stakes acted as a tie breaker.