The 2025 Kentucky Derby is about to take place, and we are hyped up about the few races left to go in order to get the placements for the main event locked up.
The Kentucky Derby is known for being one of the toughest races in horseracing. It is an American Grade I stakes race in which only three-year-old Thoroughbreds run.
The race is known as “The Run for the Roses,” as the winning horse is draped in a blanket of roses. Lasting approximately two minutes, the Derby has been alternately called “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.”
We are eager for it to go down, but first, we have to check out the Leaderboard ranks to see which are the Horses that are most likely to be running in this prestigious race.
Kentucky Derby: Leaderboard Ranks
| Sandman 129 points |
| Journalism 122.5 points |
| Rodriguez 121.5 points |
| Tiztastic 119 points |
| Tappan Street 110 points |
| Sovereignty 110 points |
| Final Gambit 100 points |
| Coal Battle 95 points |
| Chunk of Gold 75 points |
| Citizen Bull 71.25 points |
| Owen Almighty 65 points |
| Publisher 60 points |
| American Promise 55 points |
| Flood Zone 50 points |
| Flying Mohawk 50 points |
| Grande 50 points |
| Madaket Road 46 points |
| Built 45 points |
| Neoequos 40 points |
| Baeza 37.5 points |
| Chancer McPatrick 35 points |
| Captain Cook 35 points |
| Poster 31 Points |
| Burnham Square 30 Points |
| Render Judgment 29 Points |
We listed the top 25, but the list goes all the way to 73 placed Horses fighting for their spot.
Only the top 18 point earners will earn a spot in the starting gate for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve, so we couldn’t be more eager to see which horses will switch spots around those last spots when the time arrives.
Kentucky Derby Qualifiers: Latest Upcoming Races
With the Weekend of April 5th passing us by, we are down to the last two races before the placements for the Derby are all set, so let’s go into the details:
The Blue Grass Stakes, now known as The Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, returned to a Grade I event in 2022 and is run at Keeneland Racecourse featuring one and one-eighth miles on dirt, offering a purse of $1.000.000. The previous three horses that were winners of this event were Sierra Leone, Tapit Trice, and Zandon.
The Lexington Stakes is a Grade III race that features a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, with a purse of US$400.000 since 2022. This event serves as the final qualifying points race for the Road to the Kentucky Derby as a Wild Card event. The previous three horses that won this event were Encino, First Mission, and Tawny Port, all trained by Brad H. Cox.
Blue Grass
| When? | Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 |
| Where? | Keeneland, U.S. |
| First Place | 100 Points |
| Second Place | 50 Points |
| Third Place | 25 Points |
| Fourth Place | 15 Points |
| Fifth Place | 10 Points |
Lexington Stakes
| When? | Saturday, April 12th, 2025 |
| Where? | Keeneland, U.S. |
| First Place | 20 Points |
| Second Place | 10 Points |
| Third Place | 6 Points |
| Fourth Place | 4 Points |
| Fifth Place | 2 Points |
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