With a little over a week since the Arkansas Derby (and the Lexington, although none of those finishers ultimately qualified for the Kentucky Derby), I figured I would go over its results, the final list of potential Kentucky Derby contenders, some info about them, and my updated point matrix. More after the jump!
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Since 2013, Kentucky Derby contenders are largely determined by a point system based on each horse's performance (if they come first, second, third, or fourth) in any of 34 races considered to be Kentucky Derby prep races. The so-called Road to the Derby began on September 12th with the 1 1/16th mile Iroquois Stakes and will end this Saturday with both the 1 1/8th mile Arkansas Derby and the 1 1/16th mile Coolmore Lexington Stakes. The races range in point distribution from 10-4-2-1 to 100-40-20-10.
The Kentucky Derby website keeps a leaderboard based on the given rankings, but I decided to make my own, more specific leaderboard (click to download .xslx file). |
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