Kentucky Derby 2015: Updated Contenders & Points Standings

Now that the dust has settled on the second-to-last Saturday before the Kentucky Derby field is revealed, there are several horses who have emerged from the pack and figure to be the favorites entering the first weekend in May.

American Pharoah, trained by Bob Baffert, was the most recent favorite in Kentucky Derby future wagering. The second future wagering choice, Dortmund, another Baffert horse, ran on Saturday, April 4th and won the Santa Anita Derby — one of the three Kentucky Derby prep races from this past weekend — in impressive fashion.

Despite those two horses bringing in money, International Star remains atop the Road to the Kentucky Derby points standings with 171 points, just one more than Dortmund. Behind those two horses are Carpe Diem and Frosted, the two winners of the two other Kentucky Derby prep races — the Wood Memorial and the Blue Grass Stakes. Rounding out the top five is the mysterious Mubtaahij, a horse that won the 2015 UAE Derby by eight lengths to stamp his ticket to Churchill Downs.

Here is the updated Road to the Kentucky Derby points standings as of April 5th:

The Top 20

Ranking:	Horse:	Points:	Owner:	Trainer:
1	International Star	171	Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey	Mike Maker
2	Dortmund	170	Kaleem Shah, Inc.	Bob Baffert
3	Carpe Diem	164	WinStar Farm, LLC & Stonestreet Stables LLC	Todd Pletcher
4	Frosted	113	Godolphin	Kiaran McLaughlin
5	Mubtaahij	100	Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum	Mike de Kock
6	Materiality	100	Alto Racing, LLC	Todd Pletcher
7	El Kabeir	95	Zayat Stables	John Terranova II
8	Upstart	76	Ralph M. Evans	Rick Violette Jr.
9	American Pharoah	60	Zayat Stables	Bob Baffert
10	Itsaknockout	60	Starlight Racing	Todd Pletcher
11	Firing Line	58	Arnold Zetcher	Simon Callaghan
12	Danzig Moon	45	John C. Oxley	Mark Casse
13	War Story	44	Christopher T. Dunn and Loooch Racing Stable, Inc.	Tom Amoss
14	Tencendur	41	Philip S. Birsh	George Weaver
15	Maftool	40	Godolphin Racing LLC	Saeed bin Suroor
16	One Lucky Dane	40	Michael Lund Petersen	Bob Baffert
17	Ami’s Flatter	40	Ivan Dalos	Josie Carroll
18	Stanford	40	Stonestreet Stables LLC	Todd Pletcher
19	Ocho Ocho Ocho	30	DP Racing, LLC	Jim Cassidy
20	Bolo	30	Golden Pegasus Racing Inc. & Mack	Carla Gaines

If the Kentucky Derby field was announced today, these are the 20 horses who would qualify.

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Here are the 10 horses that are on the outside looking in right now:

The Next 10

Ranking:	Horse:	Points:	Owner:	Trainer:
21	Prospect Park	30	Pam & Martin Wygod	Cliff Sise Jr.
22	Conquest Typhoon	26	Conquest Stables LLC	Mark Casse
23	Far Right	22	H T Rosenblum and R V LaPenta	Ron Moquett
24	Keen Ice	22	Donegal Racing	Dale Romans
25	Daredevil	20	Let’s Go Stable	Todd Pletcher
26	Madefromlucky	20	Cheyenne Stables LLC & Mac Nichol	Todd Pletcher
27	Tiz Shea D	20	Wachtel Stable, Brous Stable LLC & Gary Barber	Bill Mott
28	Frammento	20	Mossarosa	Nick Zito
29	Bold Conquest	17	Ackerley Brothers Farm	Steve Asmussen
30	Mr. Z	14	Zayat Stables	D. Wayne Lukas

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Next weekend is the final weekend of prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. After the Arkansas Derby and Lexington, the 20-horse field set will be made official.

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