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Leaderboard Updated: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 HOW TO GET INTO THE KENTUCKY DERBY STARTING GATE – The Road to the Kentucky Derby is a 35-race series that awards points to the Top 4 finishers in each race. The top 19 or 20 point earners will earn a spot in the starting gate for the 143 rd running of the $2 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade I) on Saturday, May 6, 2017. One invitation will be extended to the top point earners in the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby field has been limited to 20 starters since 1975. At least 20 horses have entered the 1 ¼-mile race for 3-year-olds every year since 2004, and 16 of the last 18 years. Non -Restricted Rank Horse Points Owner(s) Trainer Stakes Earnings 1. Girvin 150 Br ad Grady Joe Sharp $849,800 2. Classic Empire 132 John C. Oxley Mark Casse $2,093,820 3. Gormley 125 Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (Jerry & Ann Moss) John Shirreffs $884,000 4. Irap 113 Reddam Racing LLC (J. Paul Reddam) Doug O’Neill $7 60 ,000 5. Irish War Cry 110 Isabella De Tomaso Graham Motion $67 6,660 6. $-Thunder Snow (Ire) 100 Godolphin (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum et al) Saeed bin Suroor $1,621,063 7. Always Dreaming 100 Brooklyn Boyz Stables (Anthony Bonomo Sr.) , Teresa Viola Racing Todd Pletcher $589,000 Stables et al. 8. Gunnevera 84 Peacock Racing Stables LLC (Solomon Del -Valle, Guillermo Guerra Antonio Sano $1, 137 ,800 & Jaime Diaz) 9. Practical Joke 74 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klarman) & William H. Lawrence Chad Brown $966,000 10 . J Boys Echo 63 Albaugh Family Stables LLC (Jason Loustch) Dale Romans $305,000 11 . State of Honor 62 Conrad Farm (Manfred & Penny Conrad) Mark Casse $310,364 $$ -Conquest Mo Money 60 Judge Lanier Racing (Tom & Sandy McKenna) Miguel Hernandez $496,000 --- Mastery 60 Cheyenne Stables LLC (Everett Dobson) Bob Baffert $480,000 12. Tapwrit 54 Bridlewood Farm (John & Leslie Malone), Eclipse Thoroughbred Todd Pletcher $325 ,570 Partners (Aron Wellman) & Robert V. LaPenta --- Malagacy 50 Sumaya U.S. Stables (Oussama Aboughazale) Todd Pletcher $5 70,000 13. Hence 50 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Steve Asmussen $401,4 29 14. $$ -Fast and Accurate 50 Kendall E. Hansen & Skychai Racing (Harvey Diamond & Jim Mike Maker $320,712 Shircliff) & Bode Miller --- Epicharis (Jpn) 40 U. Carrot Farm Kiyoshi Hagiwara $851,195 15. McCraken 40 Whitham Thoroughbreds LLC (Janis R. Whitham) Ian Wilkes $385,048 16. Battle of Midway 40 WinStar Farm ( Kenny Troutt) & Don Alberto Stable (Solari family’s Jerry Hollendorfer $224,000 Bethia Holdings; President: Carlos Alberto Heller Solari) 17. Patch 40 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Todd Pletcher $200,000 --- Battalion Runner 40 St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola) Todd Pletcher $140,000 --- Cloud Computing 40 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klar aman) & William H. Lawrence Chad Brown $13 5,000 18 . Untrapped 34 Michael Langford Steve Asmussen $212,858 19 . Lookin At Lee 32 L and N Racing LLC (Lee Levinson ) Steve Asmussen $428,600 --- El Areeb 30 M M G Stables LLC (Mohammed Al -Gadhi) Cal Lynch $330 ,000 20 . Sonneteer 30 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Keith Desormeaux $236,000 21 . Royal Mo 30 Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (Jerry & Ann Moss) John Shirreffs $213,000 --- Local Hero 30 e Five Racing Thoroughbreds (Bob Edwards) Steve Asmussen $140,000 --- Iliad 20 Kaleem Shah Inc. Doug O’Neill $220,000 22. Master Plan 20 Al Shaqab Racing (Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani) , WinStar Todd Pletcher $214,700 Farm (Kenny Troutt) et al --- Blueridge Traveler 20 Horizon Stables (Ross M. Whipple) Kenny McPeek $95,000 -- - +Not This Time 18 Albaugh Family Stable (Dennis Albaugh) Dale Romans $430,210 --- Wild Shot 17 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Rusty Arnold II $14 2,200 --- True Timber 16 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Kiaran McLaughlin $124,000 --- Guest Suite 15 William S. F arish & Lora Jean Kilroy Neil Howard $1 54,040 --- Petrov 13 Rialto Racing Stables LLC (Catherine Adams Hutt) & Southern Ron Moquett $19 7,857 Spring Stables (Ron Moquett) --- No Dozing 12 Lael Stables (Roy & Gretchen Jackson) Arnaud Delacour $12 6,500 -- - Term of Art 11 Calumet Farm (Brad Kelley) Doug O’Neill $119 ,345 --- Uncontested 11 Harry T. Rosenblum & Robert V. LaPenta Wayne Catalano $103,729 --- Lancaster Bomber 10 Michael B. Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier & Derrick Smith Aidan O’Brien $417,430 --- On e Liner 10 WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), China Horse Club (Ah Khing Todd Pletcher $300,000 Teo) & SF Racing LLC (Garvin Murphy, Neil Bowden & Tom Ryan) -more- Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Page 2 of 4 --- Mo Town 10 Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Team D Tony Dutrow $205,500 --- Three Rules 10 Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc., Tom Fitzgerald & Roy Geoff Jose Pinchin $170,740 --- Senior Investment 10 Fern Circle Stables Kenny McPeek $130,000 --- +Z akaroff 10 Antone Metaxas Steve Specht $122,345 --- +Hedge Fund 10 WinStar Farm LLC, China Horse Club International Ltd. and SF Todd Pletcher $96,000 Racing LLC --- +Impressive Edge 10 N and K Racing Dale Romans $57,400 --- Reach the World 10 Don Albert o Stable (Solari family’s Bethia Holdings; President: Bob Baffert $50,000 Carlos Alberto Heller Solari) --- Convict Pike 10 Ashbrook Farm (Glenn S. Bromagen) Rusty Arnold II $48,3 00 --- $-Hollywood Handsome 10 Mark H. Stanley Dallas Stewart $4 7,500 --- Talk Logistics 6 Hardway Stables (Ralph Nabavi) Eddie Plesa Jr. $70,100 --- +Kitten’s Cat 5 Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey Joe Sharp $188,560 --- Bonus Points 5 Three Diamonds Farm (Kirk, Debra & Jordan Wycoff) Todd Pletcher $8 2,500 --- Action Everyday 5 St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola) Todd Pletcher $27,500 --- Klimt 4 Kaleem Shah Inc. Art Sherman $380,000 --- Hot Sean 4 Karl Watson, Mike Pegram & Paul Weitman Bob Baffert $180,000 --- Dangerfield 4 W. C. Racing (Josh Kaplan & Glenn Sorgenstein) and Doug O’Neill $171,500 Zayat Stables LLC (Ahmed Zayat) --- Syndergaard 4 Eric Fein, Christopher McKenna, Harris Fein, Guri Singh & Jerry Todd Pletcher $160,000 Walia +More Power to Him 4 Brett Mason Faith Taylor $69,000 --- --- West Coast 4 Gary & Mary Wes t Bob Baffert $40,000 --- American Anthem 4 WinStar Farm LLC (Kenny Troutt), S F Bloodstock LLC (Garvin Bob Baffert $23,345 Murphy, Neil Bowden & Tom Ryan) & China Horse Club (Ah Khing Teo) --- Warrior’s Club 3 Churchill Downs Racing Club (Gary Palmisano et al) D. Wayne Lukas $5 7,528 --- +Favorable Outcome 2 Klaravich Stables Inc. (Seth Klaraman) & William H. Lawrence Chad Brown $172,760 --- Recruiting Ready 2 Sagamore Farm (Kevin Plank) Horacio DePaz $142,025 --- +Straight Fire 2 Jungle Racing LLC (Ji m & Janet Rome), LNJ Foxwoods (Larry, Keith Desormeaux $96,000 Nanci & Jaime Roth), KMN Racing LLC (Kim & Kevin Nish), J. Davenport & A. Molasky --- Rowdy the Warrior 2 Robert H. Zoellner Donnie Von Hemel $37,286 --- Takaful 2 Shadwell Stable (Sheikh Ham dan bin Rashid al Maktoum) Kiaran McLaughlin $35,500 --- +Tribal Storm 2 Curt & Lila Lanning Ed Moger Jr. $24,000 --- Win With Pride 2 Repole Stable (Mike Repole) & St. Elias Stable (Vincent Viola) Todd Pletcher $22,500 --- Takeoff 2 John C. Oxley Mark Casse $20,000 --- Sheer Flattery 2 Thomas Barrow, Richard Robertson & Jerry Hollendorfer Jerry Hollendorfer $18,225 --- Big Hit 2 Gary & Mary West Phil D’Amato $12,000 --- Silver Dust 1 Tom Durant Randy Morse $54,857 --- Midnight Pleasure 1 Ruis Racin g LLC (Mick Ruis Sr.) & Wendy Ruis Mick Ruis $54,345 --- Bobby Abu Dhabi 1 Rockingham Ranch (Gary Hartunian) Peter Miller $33,500 --- Ann Arbor Eddie 1 Reddam Racing LLC (J. Paul Reddam) Doug O’Neill $32,000 --- Big Gray Rocket 1 Frank Fletcher Racing O perations Inc. Bob Baffert $25,000 --- +Honor Thy Father 1 Fern Circle Stables (Paul Fireman) Kenny McPeek $16,203 --- Arklow 1 Donegal Racing (Jerry Crawford) Brad Cox $12,000 --- +Bird Is the Word 1 Fern Circle Stables (Paul Fireman) G.F. Almeida $10 ,77 0 --- Time to Travel 1 Garland Williamson Michael Matz $10,000 + = Not Triple Crown nominated … $ = Late Triple Crown nominee … $$ = Connections have indicated that the $200,000 late supplemental nomination would be paid … Bold = Update from previously published Leaderboard … Italics = Connections have indicated that he is a “possible” starter … Strikethrough = Sidelined, inactive or appears to be no longer under serious Kentucky Derby consideration. TIEBREAKERS – If two or more horses have the same number of points, the tiebreaker is earnings in non-restricted stakes races. In the case of remaining ties, the additional starter(s) and/or also-eligible horses shall be determined by lifetime earnings. In the case of remaining ties, the additional starter(s) and/or also-eligible horses shall be determined by lot (aka a “shake”). FILLIES – If a filly wants to run in the Kentucky Derby she can, but she’ll have to earn her way into the field by accumulating points against open company just like the rest of the colts and geldings. Additionally, any points earned by a filly in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series against open company will be credited to her point total in the “Road to the Kentucky Oaks” series. DEAD-HEATS – In the event of a dead-heat (tie) in a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” race, those horses will divide equally the points they would have received jointly had one beaten the other. SPLIT DIVISIONS – In the event a “Road to the Kentucky Derby” race is split into divisions and each division awards its originally published purse money, points will be awarded as scheduled for each division.
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  • Kentucky Derby Comments by Brock Sheridan Photos by Coady and Chelsea Durand

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    Kentucky Derby Comments By Brock Sheridan Photos by Coady and Chelsea Durand #1 Known Agenda, 6-1 Drawing the inside post is his biggest problem. He won the Curlin Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park in his last start, and an allowance race, also at Gulfstream, before that on Feb. 26 and is trained by two-time Derby-winning trainer Todd Pletcher (Always Dreaming, 2017 and Super Saver, 2010). The Florida Derby has produced more Ken- tucky Derby winners than any other prep race (24) and six Kentucky Derby winners since 2000. Third in the Rem- sen (G2) won by Brooklyn Strong at Aqueduct on Dec. 5 and fifth in the Sam Davis (G3) at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 6, Known Agenda looks to be a “getting good at the right time” horse with the addition of blinkers for his last two races. Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. is a plus, even among the world’s best and post one. Known Agenda #2 Like the King, 50-1 Won the Grade 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park in his last race and his first career victory was on turf, so rac- ing on dirt for him is a question mark. In two starts on dirt, he was second in his career debut in July and third against allowance horses at Keeneland in October. Although this is the first Derby starter for trainer Wesley Ward, he has a reputation for his horses performing well on a world stage. Like the King #3 Brooklyn Strong, 50-1 Was the last to qualify for the Kentucky Derby as he made the field over the weekend when others were with- drawn.