25 Years of Kentucky Derby Prep Races

25years Derby Prep Races The routes taken by Kentucky Derby winners since 1989 4 top finishers top finishers Santa Anita Derby Wood Memorial 2,076 miles 762 miles Spiral Stakes 2 top finishers 93 miles Blue Grass Stakes 5. Kentucky Derby 72 miles top finishers 1,478 miles 1,070 miles 702 miles Sunland Derby 576 miles 1 Louisiana Derby Florida Derby top finisher Arkansas Derby top finishers top finishers top finishers top finisher = placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th in the prep race FASTEST Horses by Derby Prep Race Animal Kingdom :52.32 Spiral Stakes 2:02.04 Kentucky Derby Big Brown 1:48.16 Florida Derby 2:01.82 Kentucky Derby Smarty Jones 1:49 . 내 Arkansas Derby 2:04.01 Kentucky Derby 147.92 Fusaichi PegasuS 2:0112 Kentucky Derby Wood Memorial :42.79 Louisiana Derby* 2:01.06 Kentucky Derby Grindstone 148.44 Strike the Gold 2:03.08 Kentucky Derby Blue Grass Stakes Sunday Silence 1:47.60 Santa Anita Derby 2:05.00 Kentucky Derby *Run at 116 miles in 1996. All other races at 1% miles. PAST Kentucky Derby Winners past 25 years Orb [2013] To Smarty Jones [2004] ToS Thunder Gulch [1995] 'll Have Another [2012] Funny Cide [2003] Go for Gin [1994] Animal Kingdom [2011] War Emblem [2002]* Sea Hero [1993] Super Saver [2010] Monarchos [2001] Lil E. Tee (1992] Mine That Bird [2009] Fusaichi Pegasus [2000] Strike the Gold [1991] Big Brown [2008] Charismatic [1999] Unbridled [1990] Street Sense [2007] Real Quiet [1998] Sunday Silence [1989] Barbaro [2006] Silver Charm [1997] Giacomo [2005] Grindstone [1996] T Preakness Winner Belmont Winner bold = Derby winners who won a major prep race before the Derby *illinois Derby (gr.I isnot part of the current "Road to the Kentucky Blbod-Horse Derby" points schedule ------