Mar 10 2013
Kentucky Derby Championship Series Results and Point System Explained
This page will be updated immediately after every Kentucky Derby Championship Series race (formerly known as a prep race.) This point system is how Kentucky Derby entrants will be determined this year.
The old days and ways are dead and gone. No longer will Kentucky Derby entrants be decided by races of yesteryear or those that offer the highest purse. This year the entrants will be determined by points according to the prep race schedule.
The points available for each race increased from 10 to 50 on February 23, and will increase again to 100 on March 30 for all the G1 and G2 prep races. The exception will be the “Wild Card” races: the Lexington Stakes and Derby Trial will be worth only 20. Remember that Charismatic used one of those to nail the first two legs of the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby Prep Season Schedule Date Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Winner 9/29/12 Royal Lodge 10 4 2 1 Steeler 9/29/12 FrontRunner 10 4 2 1 Power Broker 10/6/12 Breeders' Futurity 10 4 2 1 Joha 10/6/12 Champagne Stakes 10 4 2 1 Shanghai Bobby 10/7/12 Grey Stakes 10 4 2 1 River Seven 11/3/12 Breeders' Cup Juvenile 10 4 2 1 Shanghai Bobby 11/17/12 Delta Downs Jackpot 10 4 2 1 Goldencents 11/24/12 Remsen Stakes 10 4 2 1 Overanalyze 11/24/12 Kentucky Jockey Club 10 4 2 1 Uncaptured 12/15/12 CashCall Futurity 10 4 2 1 Violence 1/5/13 Sham Stakes 10 4 2 1 Goldencents 1/19/13 Lecomte 10 4 2 1 Oxbow 1/21/13 Smarty Jones 10 4 2 1 Will Take Charge 1/26/13 Holy Bull 10 4 2 1 Itsmyluckyday 2/2/13 Robert B. Lewis 10 4 2 1 Flashback 2/2/13 Sam F. Davis 10 4 2 1 Falling Sky 2/2/13 Withers 10 4 2 1 Revolutionary 2/16/13 El Camino Real Derby 10 4 2 1 Dice Flavor 2/18/13 Southwest Stakes 10 4 2 1 Super Ninety Nine Kentucky Derby Championship Series First Leg Date Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Winner 2/23/13 Risen Star Stakes 50 20 10 5 I’ve Struck a Nerve 2/23/13 Fountain of Youth Stakes 50 20 10 5 Orb 3/2/13 Gotham Stakes 50 20 10 5 Vyjack 3/9/13 Tampa Bay Derby 50 20 10 5 Verrazano 3/9/13 San Felipe Stakes 50 20 10 5 Hear the Ghost 3/16/13 Rebel Stakes 50 20 10 5 3/23/13 Spiral Stakes 50 20 10 5 3/24/13 Sunland Derby 50 20 10 5 Second Leg Date Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3/30/13 Florida Derby 100 40 20 10 3/30/13 UAE Derby 100 40 20 10 3/30/13 Louisiana Derby 100 40 20 10 4/6/13 Wood Memorial 100 40 20 10 4/6/13 Santa Anita Derby 100 40 20 10 4/13/13 Arkansas Derby 100 40 20 10 4/13/13 Blue Grass Stakes 100 40 20 10 Wild Card Date Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4/20/13 Lexington Stakes 20 8 4 2 4/27/13 Derby Trial 20 8 4 2