Derby Top 12 Archives

The TDN Derby Wrap

May 6, 2019
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All Tracks, Belmont Park, horse-racing-news, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos

by T.D. Thornton This week’s TDN Triple Crown feature examines the GI Kentucky Derby runners according to official finish position. The focus is on raw trip notes–not the merits of whether a disqualification should or should not have been called.…

The TDN Derby Top 20

May 1, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

The last couple of anticipatory days prior to the GI Kentucky Derby can seem like a longer wait than the entire six-month prep season that preceded it. Here are the final TDN rankings, listed in “likeliest winner” order: 1) OMAHA…

TDN Derby Top 12 for April 23

April 22, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

We’re now inside the two-week mark for the May 4 GI Kentucky Derby and big jumps in the pecking order have given way to behind-the-scenes strategizing, jockey intrigue, and the intensity of big-race anticipation. Please note the rankings below are…

TDN Derby Top 12 for Apr. 16

April 15, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

The long prep season is over, and now the racing world locks its focus on the main event, the May 4 GI Kentucky Derby. Please note the rankings below are independent from the “Road to the Derby” points leaderboard Churchill…

TDN Derby Top 12 for April 9

April 8, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, GoldenGate, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

Now that the big “power weekend” of nine-furlong preps is behind us, what’s changed since the Top 12 rankings debuted on Dec. 28? The No. 1 kingpin remains the same (even though the juvenile champ lost that spot for a…

TDN Derby Top 12 for Apr. 2

April 1, 2019
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All Tracks, Belmont Park, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

With three major nine-furlong stakes upcoming this weekend, the first Saturday in April is usually when the sophomore division attains a new level of clarity. It had better. Favorites have now gone down in flames in nine consecutive Road to…

TDN Derby Top 12 for Mar. 26

March 25, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

Another weekend of preps for the GI Kentucky Derby is in the books, and favorites continue to stumble through March without posting authoritative victories that match their odds. But the calendar from here on out is loaded with nine-furlong opportunities,…

The TDN Derby Top 12 for Mar. 12

March 11, 2019
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All Tracks, FairGrounds, Gulfstream Park, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Tampa Bay Downs

This past weekend’s trio of prep races at Aqueduct, Tampa Bay Downs, and Turfway Park did not produce any big breakout performance that cracked the Top 12, and the cancellation of racing at Santa Anita delayed the coming-out parties of…

TDN Derby Top 12 for Mar. 5

March 4, 2019
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All Tracks, Charles Town, Del Mar, FairGrounds, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Oaklawn Park, Santa Anita Park, Tampa Bay Downs

The GII Fountain of Youth S. this past Saturday was the only major GI Kentucky Derby prep of the weekend, but it produced five horses ranked within this week’s Top 12. This coming Saturday’s triple-header of preps at Santa Anita,…

TDN Derby Top 12 for Dec. 28

December 27, 2018
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All Tracks, Charles Town, Del Mar, Gulfstream Park, Los Alamitos, Santa Anita Park, Tampa Bay Downs

We’re now 128 days out from the 145th GI Kentucky Derby, and the pecking order is hazily taking shape. The initial Top 12 rankings are largely based on 2-year-old form, but there’s a speculative, forward-thinking element (read: guesswork) built into…