2003 Kentucky Derby Contenders
Graded Stake Earnings

The Kentucky Derby preps are over now, so it is time to take a look at the graded stakes earnings for the top contenders. If more than 20 horses enter the Kentucky Derby, the top 20 by graded stakes earnings are the ones who get in the field, so this can be very important for some lightly raced contenders. Below is a list of the current top contenders ranked in descending order by graded stakes earnings. Each horse has a link to his profile for more details and a blue line follows the 20th horse. Updated to include the earnings through 4/20. Although 22 horses are currently listed, several are highly unlikely to enter with a field of 18 currently expected now that Kafwain is out.

Horse	Trainer	Dosage	Jockey	Graded Earnings
Empire Maker	Bobby Frankel	1.88	Jerry Bailey	$1,072,000
Peace Rules	Bobby Frankel	4.50	Edgar Prado	$1,035,000
Buddy Gil	Jeff Mullins	2.38	Gary Stevens	$668,730
Hold That Tiger	Aidan O'Brien	3.67 *	Kieren Fallon	$388,651
Lone Star Sky	Tom Amoss	4.60	Shane Sellers	$343,935
Ten Most Wanted	Wally Dollase	3.00	Pat Day	$330,000
Sir Cherokee	Michael Tomlinson	2.11	Terry Thompson	$311,560
Funny Cide	Barclay Tagg	1.53	Jose Santos	$303,000
Scrimshaw	D. Wayne Lukas	3.33	Cornelio Velasquez	$252,479
Domestic Dispute	Patrick Gallagher	1.57	Alex Solis	$227,667
Brancusi	Patrick Biancone	1.80	Tony Farina	$180,000
Outta Here	William Currin	2.25	Kent Desormeaux	$168,660
Indian Express	Bob Baffert	2.08	Tyler Baze	$150,000
Offlee Wild	T.V. Smith	2.78	Robby Albarado	$147,000
Supah Blitz	Manny Tortora	5.67	Rosemary Homeister	$133,500
Most Feared	Ronny Werner	1.60	Mark Guidry	$113,120
Ocean Terrace	Robert Hess Jr.	1.53	Kent Desormeaux	$110,000
Atswhatimtalknbout	Ronald Ellis	2.20	David Flores	$95,000
Saintly Look	Dallas Stewart	1.00	Shane Sellers	$79,500
Ministers Wild Cat	Neil Drysdale	2.00	Victor Espinoza	$50.910
Ten Cents a Shine	D. Wayne Lukas	3.00	Calvin Borel	$46,240

*  Dual Qualifier

Triple Crown quick links:

• Kentucky Derby Contenders - profiles and photos of the current top prospects and horses who have dropped off the trail
• Analyzing the Top Kentucky Derby Contenders - trying to select the winner based on statistics and historical trends to see who most closely matches the profile of a Derby winner. NEW!
• Free Past Performances from DRF (updated regularly)
• Free Past Performances from BRIS and Blood Horse
• Kentucky Derby $5 Million Pay Day - a free contest from Churchill Downs where you pick the exact order of finish for the full field in the Derby to win. You can make your picks starting April 30th and if you already registered for the Road to the Roses contest, you are registered for this too. NEW!
• Triple Crown Trivia Quiz - test your knowledge of the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont and compete with others.
• Kentucky Derby Future Wager - Pool Three, which included a separate pool for the Oaks, closed on April 6th. Get the final odds for all 3 pools plus the Oaks here.
• Triple Crown Late Nominees - 8 additional horses were nominated in the late period
• Triple Crown Nominees - all 446 horses from the early nominations
• 2002 Experimental Free Handicap - ranks the top 2-year-olds of 2002 and determines who can be a dual qualifier
• Triple Crown Trail prep race schedule with results updated weekly
• Injury Report - who is off the trail
• Derby Tickets and Seats - how to get them
• Louisville Courier Journal coverage - one of your best news sources for the Derby
• Blood Horse Triple Crown Mania
• Daily Racing Form Triple Crown Special
• Thoroughbred Times Triple Crown special
• Derby News from Churchill Downs
• Triple Crown Index - the master list with even more info
• Updated Derby Odds in partnership with Vegas Insider

Triple Crown Index

Back to Horse-Races.Net main page