2004 Kentucky Derby Contenders

DERBY RESULTS HERE - Smarty Jones wins!
DERBY ENTRIES HERE!

Here is my current line up of top contenders for this year's Kentucky Derby on May 1st. The list should start to settle down over the next two weeks until the entries are drawn on Wednesday, April 28th. All the serious preps are over now, so it will mostly be changes due to injury or lack of graded stakes earnings and jockeys finally committing to one horse. Keep checking back to see what's going on.

Be sure to click the link on each horse's name to view full info, stats, and a photo where available. A star next to the dosage index indicates a dual qualifier. Best Beyer figure just added to all profiles and top contenders have been put in order of their graded stakes earnings. Lots of new links being added to profiles now that we are in the final week.

Triple Crown quick links:

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• Kentucky Derby Entries - with full info, post positins, and odds for each
• Thursday Morning Derby Works - lots of photos from the backside Thursday morning courtesy of Tina Hines.
• Analyzing the Top Kentucky Derby Contenders - trying to pick a winner
• Latest NTRA 3-Year-Old Poll
• Free Past Performances - from DRF
• Free Derby Past Performances - from Blood Horse and BRIS
• Derby Weather - several forecasts for Louisville. Currently rain is expected.
• Graded Stakes earnings for the top contenders
• 2004 Triple Crown Late Nominations - 15 additional horses were nominated by the March 27 deadline for $6000 each. NEW!
• 2004 Triple Crown Nominees - the full list sorted by name, sire, trainer, or owner
• Experimental Free Handicap - ranks the top 2-year-olds of 2003 and determines who can be a dual qualifier
• Kentucky Derby Future Wager - Pool 2 was Mar. 11-14. Get the final odds and past performances here. Pool 3 will be April 1-4.
• Triple Crown Trail prep race schedule with results updated weekly
• Injury Report - A list of who is off the trail due to injury from the Churchill Downs fantasy contest.
• 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
• DRF Derby Special
• Thoroughbred Times Triple Crown special
• Derby News from Churchill Downs
• Triple Crown Trivia Quiz - test your knowledge of the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont and compete with others.
• Triple Crown Index - the master list with even more info

Three-Year-Old Poll 4/26/04
     HORSE                  A-S  STS-1-2-3  PTS  PVS  PROBABLE NEXT START  
 1. Smarty Jones (7)        3-C    4-4-0-0  119   1   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 2. The Cliff's Edge (3)    3-C    3-1-1-1  104   2   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 3. Tapit (1)               3-C    2-1-0-0   89   3   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 4. Master David (1)        3-C    3-1-1-1   58   5   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 5. Friends Lake (1)        3-C    2-1-0-1   55   4   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 6. Lion Heart              3-C    2-0-2-0   43   9   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 7. Imperialism             3-C    4-2-1-0   42   6   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 8. Borrego                 3-C    3-0-3-0   38   7   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
 9. Read The Footnotes      3-C    2-1-0-0   33  10   5/1 Kentucky Derby   
10. Castledale              3-C    2-1-0-0   28   8   5/1 Kentucky Derby   

Other Horses Receiving Votes: Pollard's Vision-21, Wimbledon-17, Rock Hard Ten-16, Eddington-11, Minister Eric-11, Madcap Escapade-11, Pro Prado-7, Quinton Gold Rush-5, Sinister G-3, Sir Shackleton-2, Limehouse-2

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