Derby Contenders

Season Ranking Season Points

  • Poised for the Preakness, Kentucky Derby winner Orb has racing world buzzing about Triple Crown potential

    If the Kentucky Derby was a coming-out party for Orb, the fabulously talented winner of five consecutive races, it was also an unveiling for his rider, Joel Rosario, who in the space of just a few months has come to be recognized as the best jockey in North America.
     

  • Orb's powerful finish a fitting finale to Kentucky Derby 139

    The Kentucky Derby is the great equalizer. Sometimes the little guy wins – think Funny Cide or Mine That Bird – and sometimes the big guys get the prize. On Saturday at rainy Churchill Downs, a burgeoning star named Orb, owned by a pair of the sport's most prominent horsemen, handled by a Hall of Fame trainer, and ridden by the nation's leading jockey, splashed to a resounding and popular Derby victory.

  • Kentucky Derby Update - Sunday, May 5, 2013

    “Sometimes I pinch myself and say, ‘Why does this happen to me?’ ” said McGaughey, noting how many talented horsemen never had the same opportunities that he has had. “When I got to really rolling, I remember many a day after we’d won a big race in New York, I’d be leaving and I’d think, ‘How lucky am I? Why is this happening to me?’ ”



Expert Picks

Asher

John Asher

Updated April 30

Derby

  1. Revolutionary
  2. Orb
  3. Normandy Invasion
  4. Verrazano
  5. Goldencents
  6. Itsmyluckyday
  7. Palace Malice
  8. Frac Daddy
  9. Golden Soul
  10. Will Take Charge

Oaks

  1. Midnight Lucky
  2. Close Hatches
  3. Dreaming of Julia
  4. Beholder
  5. Unlimited Budget
  6. Rose to Gold
  7. Flashy Gray
  8. Silsita
  9. Princess of Sylmar
  10. Pure Fun

Byrne

Jill Byrne

Updated May 02

Derby

  1. Revolutionary
  2. Orb
  3. Normandy Invasion
  4. Goldencents
  5. Palace Malice
  6. Itsmyluckyday
  7. Verrazano
  8. Overanalyze
  9. Oxbow
  10. Vyjack

Oaks

  1. Unlimited Budget
  2. Close Hatches
  3. Midnight Lucky
  4. Dreaming Of Julia
  5. Beholder
  6. Rose to Gold
  7. Silsita
  8. Pure Fun
  9. Seaneen Girl
  10. Princess of Sylmar

DeRosa

Ed DeRosa

Updated May 01

Derby

  1. Itsmyluckyday
  2. Revolutionary
  3. Goldencents
  4. Orb
  5. Verrazano
  6. Overanalyze
  7. Mylute
  8. Normandy Invasion
  9. Falling Sky
  10. Lines of Battle

Oaks

  1. Dreaming of Julia
  2. Rose To Gold
  3. Princess of Sylmar
  4. Unlimited Budget
  5. Pure Fun
  6. Midnight Lucky
  7. Beholder
  8. Close Hatches
  9. Silsita
  10. Seaneen Girl

Scully

James Scully

Updated May 01

Derby

  1. Orb
  2. Itsmyluckyday
  3. Overanalyze
  4. Revolutionary
  5. Will Take Charge
  6. Verrazano
  7. Normandy Invasion
  8. Goldencents
  9. Frac Daddy
  10. Oxbow

Oaks

  1. Close Hatches
  2. Midnight Lucky
  3. Dreaming of Julia
  4. Unlimited Budget
  5. Seaneen Girl
  6. Beholder
  7. Rose to Gold
  8. Pure Fun
  9. Princess of Sylmar
  10. Silsita

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