Brisnet.com won’t tell you who will win the Kentucky Derby, but its Ultimate Past Performances can certainly help you figure out who can win the Kentucky Derby. Prime Power is an indication of how a horse is expected to perform, and with the exception of Mine That Bird in 2009, the Kentucky Derby winner has had a rating of at least 140 going into the race. The Speed & Class Ratings are the performance numbers each horse earned when winning the race. A history of 100+ Speed and 120+ Class Ratings is essential to Derby success.
Kentucky Derby Champions by the Numbers 2000-2016
PRIME POWER
CLASS
SPEED
BRIS Ratings of Kentucky Derby Champions 2000-2016
RATINGS
HIGHEST
LOWEST
PRIME POWER
The single most powerful number Brisnet.com produces to predict the outcome of the race, Prime Power helps handicappers compare the quality of horses before the race is run.
HIGHEST
175.5Fusaichi Pegasus2000
LOWEST
133.4Mine That Bird2009
CLASS RATING
The Brisnet.com Class Rating indicates the strength of a horse’s performance based on who else was in the field.
HIGHEST
127.7Barbaro2006
LOWEST
123.3California Chrome2014
SPEED RATING
The Brisnet.com Speed Rating indicates how fast a horse ran and is standardized across surface, distance, and track for easy comparisons.
HIGHEST
113War Emblem2002
LOWEST
100Giacomo2005American Pharoah2015
HOW MUCH IS THE KENTUCKY DERBY?
There are a lot of ways to spend money on and at the Kentucky Derby—watching it live and wagering on it being two of the more popular options. Last year, 167,227 people saw Nyquist win the Kentucky Derby, and they bet $23.5-million at Churchill Downs with nearly half of that being wagered on the Derby itself. Another $169.1-million was bet on Derby day away from the track, including a record $26.8-million via TwinSpires.com.
Cost of Getting in the Gate on Kentucky Derby Weekend