2020 Kentucky Derby Contenders
Download the past performances for all of 2020's top Kentucky Derby hopefuls here.
Click on the individual profiles below to learn more about the top hopefuls in contention for the 2020 Kentucky Derby!
TIZ THE LAW
MAXFIELD
DENNIS' MOMENT
STORM THE COURT
EIGHT RINGS
INNISFREE
ROYAL DORNOCH
THOUSAND WORDS
SILVER PROSPECTOR
SHOTSKI
SHOPLIFTED
INDEPENDENCE HALL
AUTHENTIC
ENFORCEABLE
MAX PLAYER
SOLE VOLANTE
AZUL COAST
MODERNIST
MR. MONOMOY
CAFE PHAROAH
CROSSFIREHURRICANE
ETE INDIEN
CHARES
MISCHIEVIOUS ALEX
KING GUILLERMO
NADAL
FIELD PASS
WELLS BAYOU
HERRSCHAFT
CHARLATAN
HONOR A.P.
DEAN MARTINI
UNCLE CHUCK
DANON PHARAOH
SHARED SENSE
NOBEL PRIZE
ART COLLECTOR
COUNTRY GRAMMER
DR POST
CARACARO
MAJOR FED
PNEUMATIC
WINNING IMPRESSION
NY TRAFFIC
FINNICK THE FIERCE
ATTACHMENT RATE
Keeler Johnson's Top 10 Derby Rankings
Each week during the Road to the Kentucky Derby, check out our top ten rankings for the leading contenders for the "Run for the Roses" by J. Keeler Johnson, a horse racing writer, blogger, videographer, handicapper, and all-around enthusiast.
Read some of Keeler's recent Kentucky Derby analysis:
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law favored to wear the roses - Sep. 1, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Pneumatic is a newcomer to watch - Aug. 17, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law returns to the top - Aug. 10, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Honor A. P. still No. 1 - Aug. 4, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Pros and cons of the top contenders - Jul. 27, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Authentic flatters Honor A. P. - Jul. 20, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Art Collector impresses in Blue Grass - Jul. 13, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law, Honor A. P. lead the charge - Jul. 6, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Uncharted waters - Apr. 1, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Californians are cream of the crop - Mar. 17, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Lose the battle, win the war - Mar. 10, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: The winds of change - Mar. 3, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Fountain of Youth is can't-miss TV - Feb. 27, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Baffert is loaded for 2020 - Feb. 19, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Tiz the Law! Thousand Words! Max Player! - Feb. 4, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Change is coming - Jan. 27, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Baffert unveils potential star - Jan. 20, 2020
Kentucky Derby Top 10: Each contender in a single word - Jan. 14, 2020
Under-the-Radar Kentucky Derby Contenders
From outside the ranks of the most highly regarded prospects, a less heralded contender will often emerge to make noise on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Sometimes one of these upstarts even becomes a surprise champion. Have a look as handicapper and horse racing expert Keeler Johnson profiles many of these under-the-radar Derby prospects throughout the Road to the Kentucky Derby qualification process.
Most Recent Update: Under-the-radar Kentucky Derby contenders, volume 24 (July 14th, 2020)
Full Archive of 2020 Under-the-Radar Contender Updates:
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Learn more about past Kentucky Derby editions and contenders
2019 Kentucky Derby Profiles
CAIRO CAT
GUNMETAL GRAY
IMPROBABLE
LONG RANGE TODDY
MAXIMUS MISCHIEF
MIND CONTROL
SIGNALMAN
WAR WILL
OMAHA BEACH
MASTER FENCER
Performance of Keeler's Top Ranked Kentucky Derby Hopefuls in 2018
If you're a betting man or woman, you'll be interested to know that 3 of Keeler's top 4 horses in his final installment of 2018 (April 18th) finished 1-2-3 atop the leaderboard at last year's Derby.
If you'd played a boxed Trifecta using Keeler's final top 4 contenders at $2 a wager (24 possible combinations) in last year's Kentucky Derby, you'd have won $282.80 on a $48.00 bet. While past performance is never a guarantee of future results, we hope you enjoy this quality analysis of the top horses contending for this year's Derby each week as we get closer and closer to the big day.