It's that time of year again for all racing fans! The first Saturday in May is almost here and that means it's time to start thinking about our selections for this year's run for the roses. The final race to offer Kentucky Derby points was the Grade III Lexington Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday where Collected won by 4 lengths. Here is the final Kentucky Derby leaderboard as reported by the Daily Racing Form (horses that have been ruled out of Derby contention have been omitted):
Leader board for qualifying points to the 2016 Kentucky Derby, which will be run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, May 7, 2016. Points are earned by the top four finishers in designated Kentucky Derby prep races. Earnings in non-restricted stakes races serve as a tie-breaker.
Rank Horse Trainer Points Non-Restricted Stakes Earnings
1 Gun Runner Steve Asmussen 151 $849,200
2 Nyquist Doug O'Neill 130 $3,289,000
3 Exaggerator Keith Desormeaux 126 $1,628,000
4 Outwork Todd Pletcher 120 $660,000
5 Brody's Cause Dale Romans 114 $1,100,000
6 Creator Steve Asmussen 110 $690,000
7 Lani Mikio Matsunaga 100 $1,300,119
8 Mor Spirit Bob Baffert 84 $616,800
9 Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin 80 $807,750
10 Danzig Candy Cliff Sise Jr. 60 $290,000
11 Destin Todd Pletcher 51 $338,000
12 Suddenbreakingnews Donnie Von Hemel 50 $637,000
13 Cupid Bob Baffert 50 $542,857
14 Oscar Nominated Mike Maker 50 $321,360
15 Shagaf Chad Brown 50 $270,000
16 Whitmore Ron Moquett 44 $400,000
17 Tom's Ready Dallas Stewart 44 $270,670
18 My Man Sam Chad Brown 40 $200,000 (Career: $251,200)
19 Majesto Gustavo Delgado 40 $190,000
20 Trojan Nation Paddy Gallagher 40 $190,000 (Career: $213,290)
21 Mo Tom Tom Amoss 32 $268,326
22 Fellowship Stanley Gold 32 $206,590
23 Adventist Leah Gyarmati 32 $155,000
24 Laoban Eric Guillot 32 $142,000
25 Dazzling Gem Brad Cox 30 $150,000
26 Cherry Wine Dale Romans 25 $145,000
27 Discreetness Williams Fires 10 $251,011
28 Star Hill Rusty Arnold 10 $66,500
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