2012-2013 Kentucky Derby Prep Schedule With Dates
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The 2012/2013 Kentucky Derby Prep Season Schedule has been released with confirmed dates.
The 2013 Kentucky Derby is comprised of the top 20 Thoroughbreds with the highest earnings in graded stakes races. In the 2012/2013 season there are more than 185 graded stakes races worldwide determine Kentucky Derby entries over a 10-month period.
The 2012 season begins with the Kentucky Derby Prep schedule, which consists of nineteen races over 2-year-old & early 3-year-old thoroughbreds. The races must have distances of a mile or more and are run on multiple surfaces: dirt, turf or synthetic.
2012/2013 Kentucky Derby Prep Season Schedule:
- Royal Lodge (Newmarket, England) Sept. 29, 2012
- Norfolk (Santa Anita, CA) Sept. 29, 2012
- Breeders’ Futurity (Keeneland, KY) Oct. 6, 2012
- Champagne (Belmont, NY) Oct. 6, 2012
- Grey (Woodbine, Canada) Oct. 7, 2012
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Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Nov. 2, 2012
- Delta Downs Jackpot (Delta Downs, LA) Nov. 17, 2012
- Remsen (Aqueduct, NY) Nov. 24, 2012
- Kentucky Jockey Club (Churchill Downs, KY) Nov. 24, 2012
- CashCall Futurity (Hollywood Park, CA) Dec. 15, 2012
- Sham (Santa Anita, CA) Jan. 5, 2013
- Lecomte (Fair Grounds, LA) Jan. 19 2013
- Smarty Jones (Oaklawn Park, AR) Jan. 21, 2013
- Holy Bull (Gulfstream Park, FL) Jan. 26, 2013
- Robert B. Lewis (Santa Anita, CA) Feb. 2, 2013
- Sam F. Davis (Tampa Bay Downs, FL) Feb. 2, 2013
- Withers (Aqueduct, NY) Feb. 2, 2013
- El Camino Real Derby (Golden Gate, CA) Feb. 16, 2013
- Southwest (Oaklawn Park, AR) Feb. 18, 2013
The Kentucky Derby Championship Series are a series of seventeen races for 3-year-olds including two Wild Card races. Distances of a mile or more on dirt or synthetic surfaces only. Any Filly running in a race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby can use those points for the Road to the Kentucky Oaks.
- Risen Star (Fair Grounds, LA) Feb. 23, 2013
- Fountain of Youth (Gulfstream Park, FL) Feb. 23, 2013
- Gotham (Aqueduct, NY) March 2, 2013
- Tampa Bay Derby (Tampa Bay Downs, FL) March 9, 2013
- San Felipe (Santa Anita, CA) March 9, 2013
- Rebel (Oaklawn Park, AR) March 16, 2013
- Spiral (Turfway Park, KY) March 23, 2013
- Sunland Derby (Sunland Park, NM) March 24, 2013
- UAE Derby (Meydan, Dubai) March 30, 2013
- Florida Derby (Gulfstream Park, FL) March 30, 2013
- Louisiana Derby (Fair Grounds, LA) March 30, 2013
- Wood Memorial (Aqueduct, NY) April 6, 2013
- Santa Anita Derby (Santa Anita, CA) April 6, 2013
- Arkansas Derby (Oaklawn Park, AR) April 13, 2013
- Blue Grass Stakes (Keeneland, KY) April 13, 2013
- Coolmore Lexington Stakes (Keeneland, KY) April 20, 2013
- The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial Stakes (Churchill Downs, KY) April 27, 2013
The points system for the 2013 Kentucky Derby preseason, the two legs of the prep race season, and the wild card races:
Preseason: 10 (1st place), 4 (2nd place), 2 (3rd place), 1 (4th place)
First Leg: 50 (1st place), 20 (2nd place), 10 (3rd place), 5 (4th place)
Second Leg: 100 (1st place), 40 (2nd place), 20 (3rd place), 10 (4th place)
Wild Card Races: 20 (1st place), 8 (2nd place), 4 (3rd place), 2 (4th place)
Preakness May 18, 2013
Belmont Stakes June 8, 2013
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