KENTUCKY — Horse Racing Nation

No rankings are perfect, but this is a great snapshot of the top contenders and some up and comers for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. In addition to all those competing in stakes company, the list includes five horses who are coming off allowance wins and nine runners coming off maiden wins.

In the current top 50, four trainers had 26 of those 50 runners.

Steve Asmussen has seven horses on the list: Carbone at no. 13, Imperial Gun (16), Booth (17), Track Phantom (21), Informed Patriot (39), Otto The Conqueror (41) and Risk It (43).

Bob Baffert has seven horses: Muth (2), Nysos (11), Prince of Monaco (22), Wynstock (23), Coach Prime (25), Pilot Commander (42) and Mirahmadi (44).

Trainer Bob Baffert (Photo – Benoit Photo)

Todd Pletcher has six horses: Fierceness (1), Locked (3), Moonlight (27), Born Noble (29), Be You (47) and Haul (49).

Brad Cox has six horses: Nash (5), Timberlake (6), Drum Roll Please (10), Air of Defiance (20), Catching Freedom (24) and Rocketeer (40).

See all top 50 Kentucky Derby contender rankings, and the full Horse Racing Nation article from Mark Midland here.