Digging Into the Data: Road To the Kentucky Derby
First season sire Constitution leads his generation with two runners in the Top 20. The first Saturday in May has come and gone without a 3-year-old wearing a blanket of roses in the Churchill Downs winner circle but that didn’t keep runners from qualifying for the September 5 Kentucky Derby over the weekend. Oaklawn Park’s Grade 1 Arkansas Derby was split on Saturday with eight different horses taking home points toward the Kentucky Derby. While there are still multiple 100 point races left to be run – and the potential addition of new points races before the September Kentucky Derby – I decided to take a look at the leaderboard and see where things sit after what is traditionally the final major Kentucky Derby prep. By The Numbers – Right now it takes 25 points to qualify for the 2020 Kentucky Derby with four horses having 100 or more points. While comparing apples to oranges right now, in 2019 Bodexpress ( Bodemeister) was able to get into the Kentucky Derby with 40 p