Kentucky Derby winners by prep race
Nearly all winners over last two decades came out of the FL, SA, or Ark Derbies, not that the Wood or Bluegrass haven’t been excluded from hitting the board. Keeneland probably wasn’t helped by the fake dirt they had for a number of years. The Wood simply hasn’t been as effective In general as it once was and this is reflected in its downgrade to G2 status in 2017.