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Originally Posted by PalaceOfFortLarned
Looking at the Kentucky Derby Points leaderboard, and it looks like 8 horses have already earned a starting spot:
1. Forte - 90 points
2. Practical Move - 60
3. Confidence Game - 57
4. Angel of Empire - 54
5. Raise Cain - 54
6. Rocket Can - 40
7. Red Route One - 33
8. Instant Coffee - 32
Maybe RRO, and IC aren't 'locked' in but 30+ has been safe thus far in past years. Something of particular note is all these 'qualifiers' thus far are stalkers to deep closers. No front-running types have yet to make the starting gate for this year's Kentucky Derby.
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As with last year, the number to get in is likely to be lower than it was in 2021 and before. There were a number of races where few or no points were distributed because of Baffert entrants - thereby lowering the overall bar.
