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2025 Kentucky Derby Prep Series
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Updated April 21, 2025.
We are halfway down the Road to the Roses in terms of the number of prep races, and will transition to championship series races in just another week from now when the first of the 50 point races begins. Then it will be 5 short weeks for the 100 point races that will separate the colts from the juveniles.
The graphic below tells you all you need to know! Unless you’re talking about the last Kentucky Derby Futures Pool, wherein Citizen Bull was not the individual favorite.
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Final Gambit won the 2025 Jeff Ruby Steaks at Turfway Park
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2025 Kentucky Derby Prep Races snapshot.
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Kentucky Derby 2025 Prep and Championship Series Schedule and Results
| Circuit | Date | Race | Pts | Purse | Winner | 2nd | 3rd |
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| Prep | 2024-09-14 | Iroquois | 10 | $300k | Jonathan's Way | Owen Almighty | Giocoso |
| Prep | 2024-10-05 | Breeders’ Futurity | 10 | $500k | East Avenue | Ferocious | Filoso |
| Prep | 2024-10-05 | American Pharoah | 10 | $300k | Citizen Bull | Getaway Car | McKinzie |
| Prep | 2024-10-05 | Champagne | 10 | $500k | Chancer McPatrick | Tip Top Thomas | Mo Plex |
| Prep | 2024-10-27 | Street Sense | 10 | $200k | Sovereignty | Tiztastic | Sandman |
| Prep | 2024-11-01 | Breeders’ Cup Juvenile | 30 | $2000k | Citizen Bull | Gaming | Hill Road |
| Prep | 2024-11-30 | Kentucky Jockey Club | 10 | $400k | First Resort | Jonathan's Way | Tiztastic |
| Prep | 2024-12-07 | Remsen | 10 | $250k | Poster | Aviator Gui | Tux |
| Prep | 2024-12-13 | Springboard Mile | 10 | $300k | Coal Battle | Speed King | Dominant Spirit |
| Prep | 2024-12-14 | Los Alamitos Futurity | 10 | $200k | Journalism | Getaway Car | Gaming |
| Prep | 2024-12-21 | Gun Runner | 10 | $100k | Built | Magnitute | Render Judgment |
| Prep | 2025-01-04 | Jerome | 10 | $150k | Cyclone State | Omaha Omaha | Ican |
| Prep | 2025-01-04 | Smarty Jones | 10 | $250k | Coal Battle | Mo Quality | Kale's Angel |
| Prep | 2025-01-18 | Lecomte | 20 | $250k | Disco Time | Built | Innovator |
| Prep | 2025-01-25 | Southwest | 20 | $1000k | Speed King | Sandman | Tiztastic |
| Prep | 2025-02-01 | Withers | 20 | $250k | Captain Cook | Surfside Moon | Omaha Omaha |
| Prep | 2025-02-01 | Robert B. Lewis | 20 | $200k | Citizen Bull | Rodriguez | Madaket Road |
| Prep | 2025-02-01 | Holy Bull | 20 | $265k | Burnham Square | Tappan Street | Burning Glory |
| Prep | 2025-02-08 | Sam F. Davis | 20 | $250k | John Hancock | Owen Almighty | Poster |
| Prep | 2025-02-16 | Sunland Derby | 20 | $400k | Getaway Car | Caldera | Touchy |
| Prep | 2025-02-22 | John Battaglia Memorial | 20 | $175k | California Burrito | Baby Max | Maximum Promise |
| Champ | 2025-02-15 | Risen Star | 50 | $500k | Magnitude | Chunk of Gold | Built |
| Champ | 2025-02-22 | Rebel Stakes | 50 | $1250k | Coal Battle | Madaket Road | Sandman |
| Champ | 2025-03-01 | Fountain of Youth | 50 | $415k | Sovereignty | River Thames | Neoequos |
| Champ | 2025-03-01 | Gotham | 50 | $300k | Flood Zone | Sand Devil | Garamond |
| Champ | 2025-03-02 | San Felipe | 50 | $300k | Journalism | Barnes | Rodriguez |
| Champ | 2025-03-08 | Tampa Bay Derby | 50 | $400k | Owen Almighty | Chancer McPatrick | Hill Road |
| Champ | 2025-03-15 | Virginia Derby | 50 | $500k | American Promise | Render Judgment | Omaha Omaha |
| Champ | 2025-03-22 | Louisiana Derby | 100 | $1000k | Tiztastic | Chunk of Gold | Instant Replay |
| Champ | 2025-03-22 | Jeff Ruby Steaks | 100 | $700k | Final Gambit | Flying Mohawk | Maximum Promise |
| Champ | 2025-03-29 | Arkansas Derby | 100 | $1500k | Sandman | Publisher | Coal Battle |
| Champ | 2025-03-29 | Florida Derby | 100 | $1000k | Tappan Street | Sovreignty | Neoequos |
| Champ | 2025-04-05 | Santa Anita Derby | 100 | $500k | Journalism | Baeza | Westwood |
| Champ | 2025-04-05 | Wood Memorial | 100 | $750k | Rodriquez | Grande | Passion Rules |
| Champ | 2025-04-08 | Blue Grass | 100 | $1000k | Burnham Square | East Avenue | River Thames |
| Champ | 2025-04-12 | Lexington Stakes | 20 | $200k | Gosger | Bracket Buster | Praetor |
| Japan | 2024-11-23 | Cattleya Stakes | 10 | $196k | Natural Rise | Clay King | T O Elvis |
| Japan | 2024-12-11 | Zen-Nippon Nisai Yushun | 20 | $470k | Myriad Love (f) | Happy Man | Soldier Field |
| Japan | 2025-02-16 | Hyacinth | 30 | $300k | Luxor Café | Promised Gene | Don in the Mood |
| Japan | 2025-03-22 | Fukuryu Stakes | 40 | $317k | Berber Compass | Coche Deli | Cosmo Conferma |
| Europa | 2024-09-28 | Beresford | 10 | e112k | Hotzazhell | Tennesee Stud | Dwindlord |
| Europa | 2024-09-28 | Juddmonte Royal Lodge | 10 | £123k | Wimbledon Hawkeye | Royal Playwright | Angelo Buonarroti |
| Europa | 2024-10-06 | Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère | 10 | e240k | Camille Pissarro | Rashabar | Misunderstood |
| Europa | 2024-10-26 | Futurity Trophy | 10 | £212k | Hotzazhell | Delacrois | Wimbledon Hawkeye |
| Europa | 2025-02-26 | European Road to the Kentucky Derby Condition Stakes | 20 | £59k | Opera Ballo (IRE) | Hott Shott (GB) | Saddadd (IRE) |
| Europa | 2025-02-28 | Patton Stakes | 20 | e71k | Titanium Emperor (IRE) | Spicy Maragarita (IRE) | Mount Kilimanjaro (FR) |
| Europa | 2025-04-05 | UAE Derby | 100 | $200k | Admire Daytona | Heart of Honor | Don in the Mood |
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Kentucky Derby Prep and Championship Series Race schedule and results beginning with the Iroquois Stakes in September. Full schedule and results below for points races, North America, Japan and Europe.
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Citizen Bull ran away in the 2024 BC Juvenile G1 at Del Mar
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2024 KENTUCKY DERBY CENTRAL
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