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Weekend wins for trainers Brad Cox and Mark Casse added two new double-digit names. Kentucky Derby 2026 Leaderboard.
my worldeducated by Cox and Cass strategic danger Saturday’s wins over Aqueduct’s Jerome and Oaklawn’s Smarty Jones earned them 10 qualifying factors every.
Cox now has 4 horses with Derby factors, Cuss has three, and this week Silent Tactic, who completed second in Smarty Jones, joined the record.
Ted Nophy, who hadn’t raced since successful the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, remained in second place. 1st place with 40 factors.
The Derby Path will take a break this week and resume on January seventeenth with extra factors at stake. Fairgrounds’ Grade 3 Lecomte gives 20-10-6-4-2 factors, as do Wizards, Holy Bull (G3) and Southwest (G3) two weeks afterward January thirty first. All of those are at 1 1/16 miles besides Wizards at 1 1/8 miles.
| horse | level | coach | stallion | Income* |
| 1. Ted Nophy | 40 | tod plecher | Mischievously | $1,602,963 |
| 2. Litmus paper | 19 | bob baffert | Nyquist | $302,188 |
| 3. Mr. AP | 15 | Vladimir Chelin | american pharaoh | $340,000 |
| 4. Fearless | 13 | Jeff Mullins | maximus prank | $240,000 |
| 5. House | 13 | kenny mcpeak | international marketing campaign | $178,400 |
| 6. Spice Runner | 11 | Steve Asmussen | gun runner | $247,426 |
| 7. Napoleon Solo | 10 | Chad Summers | Liam map | $275,000 |
| 8. Additional Preface | 10 | brad cox | gun runner | $242,470 |
| 9. Categorical Child | 10 | wade larrick | bodo categorical | $199,900 |
| 10. My world | 10 | brad cox | important high quality | $165,000 |
| 11. Strategic dangers | 10 | mark cass | noble hen | $154,500 |
| 12. Paladin | 10 | chad brown | gun runner | $137,500 |
| 13. Incredivolt | 10 | Riley Mott | bolt d’oro | $122,070 |
| 14. Chip Honmachi | 10 | Steve Asmussen | join | $60,000 |
| 15. Brandt | 9 | bob baffert | gun runner | $360,000 |
| 16. Balboa | 9 | Brittany Russell | Not this time | $132,000 |
| 17. Very linked | 6 | kenny mcpeak | join | $22,850 |
| 18. Compote | 5 | eddie kennelly | collected | $264,050 |
| 19. Desert Gate | 5 | bob baffert | Omaha Seashore | $210,000 |
| 20. Blackout Time | 5 | kenny mcpeak | Not this time | $128,375 |
| 21. Talkin | 5 | danny gargan | good magic | $101,250 |
| 22. Operation Silence | 5 | mark cass | tacitus | $67,630 |
| 23. Beast of the North Pole | 5 | microphone maker | Yapon | $60,000 |
| 24. Renegade | 5 | tod plecher | Mischievously | $50,000 |
| 25. Blacksmith | 5 | bob baffert | Liam map | $40,000 |
| 26. Liberty Nightnall | 5 | kenny mcpeak | max discipline | $20,000 |
| 27 Baytown Dreamer | 3 | Paul McEntee | mendelssohn | $131,410 |
| 28. Plutarch | 3 | bob baffert | Mischievously | $80,000 |
| 29. Soldier and Diplomat | 3 | Steve Asmussen | military mule | $57,350 |
| 30. Royal American | 3 | CR Trout | upstart | $33,000 |
| 31. Vost | 3 | Will Walden | Instagram Grand | $28,875 |
| 32. Historical past | 3 | bob baffert | Mischievously | $24,000 |
| 33. Obligatory agenda | 3 | george weaver | Liam map | $18,000 |
| 34. Buckeye Crown | 3 | microphone maker | Yapon | $11,000 |
| 35. Seventeen | 2 | Patrick Biancone | garments | $68,337 |
| 36. Civil liberties | 2 | Doug O’Neill | Independence Corridor | $54,000 |
| 37. It is our time | 2 | tom amos | Not this time | $30,000 |
| 38. Westerners | 2 | Joe Offolter | code west | $18,000 |
| 39. Courtship | 2 | tod plecher | curl | $15,000 |
| 40. Nothing private. | 2 | Greg Compton | violence | $14,438 |
| 41. Sleep freely | 2 | kenny mcpeak | Independence Corridor | $13,875 |
| 42. Thanks to your understanding. | 2 | Doug O’Neill | Bucchero | $12,000 |
| 43. I Did I Did | 2 | microphone maker | curl | $11,175 |
| 44. Freedom’s Echo | 2 | Guadalupe Preciado | Independence Corridor | $9,000 |
| 45. High quality hoax | 2 | brad cox | Mischievously | $6,000 |
| 46. Maximus Prime | 1 | anthony mitchell | maximus prank | $58,262 |
| 47.Street | 1 | Steve Asmussen | Yapon | $42,500 |
| 48. Farther forward | 1 | Steve Asmussen | spinning sweet | $14,000 |
| 49. Cherokee Nation | 1 | bob baffert | Not this time | $11,805 |
| 50. Ganas | 1 | Andrew McKeever | struggle entrance | $11,655 |
| 51. Tough feeling | 1 | tod plecher | curl | $10,000 |
| 52. Rancho Santa Fe | 1 | brad cox | carpet | $9,250 |
| 53. American King | 1 | ruben gomez | american pharaoh | $4,000 |
