Three prestigious Kentucky Derby Offered by Woodford Reserve preparation races are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. Which means there shall be main modifications in income management amongst horses, jockeys and trainers racing in North America this time subsequent week. There was comparatively little exercise final weekend, with the 2 3-year-old horse stakes races held at Turfway Park being the spotlight.
Nice White jumped onto the Kentucky Derby factors leaderboard with a 15.16-1 upset within the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at a northern Kentucky observe final Saturday. The Unstable gelding began his 3-year-old season with a fifth-place end within the Leonatus Stakes at Turfway on January 17, and returned to profitable type on Saturday. With a complete income of $107,440 in 2026, the Nice White at present ranks seventeenth.th There have been 58 individuals within the 3-year-old male class.th complete. He’s additionally ranked thirteenthth He enters the Kentucky Derby leaderboard with 20 factors, and coach John Ennis might make him the second Derby runner after Epic Trip in 2024.
Final evening at Turfway, Resplendence, a 3-year-old filly out of Justify, ran gate-to-wire and received the Cincinnati Trophy Stakes at odds of 11.71-1. she is at present 15 years previousth Earned 20 factors on the Longines Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard. Trainee Paulo Lobo has received back-to-back races by a complete of 8 3/4 lengths and is fourth within the sophomore filly division with $163,592 in prize cash in 2026.
Amongst all jockeys using in North America, jockey Tyler Gaffalione continues to guide second place Irad Ortiz Jr. by greater than $1 million. Gaffalione completed within the high three in 46% of his races and earned $253,780 after six profitable weeks, bringing his 2026 complete earnings to $3,992,082. Ortiz Jr. hit the winner’s circle eight occasions final week and added $294,250 in earnings to his complete, bringing his earnings this 12 months to $2,904,108. Ramon Vazquez led all jockeys final week in wins (13) and earnings ($537,567). By the tip of the week, Vazquez may have earned over $1 million in 2026 and is at present in twenty second place.n.d. Within the standings. Vasquez additionally completed eleventh.th He turned the historic rider to file 500 wins at Oaklawn Park.
Safi Joseph Jr. has remained on the high of the coach rankings for the fourth week in a row, with earnings of $3,800,110 in 2026 after a powerful week that included 4 wins, a 33% profitable share and earnings of $226,045.
A frontrunner’s checklist of horses, jockeys, trainers and homeowners in North America is obtainable at equibase.com, the place you possibly can filter and examine knowledge by varied classes akin to age, gender, observe and race kind.
