2021 Kentucky Derby news, data and analysis
A compilation of news, blogs, facts, analysis, odds, contenders and data relating to the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby can be found below in our one stop shop!
Most Recent Kentucky Derby horse racing news from Brisnet:
- Kentucky Derby Report – Prep races completed (4/15/2021)
- Get to know the 2021 Kentucky Derby contenders (4/14/2021)
- Super Stock surges late to upend Arkansas Derby rivals (4/10/2021)
- King Fury upsets Lexington (4/10/2021)
- Four points to ponder: 2021 Lexington Stakes, Arkansas Derby (4/9/2021)
- Proxy, Hockey Dad seek Derby points in Lexington (4/7/2021)
- Kentucky Derby Report – Essential Quality displays resolve, Rock Your World adds speed (4/7/2021)
- Concert Tour, Hozier give Baffert another strong hand in Arkansas Derby (4/6/2021)
- Hit the Road travels east for Maker’s Mark Mile (4/6/2021)
- Rock Your World lives up to his name in Santa Anita Derby (4/3/2021)
Kentucky Derby Leaderboard
| Rank | Horse | Points |
| 1 | Essential Quality | 140 |
| 2 | Hot Rod Charlie | 110 |
| 3 | Super Stock | 109 |
| 4 | Like the King | 104 |
| 5 | Known Agenda | 102 |
| 6 | Rock Your World | 100 |
| 7 | Bourbonic | 100 |
| 8 | Medina Spirit | 74 |
| 9 | Midnight Bourbon | 66 |
| 10 | Mandaloun | 52 |
| Rank | Horse | Points |
| 11 | Caddo River | 50 |
| 12 | Highly Motivated | 50 |
| 13 | Helium | 50 |
| 14 | Soup and Sandwich | 40 |
| 15 | Dynamic One | 40 |
| 16 | Sainthood | 40 |
| 17 | Hidden Stash | 32 |
| 18 | O Besos | 25 |
| 19 | Get Her Number | 20 |
| 20 | King Fury | 20 |
Last updated on April 23, 2021
Highlighted Information:
KENTUCKY DERBY RACE RECAPS
- Super Stock surges late to upend Arkansas Derby rivals
- King Fury upsets Lexington
- Rock Your World lives up to his name in Santa Anita Derby
- Essential Quality gets tested, gamely wins Blue Grass
- Bourbonic gives Pletcher sixth win in Wood Memorial shocker
- Known Agenda rolls in Florida Derby
- Like the King rules in Jeff Ruby, Adventuring conquers in Bourbonette Oaks
- Rebel’s Romance adds to Godolphin’s Kentucky Derby options with UAE Derby rebound
- Hot Rod Charlie topples locals in TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby
- Concert Tour much the best in Rebel Stakes
- Life Is Good delivers effortless victory in San Felipe
- Helium turns back Hidden Stash in Tampa Bay Derby
- Weyburn pulls off shocker in Gotham
- Greatest Honour powers home late in Fountain of Youth
- Essential Quality picks up where he left off dominating Southwest
- Hush of a Storm withstands inquiry in Battaglia Memorial; Wait for Nairobi upsets Cincinnati Trophy
- Triple Crown nominee La Perouse unleashes fast finish to win Hyacinth
- Mandaloun bounces back with strong performance in Risen Star
- Rombauer returns with rallying win in El Camino Real Derby
- Candy Man Rocket leads 1-2 finish for Mott in Sam F. Davis
- Risk Taking opens up decisively in Withers
- Medina Spirit determinedly provides Baffert with ninth Robert B. Lewis
- Greatest Honour turns Holy Bull into a runaway
- Caddo River dominates Smarty Jones
- Midnight Bourbon leads throughout in Lecomte
- Life Is Good wires Sham as Medina Spirit makes it interesting late
- Capo Kane opens up late to dominate Jerome
- Spielberg keeps Los Al Futurity win streak for Baffert alive in final strides
- Senor Buscador turns on overdrive to go from last to first in Springboard Mile
- Brooklyn too Strong for Ten for Ten in Remsen
- Keepmeinmind breaks through with Kentucky Jockey Club victory
- Essential Quality remains perfect in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
- Jackie’s Warrior rolls in Champagne; Dayoutoftheoffice stays perfect in Frizette
- Essential Quality draws off in Breeders’ Futurity; Inthemidstofbiz upsets TCA
- Get Her Number joins Juvenile picture in American Pharoah
- Sittin On Go rallies to upset Iroquois
KENTUCKY DERBY ANALYSIS
- Kentucky Derby Report – Prep races completed
- Get to know the 2021 Kentucky Derby contenders
- Proxy, Hockey Dad seek Derby points in Lexington
- Kentucky Derby Report – Essential Quality displays resolve, Rock Your World adds speed
- Concert Tour, Hozier give Baffert another strong hand in Arkansas Derby
- Medina Spirit tops 10-horse Santa Anita Derby
- Risk Taking, Crowded Trade give Brown solid one-two punch in Wood Memorial
- Kentucky Derby Report – Known Agenda keeps ascending in Florida Derby
- Essential Quality to meet eight in Blue Grass
- Greatest Honour enters Florida Derby hot and heavily favored
- Japanese versus Dubai-based up-and-comers in fascinating UAE Derby
- Hush of a Storm, Tarantino head 12-horse Jeff Ruby Steaks; Wait of Nairobi meets nine in Bourbonette Oaks
- Kentucky Derby Report – Hot Rod Charlie boosts his stock
- Kentucky Derby favorite Life Is Good exits bullet work with injury
- Kentucky Derby Report: Concert Tour breaks out in Rebel
- Mandaloun poised to down familiar foes in TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby
- American Pharoah’s half-brother Triple Tap rolls in Santa Anita debut
- Prevalence set for major Kentucky Derby prep after acing Gulfstream allowance
- Kentucky Derby Report – Life Is Good makes short work of San Felipe foes
- Caddo River, Concert Tour square off in eight-horse Rebel
- Prevalence tunes up for potential Kentucky Derby prep in Gulfstream allowance
- Candy Man Rocket among dozen in Tampa Bay Derby
- Life Is Good draws rail in seven-horse San Felipe
- Highly Motivated tops eight in Gotham; The Grass Is Blue meets five in Busher
- Kentucky Derby Report – Essential Quality stylishly returns, Greatest Honour finds a way to win
- Greatest Honour favored in Fountain of Youth; champion Vequist returns in Davona Dale
- Kentucky Derby Report: February to close with three preps
- Essential Quality will face six in Southwest
- Gretzky the Great reverts to Tapeta in Battaglia; Casse has trio in Cincinnati Trophy
- Kentucky Derby Report: Mandaloun adds blinkers, raises game in Risen Star
- Rombauer, Petruchio top draws in nine-horse El Camino Real Derby
- Kentucky Derby Report: Concert Tour among new stakes winners
- Midnight Bourbon, Senor Buscador among baker’s dozen entered in Risen Star
- Dream Shake stuns Santa Anita maiden at 20-1; Bezos bubble burst in seventh
- Concert Tour stays perfect in San Vicente; Moonlight d’Oro rallies in Las Virgenes
- Essential Quality, Vequist among 326 nominees for 2021 Triple Crown
- Concert Tour to make initial stakes appearance in San Vicente
- Known Agenda, Smiley Sobotka head competitive Sam F. Davis
- Capo Kane favored to garner second Derby prep win in Withers
- Kentucky Derby Report: Greatest Honour, Medina Spirit make their mark
- Baffert, O’Neill send multiple runners to compelling Robert B. Lewis
- Prime Factor steps up, stretches out in Holy Bull
- Kentucky Derby Report – Smarty Jones catapults Caddo River into spotlight
- Prevalence romps on debut; The Great One breaks maiden in a rout
- Kentucky Derby Report – Midnight Bourbon pops for Asmussen
- Caddo River, Cowan top Smarty Jones on Oaklawn opener
- Kentucky Derby Report – Life Is Good passes two-turn test in Sham
- Mutasaabeq captures Mucho Macho Man on surface switch; Kentucky Pharoah, Con Lima win Gulfstream turf stakes
- Brooklyn Strong seeks to buck recent Kentucky Derby trend
- Contrasting early Kentucky Derby contenders
KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER
- Essential Quality closes as 4-1 favorite in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5
- Essential Quality 3-1 early favorite in Pool 5 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
- Life Is Good, Clairiere favored in Kentucky Derby, Oaks future wager pools
- Essential Quality installed as 7-2 morning line favorite in KDFW Pool 4
- Life Is Good, Essential Quality again lead the way in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3
- Essential Quality, Life Is Good lead Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
- Life Is Good maintains individual favorite status in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
- Life Is Good listed as 6-1 individual choice in Pool 2 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
- Life Is Good, sire Into Mischief well backed in first 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wagers
- Fields set for 2021 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1, Sire Future Wager
KENTUCKY DERBY HANDICAPPING
- Four points to ponder: 2021 Lexington Stakes, Arkansas Derby
- Five points to ponder: 2021 Blue Grass, Wood Memorial, Santa Anita Derby
- Four points to ponder: 2021 Florida Derby
- Five points to ponder: 2021 TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby
- Four points to ponder: 2021 Rebel Stakes
- Five points to ponder: 2021 Risen Star
- Five points to ponder: 2021 Withers, Sam F. Davis
- Five points to ponder: 2021 Holy Bull, Robert B. Lewis
- DERBY: Big debut winners roar into Reilly’s Kentucky Derby Top 10
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