2017 Kentucky Derby alums Battle of Midway, Irap return…
| # | Horse | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Always Dreaming | 1st |
| 1 | Lookin At Lee | 2nd |
| 11 | Battle of Midway | 3rd |
| 14 | Classic Empire | 4th |
| 19 | Practical Joke | 5th |
| 16 | Tapwrit | 6th |
| 10 | Gunnevera | 7th |
| 15 | McCraken | 8th |
| 18 | Gormley | 9th |
| 17 | Irish War Cry | 10th |
| 8 | Hence | 11th |
| 4 | Untrapped | 12th |
| 7 | Girvin | 13th |
| 20 | Patch | 14th |
| 13 | J Boys Echo | 15th |
| 12 | Sonneteer | 16th |
| 3 | Fast and Accurate | 17th |
| 9 | Irap | 18th |
| 6 | State of Honor | 19th |
| 2 | Thunder Snow (IRE) | 20th |
| Rank | Horse | Points | Owner | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epicharis-JPN | 50 | Carrot Farm | Kiyoshi Hagiwara |
| 2 | Mont Saint Legame-JPN | 40 | Shinichi Yamashita | Koji Maki |
| 3 | Adirato-JPN | 20 | Koji Yasuhara | Naosuke Sugai |
| 4 | Caucus-JPN | 16 | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Hideaki Fujiwara |
| 5 | Foggy Night-JPN | 5 | Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co. Ltd. | Noriyuki Hori |
The new “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” – which is separate from the 35-race “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series – includes two one-mile dirt stakes races at the famed Tokyo Racecourse: the Cattleya Sho for 2-year-olds on Nov. 26 (Top 4 Points: 40-16- 8-4) and the Hyacinth for 3-year-olds on Feb. 19 (Top 4 Points: 50-20-10-5). One position in the Kentucky Derby starting gate will be awarded to the horse that accrues the most points in the “Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby” and accepts an invitation to compete. If the top point-earner declines, the horse with the second-most points may accept and so on.
