Road to the Roses
Derby 151 Schedule
Updates to note for 2025:
- UAE Derby is no longer part of the USA Trail. It has been moved the European Trail, and will not be included in the "Road to the Roses, Derby 151" Contest.
- The Virginia Derby is a newly added race for the contest.
- Any races with fields of 5 will only be awarded 75% of the total points for that race.
- Any races with fields of 4 or less will only be awarded 50% of the total points for that race.
| Horse in an RTTR151 Stable at Race Time. |
How to Play RTTR
January
Draft five horses, two trainers, and two jockeys.
February
Add five horses.
April/May
Add final five horses for 15 total.
Earn points throughout a 14-week (~25-race) schedule into the Kentucky Derby.
RTTR Scoring
| W | P | S | 4th | 5th | *Tr./ Jock |
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| Derby | 200 | 120 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 160 |
| Tier 1 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 70 |
| Tier 2 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 35 |
| Tier 3 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Tier 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| *Trainer/Jockey Points are only for the Win Horse. | ||||||
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For any "Championship Series" Races: Races with 5 entries will earn 75% of points. Races with <=4 entries will earn 50% of points. |
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Contest Notes
| Bob Baffert |
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| Bob Baffert will be eligible for both horse and trainer points in this contest. His 3-year suspension from Churchill Downs has also been lifted, so he will be fully eligible to earn points and enter horses into the Kentucky Derby this year. |
| New Scoring Updates for 2025 |
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| New Tiebreakers for 2025 |
| Please see Rule SET-002 on the Rules page for more details. |