Kentucky Derby standings: Cox, Casse winners join the crowd
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Weekend wins by trainers Brad Cox and Mark Casse brought two new double-digit names to the Kentucky Derby 2026 leaderboard.
My World, trained by Cox, and Casse's Strategic Risk each earned 10 qualifying points with their wins Saturday in the Jerome at Aqueduct and the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn, respectively.
Cox now has four horses with Derby points, and Casse has three, with Silent Tactic joining the list this week after finishing second in the Smarty Jones.
Ted Noffey, unraced since winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, remained no. 1 in the standings with 40 points.
The Derby trail takes a break this week before resuming Jan. 17 with more points at stake. The Grade 3 Lecomte at Fair Grounds offers 20-10-6-4-2 points, as do the Withers, Holy Bull (G3) and Southwest (G3) two weeks later on Jan. 31. All of those are at 1 1/16 miles, except the 1 1/8-mile Withers.
| Horse | Points | Trainer | Sire | Earnings* |
| 1. Ted Noffey | 40 | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | $1,602,963 |
| 2. Litmus Test | 19 | Bob Baffert | Nyquist | $302,188 |
| 3. Mr. A. P. | 15 | Vladimir Cerin | American Pharoah | $340,000 |
| 4. Intrepido | 13 | Jeff Mullins | Maximus Mischief | $240,000 |
| 5. Universe | 13 | Kenny McPeek | Global Campaign | $178,400 |
| 6. Spice Runner | 11 | Steve Asmussen | Gun Runner | $247,426 |
| 7. Napoleon Solo | 10 | Chad Summers | Liam's Map | $275,000 |
| 8. Further Ado | 10 | Brad Cox | Gun Runner | $242,470 |
| 9. Express Kid | 10 | Wade Rarick | Bodexpress | $199,900 |
| 10. My World | 10 | Brad Cox | Essential Quality | $165,000 |
| 11. Strategic Risk | 10 | Mark Casse | Noble Bird | $154,500 |
| 12. Paladin | 10 | Chad Brown | Gun Runner | $137,500 |
| 13. Incredibolt | 10 | Riley Mott | Bolt d'Oro | $122,070 |
| 14. Chip Honcho | 10 | Steve Asmussen | Connect | $60,000 |
| 15. Brant | 9 | Bob Baffert | Gun Runner | $360,000 |
| 16. Balboa | 9 | Brittany Russell | Not This Time | $132,000 |
| 17. Very Connected | 6 | Kenny McPeek | Connect | $22,850 |
| 18. Comport | 5 | Eddie Kenneally | Collected | $264,050 |
| 19. Desert Gate | 5 | Bob Baffert | Omaha Beach | $210,000 |
| 20. Blackout Time | 5 | Kenny McPeek | Not This Time | $128,375 |
| 21. Talkin | 5 | Danny Gargan | Good Magic | $101,250 |
| 22. Silent Tactic | 5 | Mark Casse | Tacitus | $67,630 |
| 23. Arctic Beast | 5 | Mike Maker | Yaupon | $60,000 |
| 24. Renegade | 5 | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | $50,000 |
| 25. Blacksmith | 5 | Bob Baffert | Liam's Map | $40,000 |
| 26. Liberty Naitonal | 5 | Kenny McPeek | Maxfield | $20,000 |
| 27 Baytown Dreamer | 3 | Paul McEntee | Mendelssohn | $131,410 |
| 28. Plutarch | 3 | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | $80,000 |
| 29. Soldier N Diplomat | 3 | Steve Asmussen | Army Mule | $57,350 |
| 30. Royal American | 3 | C.R. Trout | Upstart | $33,000 |
| 31. Vost | 3 | Will Walden | Instagrand | $28,875 |
| 32. Provenance | 3 | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | $24,000 |
| 33. Enforced Agenda | 3 | George Weaver | Liam's Map | $18,000 |
| 34. Crown the Buckeye | 3 | Mike Maker | Yaupon | $11,000 |
| 35. Diciassette | 2 | Patrick Biancone | Mitole | $68,337 |
| 36. Civil Liberty | 2 | Doug O’Neill | Independence Hall | $54,000 |
| 37. It’s Our Time | 2 | Tom Amoss | Not This Time | $30,000 |
| 38. Western Man | 2 | Joe Offolter | Code West | $18,000 |
| 39. Courting | 2 | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | $15,000 |
| 40. Nothing Personal | 2 | Greg Compton | Violence | $14,438 |
| 41. Sleepingonfreedom | 2 | Kenny McPeek | Independence Hall | $13,875 |
| 42. Acknowledgemeplz | 2 | Doug O’Neill | Bucchero | $12,000 |
| 43. I Did I Did | 2 | Mike Maker | Curlin | $11,175 |
| 44. Freedom's Echo | 2 | Guadalupe Preciado | Independence Hall | $9,000 |
| 45. Quality Mischief | 2 | Brad Cox | Into Mischief | $6,000 |
| 46. Maximus Prime | 1 | Anthony Mitchell | Maximus Mischief | $58,262 |
| 47. Stradale | 1 | Steve Asmussen | Yaupon | $42,500 |
| 48. Way Beyond | 1 | Steve Asmussen | Twirling Candy | $14,000 |
| 49. Cherokee Nation | 1 | Bob Baffert | Not This Time | $11,805 |
| 50. Ganaas | 1 | Andrew McKeever | War Front | $11,655 |
| 51. Grittiness | 1 | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | $10,000 |
| 52. Rancho Santa Fe | 1 | Brad Cox | Tapit | $9,250 |
| 53. American King | 1 | Ruben Gomez | American Pharoah | $4,000 |
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