I stole this picture of Pyro from Bloodhorse, he is one handsome horse! With the final prep for the Kentucky Derby having been run last Saturday, graded stakes earnings are set, and all that remains is to determine the 2008 Kentucky Derby field. The field won’t be made official until next week.
There are two fillies trained by Larry Jones on the top 20 list. Eight Belles is the one Jones has been marketing as the probable Derby starter, while Proud Spell will most likely end up in the Kentucky Oaks.

Here is the list of Graded stakes earnings of Derby contenders.

Rank  Contender          Earnings
1.  Pyro               $1,020,000
2.  Proud Spell (filly)  $880,000
3.  Tale of Ekati        $738,000
4.  Colonel John         $720,000
5.  Gayego               $640,000
6.  Big Brown            $600,000
7.  Z Humor              $579,000
8.  Monba                $515,000
9.  Court Vision         $331,872
10.  Z Fortune           $329,000
11.  Adriano             $310,000
12.  Recapturetheglory   $300,000
13.  Smooth Air          $290,000
14.  Salute the Sarge    $258,940
15.  Cool Coal Man       $212,767
16.  Anak Nakal          $212,216
17.  Eight Belles (filly)$210,000
18.  Cowboy Cal          $207,660
19.  Behindatthebar      $204,500
20.  Visionaire          $202,500
21.  Big Truck           $194,500
22.  Bob Black Jack      $180,000
23.  Denis of Cork       $165,000
24.  Halo Najib          $157,996
25.  Indian Sun          $154,000
26.  Tomcito             $151,292
27.  My Pal Charlie      $150,000
28.  El Gato Malo        $145,000
29.  Hey Byrn            $140,000
30.  Atoned              $130,000
31.  Riley Tucker        $121,900
32.  Tres Borrachos      $118,000
33.  Golden Yank         $115,000
34.  Yankee Bravo        $105,000
35.  Racecar Rhapsody    $107,121
36.  Kentucky Bear       $75,000