Prep race
Santa Anita Derby 2027: Saturday, April 3 at Santa Anita, 100 Kentucky Derby Points to the Winner, Field and Results
The Santa Anita Derby is Saturday, April 3, 2027, at Santa Anita, 151 days from today. It is a Road to the Kentucky Derby points race: the top five earn 100-50-25-15-10 points. The field appears here when it is drawn, and the result and points within minutes of the official chart.
- Date
- Saturday, April 3, 2027
- Track
- Santa Anita
- Points, 1st to 5th
- 100-50-25-15-10
- Series
- Road to the Kentucky Derby
What the points are worth
100 points would put a horse at number 1 on today's Kentucky Derby leaderboard, where the 20th-ranked horse has 2.
The Kentucky Derby points leaderboard →
The 2026 Santa Anita Derby
So Happy won the 2026 running for trainer Mark Glatt and jockey Mike Smith, paying $16.60 in a field of 7.
Next on the Road to the Kentucky Derby
- Arkansas Derby · Apr 10 · Oaklawn Park · 100 points
- Lexington Stakes · Apr 10 · Keeneland · 20 points
Date, track and points from Churchill Downs, which lists them as subject to change. Fields and results from DRF's entries and the official charts; points totals are Turf Archive's count, and Churchill Downs' leaderboard is the official one.