Kentucky Derby Horses and Jockeys

As of April 20th, the following jockeys have confirmed their mounts for the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby to be run Saturday, May 7th. Jockeys marked as pending were aboard the horse for its previous start but have not yet been confirmed by its connections. Horses are listed in order of points earned as they appear on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard.  

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Horse – Jockey

Gun Runner – Florent Geroux

Nyquist – Mario Gutierrez

Exaggerator – Kent Desormeaux

Outwork – John Velazquez

Brody’s Cause – Luis Saez (pending)

Creator – Ricardo Santana Jr. (pending)

Lani – Yutaka Take

Mor Spirit – Gary Stevens

Mohaymen – Junior Alvarado

Danzing Candy – Mike Smith

Destin – pending

Suddenbreakingnews – Luis Quinonez (pending)

Oscar Nominated – Julien Leparoux

Shagaf – Joel Rosario

Whitmore – Victor Espinoza

Tom’s Ready – Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. (pending)

My Man Sam – Irad Ortiz Jr.

Majesto – pending

Trojan Nation – Aaron Gryder (pending)

Mo Tom – Corey Lanerie