The El Camino Real Derby is Race 8 on a 9-race program at Golden Gate Fields. First post on Saturday is 12:45 PM PT, with scheduled post time for the El Camino Real Derby stamped at approx. 4:15 PM PT.

The $100,000 El Camino Real Derby (3-year-olds at one mile and an eighth) Post Positions 

1. Positivity (trainer Paddy Gallagher, jockey Julien Couton)
2. Waspirant (John Shirreffs, Assael Espinoza)
3. Tesoro (O.J. Jauregui, Catalino Martinez)
4. It’s My House (Jamey Thomas, William Antongeorgi III)
5. Petruchio (Richard Mandella, Irving Orozco)
6.  Play Chicken (Doug O’Neill, Evin Roman)
7.  Javanica (Eoin Harty, Frank Alvarado)
8.  Govenor’s Party (Dan Franko, Cristobal Herrera)
9.  Rombauer (Michael McCarthy, Kyle Frey)

On The Road to the Kentucky Derby

On the road to the Kentucky Derby, Golden Gate Fields proudly presents the 40th Annual El Camino Real on Saturday, Feb 13, 2021.

The first running of the El Camino Real Derby took place in 1982, and the race began on a bright note when victorious Cassaleria went on to compete in the Kentucky Derby.

The El Camino Real Derby offers a $100,000 purse and gives the winner 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points. For the third straight year, the victor of the El Camino Real Derby will be granted a free berth into the second leg of the Triple Crown, The Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico Racecourse in Mid-May.

NOMINATIONS FOR 2021 EL CAMINO REAL DERBY CLOSE THURSDAY 2/4

The deadline for horsemen to nominate their contenders to one of the most prestigious races every year in Northern California, the $100,000 El Camino Real Derby, is Thursday  2/4 at midnight. The 2021 edition of the El Camino Real Derby, a one mile and an eighth race for 3-year-olds on Tapeta, will be run next Saturday, February 13.

The El Camino Real Derby is an intriguing race for any horse on the Triple Crown trail. Not only does the winner receive 10 Kentucky Derby points, but they also pick up an all-expenses-paid, free berth into the Preakness Stakes. In order for a horse to receive the latter incentive, however, they must be triple crown nominated.

Major El Camino Real Derby news broke last Saturday when Rombauer, who finished second in the 2020 Grade I American Pharoah Stakes in September at Santa Anita, was listed as “likely” for the race. His owner, John Fradkin, took to Twitter last week to indicate that his star 3-year-old was being pointed for next Saturday’s feature. Michael McCarthy trains the son of Twirling Candy, whose lone win came last summer at Del Mar in a maiden race.

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*Pictured Above: 2020 El Camino Real Winner: #9 Azul Coast (Rafael Bejarano, Bob Baffert)

***While we remain closed to the public, you can watch all the action from our livestream.