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To qualify for the Kentucky Derby (like the 152nd running that Golden Tempo just won), a horse has to follow a very specific, points-based path — it’s not an open race where anyone can just enter. https://t.co/tPFeFmatt6
Here’s exactly how it works (this is the official system used for 2026 and recent years):
1. Basic Eligibility (must meet these first)
• The horse must be a 3-year-old Thoroughbred (born in the right year so it turns 3 on January 1 of Derby year).
• The owner must nominate the horse to the Triple Crown series and pay the required nomination, entry, and starting fees (this keeps the dream alive but costs thousands).
• Only Thoroughbreds bred naturally (no artificial breeding) are allowed.
2. The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” Points System (the real qualifier)
Horses earn their spot by racking up points in a series of about 35–40 designated prep races run from September of the previous year through mid-April. These races are split into:
• Prep Season (early races, lower points) — e.g., 10 points for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, etc.
• Championship Series (late March/early April “final exams”) — huge points here: many award 100-50-25-15-10 to the top five finishers.
Points go to the top 5 finishers in every qualifying race (some smaller races have slightly different scales). https://t.co/tPFeFmatt6
There are three paths:
• Main American Road (most horses): ~36 races across U.S. and Canada. The top 18 point-earners get in.
• Japan Road (4 races in Japan): Winner gets one automatic spot.
• European/Middle East Road (10 races in UK, Ireland, France, UAE): Winner gets one automatic spot.
→ Total field = 20 horses (18 from America + up to 2 international). If international winners decline, those spots roll back to the main list. https://t.co/hoa3HqbjCH
3. Final Field Selection
• After the last prep race (usually the week before the Derby), Churchill Downs ranks all eligible horses by total points.
• Top 20 get invited.
• There’s usually an also-eligible list (up to 4 extra horses) in case someone scratches.
• Tiebreakers (if points are equal) go to total earnings in stakes races.
That’s exactly how Golden Tempo made it in. As a 23-1 longshot, he earned enough points through strong finishes in his prep races (including that Louisiana Derby mention from the trainer) to crack the top 20 — then executed the “start slow, finish strong” plan perfectly on Derby day.
It’s one of the toughest qualification systems in sports: a horse basically has to prove itself over 7–8 months of high-stakes racing just to get 2 minutes on the biggest stage. Only the best 20 three-year-olds in the world make it. 🐎
Cherie DeVaux worked as an assistant for over a decade, learning under some of the top trainers before starting her own barn in 2018.
Her horses have won her over $33M in career earnings, and she is now the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby.
If you feel like Anthropic is going after every enterprise software market and that the big SaaS enterprise platforms like Salesforce, ServiceNow and Workday are toast, you are wrong.
This simplistic thinking fundamentally misunderstands the difference between an AI Agent and the Enterprise Platform. Let me explain:
> An AI agent executes tasks. An enterprise platform defines, orchestrates, and gives the agent context to execute that task.
> An AI agent has access. An enterprise platform governs agent permissions.
> An AI agent can act. An enterprise platform can audit, control, and enforce.
> An AI agent may go rogue. An enterprise platform guarantees compliance deterministically.
> An AI agent is powerful in isolation. An enterprise platform is powerful in coordination across teams and business units.
Furthermore, an enterprise platform can be multi-model, multi-cloud, and multi-integration. It is future proof for the customer in a dynamic market.
CIOs buy Enterprise Platforms and will continue to do so, as long as those platform deeply integrate AI Agents within deterministic, governed, auditable, business processes.
@TechEmails The funny thing is Jenson later said that no one wanted it except for Elon 😂
Jenson always the salesman you would think demand was exponential from his reply.
Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another.
There must also be things that make us super excited and inspired about the future. This is one of things. Bigtime.
Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.
You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.