how much does the ky. derby winner get
Laura Mitchell, Lousy handicapper, but love the ponies anyway. The winning jockey gets 10% of the winner's purse, which is 60% of the total purse. The value of the 2015 Kentucky Derby was $2,178,800, of which $2 million was guaranteed. American Pharoah won $1,240,000 for his effort, so jockey Victor Espinoza collected $124,000. (Trainer Bob Baffert collected the same amount.) Espinoza doesn't get to keep it all.