Derby Watch contender rankings by Jay Privman and Mike Watchmaker are published in each Friday's print editions of Daily Racing Form in the weeks leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Privman and Watchmaker's final Derby field rankings will appear in the Kentucky Derby edition of Daily Racing Form and will be posted here Friday before the Derby.

This year has seen a number of Kentucky Derby contenders come and go and the Derby Watch rankings varied considerably from week to week. The archive below of 2004's weekly rankings bear that out.

:: April 30 Derby Watch - Derby 130 Field (Pdf)

:: April 23 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: April 16 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: April 9 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: April 2 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: March 26 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: March 19 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: March 12 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: March 5 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: February 27 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: February 20 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)

:: February 13 Derby Watch Rankings (Pdf)