All others, Locked are top choices in Derby Future Wager
Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set for its three-day run Tuesday through Thursday and features 40 betting interests, including recent Grade 1 winners Locked and Timberlake.
Once again, the popular mutuel field of all other colts and geldings from the 2021 foal crop not listed among the individual interests is expected to be the heavy favorite.
Wagering begins Tuesday at noon EDT and closes Thursday at 6 p.m. EDT in advance of the Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday. Like previous years, bettors may make $2 win and exacta bets.
Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner Locked, owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm, is the 15-1 individual favorite. Trained by two-time Kentucky Derby winner Todd Pletcher, Locked is among the top interests in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita.
Here is the complete field with morning-line odds:
| KDFW pool 1 | Trainer | Sire | ML |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Agate Road | Todd Pletcher | Quality Road | 99-1 |
| 2. Agoo | Whit Beckman | Munnings | 99-1 |
| 3. Air of Defiance | Brad Cox | Quality Road | 60-1 |
| 4. Balta | Paulo Lobo | Munnings | 99-1 |
| 5. Be You | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | 99-1 |
| 6. Bentornato | José D’Angelo | Valiant Minister | 99-1 |
| 7. Bergen | Brad Cox | Liam’s Map | 99-1 |
| 8. Billal | Bill Mott | Street Sense | 99-1 |
| 9. Booth | Steve Asmussen | Mitole | 60-1 |
| 10. Catching Freedom | Brad Cox | Constitution | 99-1 |
| 11. Dancing Groom | Antonio Sano | Vino Rosso | 99-1 |
| 12. Domestic Product | Chad Brown | Practical Joke | 99-1 |
| 13. Dornoch | Danny Gargan | Good Magic | 60-1 |
| 14. Drum Roll Please | Brad Cox | Hard Spun | 99-1 |
| 15. Fierceness | Todd Pletcher | City of Light | 99-1 |
| 15. General Partner | Chad Brown | Speightstown | 80-1 |
| 17. Generous Tipper | Kenny McPeek | Street Sense | 80-1 |
| 18. Glengarry | Doug Anderson | Maximus Mischief | 99-1 |
| 19. Informed Patriot | Steve Asmussen | Hard Spun | 99-1 |
| 20. Liberal Arts | Robbie Medina | Arrogate | 60-1 |
| 21. Lightline | Brad Cox | City of Light | 99-1 |
| 22. Locked | Todd Pletcher | Gun Runner | 15-1 |
| 23. Moonlight | Todd Pletcher | Audible | 80-1 |
| 24. Nash | Brad Cox | Medaglia d’Oro | 99-1 |
| 25. Normandy Hero | Rodolphe Brisset | Omaha Beach | 99-1 |
| 26. Otto the Conqueror | Steve Asmussen | Street Sense | 99-1 |
| 27. Noted | Todd Pletcher | Cairo Prince | 99-1 |
| 28. Nutella Fella | Gary Contessa | Runhappy | 80-1 |
| 29. Private Desire | Todd Pletcher | Constitution | 50-1 |
| 30. Raging Torrent | Doug O’Neill | Maximus Mischief | 99-1 |
| 31. Risk It | Steve Asmussen | Gun Runner | 99-1 |
| 32. Rocketeer | Brad Cox | Curlin | 99-1 |
| 33. Seize the Grey | D. Wayne Lukas | Arrogate | 99-1 |
| 24. Stretch Ride | Dale Romans | Street Sense | 50-1 |
| 35. Stronghold | Phil D’Amato | Ghostzapper | 99-1 |
| 36. The Wine Steward | Mike Maker | Vino Rosso | 30-1 |
| 37. Timberlake | Brad Cox | Into Mischief | 20-1 |
| 38. West Saratoga | Larry Demeritte | Exaggerator | 80-1 |
| 39. All 2-year-old fillies | 80-1 | ||
| 40. All other 2yo males | 3-5 | ||
| ML: Morning line |
In the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, Locked will face Champagne Stakes (G1) winner Timberlake, who was tabbed at 20-1 in pool 1. Trained by 2021 Kentucky Derby-winning conditioner Brad Cox, Timberlake jumped onto the road to the Kentucky Derby with his 4 1/4-length victory four weeks ago in the Champagne.
There are eight betting interests in pool 1 who are trained by Cox, including Air of Defiance (60-1), Bergen (99-1), Catching Freedom (99-1), Drum Roll Please (99-1), Lightline (99-1), Nash (99-1), Rocketeer (99-1) and Timberlake (20-1).
As was the case last year, pool 1 will assume that horses under the care of trainers suspended from competing in the Kentucky Derby will not be under consideration. Instead, they will be included within the pari-mutuel field. They include Bob Baffert-trained Prince of Monaco, Muth and Wine Me Up, all pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. To be eligible for the Derby, they would have to be transferred before their points preps.
There are six Future Wager pools scheduled in advance of the 2024 Kentucky Derby, including this week, Nov. 23-26, Jan. 19-21, Feb. 16-18, March 15-17 and April 4-6. The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which debuted in 2015 and requires bettors to wager on the winning sire for next year’s Kentucky Derby winner, will be held Nov. 23-26 concurrently with pool 2. The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide March 15-17 with Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool 5.
There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Should Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week’s four-day pool that one of the wagering interests has experienced an injury, illness or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby or Oaks, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.