Final odds set for 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
As is usual for the first round of betting in the new year, "All Other 3-Year-Olds" closed as the favorite in Pool 2 of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager. But the individual top choice closed the gap.
More than $398,000 funneled into the win pool from Friday though Sunday evening, with bettors hammering sophomore horses not among the 23 interests offered in advance of the May 4 race at Churchill Downs down to 5-2.
That group includes Well Defined, winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), as well as Dream Maker, whose 89 Beyer Speed Figure in a Fair Grounds allowance will springboard him to the Derby trail.
Among the individuals available in the Future Wager, Game Winner, the unbeaten champion nearing his season debut in the March 9 San Felipe (G2), closed at 5-1. Another Bob Baffert trainee, Grade 1 winner Improbable, was a co-7-1 second choice.
Hidden Scroll, also at 7-1, took a surprising amount of action. The Jan. 26 debut winner owns the crop's best Beyer Speed Figure but earned it over a sloppy, speed-favoring Gulfstream Park track. We'll learn more about the Bill Mott-trained son of Hard Spun when he runs back March 2 in the Fountain of Youth (G2).
Other Future Wager opportunities run from March 8-10 and April 5-7.
| Horse | Morning line | Final odds |
| 1. Bourbon War | 50-1 | 31-1 |
| 2. Coliseum | 15-1 | 22-1 |
| 3. Game Winner | 6-1 | 5-1 |
| 4. Global Campaign | 50-1 | 22-1 |
| 5. Gray Attempt | 50-1 | 99-1 |
| 6. Gunmetal Gray | 20-1 | 34-1 |
| 7. Harvey Wallbanger | 20-1 | 28-1 |
| 8. Hidden Scroll | 12-1 | 7-1 |
| 9. Improbable | 8-1 | 7-1 |
| 10. Instagrand | 10-1 | 10-1 |
| 11. Knicks Go | 30-1 | 78-1 |
| 12. Limonite | 50-1 | 60-1 |
| 13. Maximus Mischief | 20-1 | 38-1 |
| 14. Mucho Gusto | 15-1 | 23-1 |
| 15. Network Effect | 30-1 | 40-1 |
| 16. Owendale | 50-1 | 99-1 |
| 17. Signalman | 20-1 | 28-1 |
| 18. Tacitus | 50-1 | 96-1 |
| 19. Tax | 20-1 | 63-1 |
| 20. Vekoma | 30-1 | 41-1 |
| 21. Walking Thunder | 50-1 | 99-1 |
| 22. War of Will | 30-1 | 17-1 |
| 23. Win Win Win | 30-1 | 35-1 |
| 24. All Other 3-Year-Olds | 5-2 | 5-2 |