Get a look at the late movers in the Kentucky Derby odds
Never mind the fact that it has not been the proving ground for a future Kentucky Derby winner in more than a quarter century. The Remsen Stakes (G2) on Saturday still weighed heavily on current Las Vegas futures.
With his victory Saturday at Aqueduct, Brooklyn Strong shortened as much as 55 percent in fixed-odds betting for the 2021 Kentucky Derby. William Hill Nevada cut his price from 125-1 to 85-1. Less than one week after opening him at 200-1, Circa Sports moved him to 90-1.
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If he were to pay off for his backers, Brooklyn Strong would be the first horse to come out of the Remsen and win the Derby since Thunder Gulch, who pulled off the double in 1994-95.
Even so, all five horses in the Remsen had their odds moved. Runner-up Ten for Ten went from 100-1 to 75-1 at William Hill, making him shorter than Brooklyn Strong. At Circa, third-place Known Agenda drifted to 175-1, fourth-place Pickin’ Time to 250-1 and last-place Erawan to 400-1.
There were other, less prominent movers in and out of the Derby futures, mostly from races in the East.
After his victory in Sunday’s New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct, Hold the Salsa went from 200-1 to 150-1 at Circa. The two-time stakes winner is owned and trained by his breeder Richard Lugovich also shortened from 150-1 to 110-1 at William Hill.
Two new horses brought the William Hill futures list to 141. Weyburn, a Canadian-owned and -bred colt by Pioneerof the Nile, opened at 125-1 after breaking his maiden Saturday at Aqueduct. Warrior’s Pride, a two-time winner owned by Venezuela native Ruben Sierra, was added at 150-1 after his 4 1/4-length allowance victory Friday at Gulfstream Park.
Circa reduced its Derby choices to 172 by dropping the filly Princess Noor (500-1). She was retired during the weekend after developing a soft-tissue injury in the Starlet Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Los Alamitos.
Essential Quality (10-1 Circa, 8-1 William Hill) and Life Is Good (12-1, 10-1) remained the top two choices for the May 1 running of the Derby.
Following are all the horses listed in the two Nevada bookmakers’ Kentucky Derby futures:
Circa WH
200-1 300-1 Advance Cash
200-1 150-1 Al Heybay
100-1 Alexander Valley
150-1 150-1 All Mo
100-1 150-1 Ambivalent
100-1 American Admiral
200-1 200-1 Ampersand
200-1 135-1 Angkor
100-1 Arabian Prince
100-1 150-1 Ascot Storm
200-1 175-1 Awesome Gerry
200-1 Baafeed
200-1 250-1 Basso
100-1 Beatbox
100-1 125-1 Beep Beep
100-1 150-1 Belafonte
200-1 175-1 Big Daddy
200-1 200-1 Big Flame
200-1 150-1 Blue Gator
200-1 150-1 Bob’s Edge
200-1 120-1 Boca Boy
200-1 125-1 Bolden
100-1 140-1 Bold Minister
200-1 200-1 Boomer
100-1 150-1 Breeze On By
90-1 85-1 Brooklyn Strong
35-1 40-1 Caddo River
100-1 100-1 Cajun Commander
100-1 100-1 Calibrate
200-1 175-1 Camp Hope
60-1 75-1 Cazadero
200-1 125-1 Chicks For Free
300-1 Civil War
40-1 35-1 Classier
100-1 175-1 Cousin Larry
300-1 Crazy Shot
300-1 200-1 Dalton
400-1 Dayoutoftheoffice
45-1 50-1 Dr. Schivel
200-1 Dreamer’s Disease
250-1 Drop Anchor
200-1 Dynamic One
250-1 Dyn O Mite
200-1 120-1 Eagle Orb
100-1 100-1 Effinity
200-1 Engrave
400-1 300-1 Erawan
10-1 8-1 Essential Quality
100-1 125-1 Ethical Judgement
100-1 125-1 Eucharist
250-1 250-1 Famous Gent
100-1 150-1 Fauci
200-1 Find New Roads
100-1 100-1 Founder
200-1 120-1 Freedom Fighter
200-1 150-1 Fury Kap
150-1 120-1 Gagetown
100-1 175-1 Garoppolo
75-1 75-1 Get Her Number
200-1 Ghazaaly
400-1 Girl Daddy
200-1 125-1 Girther
100-1 Golden Pal
100-1 80-1 Greatest Honour
100-1 150-1 Hendavid
100-1 150-1 Hendrick
200-1 175-1 Hercules
100-1 140-1 Herd Immunity
100-1 100-1 Hidden Stash
75-1 40-1 Highly Motivated
100-1 150-1 Highway Bound
150-1 110-1 Hold The Salsa
200-1 Hopkins
250-1 200-1 Horn Of Plenty
45-1 50-1 Hot Rod Charlie
100-1 75-1 Huntsinger
100-1 100-1 Hyperfocus
100-1 175-1 Inspector Frost
200-1 160-1 Isolate
300-1 250-1 It Can Be Done
35-1 40-1 Jackie’s Warrior
55-1 75-1 Jaxon Traveler
100-1 125-1 Judge N Jury
35-1 50-1 Keepmeinmind
100-1 140-1 Kenny Had A Notion
100-1 125-1 King Fury
175-1 125-1 Known Agenda
150-1 150-1 Kwist
200-1 Lamutanaatty
100-1 Lidstrom
12-1 10-1 Life Is Good
200-1 130-1 Likeable
200-1 225-1 Lookin For Trouble
200-1 150-1 Lugamo
50-1 75-1 Mandaloun
50-1 75-1 Midnight Bourbon
300-1 250-1 Momos
60-1 75-1 Mutasaabeq
100-1 Never Surprised
100-1 125-1 Next
100-1 125-1 No Cents
200-1 North Pole
300-1 Notable Exception
300-1 Notary
200-1 150-1 Nova Rags
45-1 50-1 Olympiad
250-1 Oncoming Train
90-1 110-1 Parnelli
250-1 150-1 Pickin’ Time
250-1 Pico d’Oro
100-1 125-1 Poppy’s Pride
200-1 150-1 Positivity
200-1 Prime Factor
100-1 125-1 Prisoner
200-1 140-1 Raison d’Air
200-1 175-1 Real Talk
35-1 35-1 Red Flag
100-1 100-1 Reinvestment Risk
100-1 150-1 Restored Order
100-1 125-1 Return The Ring
200-1 125-1 Roderick
70-1 100-1 Rombauer
200-1 Rosenquist
200-1 150-1 Run Snappy
200-1 150-1 Saffa’s Day
100-1 90-1 Santa Cruiser
100-1 85-1 Savile Row
200-1 Scarlet Fusion
100-1 100-1 Scarred
200-1 250-1 Schnell
200-1 175-1 Seazan
100-1 120-1 Seminole Beach
200-1 Shaftesbury
70-1 150-1 Sittin On Go
100-1 125-1 Slashing
70-1 75-1 Smiley Sobotka
200-1 140-1 Sonic Brees
200-1 175-1 Son Of A Beast
150-1 140-1 Sound The Charge
150-1 80-1 Speaker’s Corner
70-1 75-1 Spielberg
100-1 125-1 Starrininmydreams
100-1 75-1 Stayin’ Out Late
300-1 250-1 Superman Shaq
70-1 100-1 Super Stock
100-1 125-1 Swiftsure
100-1 100-1 Swill
100-1 140-1 Swot Analysis
300-1 225-1 Tacoflavoredkisses
100-1 90-1 Team Merchants
100-1 75-1 Ten For Ten
100-1 Tenor
70-1 100-1 Therideofalifetime
200-1 150-1 Thranduil
300-1 200-1 Tiz Handsome
100-1 150-1 Tiz Mandate
300-1 Touchdown Brown
100-1 125-1 Twilight Blue
200-1 200-1 Ultimate Badger
100-1 160-1 Uno
200-1 175-1 Upstriker
300-1 500-1 Valiant Thor
300-1 Vequist
50-1 60-1 Vittorio
200-1 140-1 Waist Deep
150-1 Warrior’s Pride
200-1 150-1 Waspirant
200-1 150-1 Weston
125-1 Weyburn
300-1 200-1 What’s Up Surfer
100-1 100-1 Whiskey Double
200-1 150-1 Work Out
150-1 200-1 Wyfire
150-1 175-1 Xtreme Mayhem