Interests set for 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4
A tightly-grouped foursome headed by Ruis Racing LLC’s San Felipe Stakes winner Bolt d’Oro (#2, 5-1) sits atop the morning line odds for the 24 wagering interests set for this weekend’s fourth and final pool of Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which launches its three-day run on Friday and will conclude Sunday.
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager, offered for a 20th consecutive year, enables bettors to wager on possible Kentucky Derby contenders in advance of America’s greatest race at odds that could be more attractive than those available on the day of the race.
The $2 minimum Derby Future Wager features 24 wagering interests that include 23 individual horses and the Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others,” which consists all 3-year-old Thoroughbreds that area not included among the individual stars in the pool. Winning payouts for KDFW Pool 4 will be determined by the odds that are in place when wagering concludes Sunday evening. Exacta wagering is offered in all KDFW pool as a $2 minimum, with part-wheels in $1 increments permitted in that minimum bet.
Wagering on Pool 2 is set to open at noon (all times Eastern) on Friday and will conclude on Sunday at 6 p.m. Betting is available through online wagering platforms, along with racetracks and satellite wagering centers throughout North America. Real-time odds and exacta will-pays can be viewed throughout the three-day pool at www.KentuckyDerby.com.
Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Pletcher, who won last year’s running with Always Dreaming, leads all trainers with three KDFW Pool 3 contenders (Audible, Magnum Moon and Noble Indy). Trainers with a pair of wagering interests in their care include four-time Derby winner Baffert (Justify and Solomini), Asmussen (Combatant and Title Ready), Casse (Flameaway and Mississippi) and Dale Romans (Free Drop Billy and Promises Fulfilled).
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4
Mike Battaglia’s morning line odds in parenthesis. Bolded interests are new for Pool 3.
1. Audible (6-1)
2. Bolt d’Oro (5-1)
3. Bravazo (50-1)
4. Combatant (30-1)
5. Enticed (20-1)
6. Flameaway (30-1)
7. Free Drop Billy (30-1)
8. Good Magic (8-1)
9. Gronkowski (30-1)
10. Hofburg (30-1)
11. Instilled Regard (50-1)
12. Justify (6-1)
13. Lone Sailor (50-1)
14. Magnum Moon (10-1)
15. Mendelssohn (10-1)
16. Mississippi (50-1)
17. My Boy Jack (30-1)
18. Noble Indy (20-1)
19. Promises Fulfilled (30-1)
20. Quip (50-1)
21. Runaway Ghost (50-1)
22. Solomini (20-1)
23. Title Ready (50-1)
24. All Others (10-1)
No scratches or refunds are permitted in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Should Churchill Downs officials determine during the pool that a wagering interest will not compete in the May 5 race because of injury, illness or other circumstance, wagering on that interested will be suspended immediately.