Kentucky Derby 2021: See the top-heavy futures in Vegas
Odds are predictably shortening for horses in the final days of the 2021 Kentucky Derby futures. The biggest question is how low will Essential Quality go?
With only eight days until the post-position draw, the undefeated Eclipse Award winner has shortened from 7-2 to a best price of 3-1 at William Hill Nevada and plus-275 at Circa Sports.
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Only 23 horses remain on a futures list that once numbered more than 300. Since it is more likely that most of these 3-year-olds will start the race, the odds for 17 of them shortened in the past week. Midnight Bourbon had the most significant move, going from 30-1 to 22-1.
In what may be a preview of coming attractions in post-time pari-mutuels, five horses are best-priced at 10-1 or shorter:
5-1 Known Agenda
5-1 Rock Your World
10-1 Highly Motivated
10-1 Hot Rod Charlie
Soup and Sandwich (32-1), Dynamic One (45-1) and Helium (50-1) held steady since last Monday.
Since his connections have not confirmed whether he will start in the Derby, Caddo River drifted from 75-1 to 100-1.
Currently also-eligibles in the Derby qualifying, Keepmeinmind (90-1) and Starrininmydreams (180-1) were restored to the Nevada futures.
These are the current Kentucky Derby odds at Circa and William Hill:
Circa WH
60-1 65-1 Bourbonic
100-1 75-1 Caddo River
80-1 85-1 Dream Shake
30-1 45-1 Dynamic One
5-2 3-1 Essential Quality
95-1 65-1 Get Her Number
50-1 35-1 Helium
85-1 70-1 Hidden Stash
9-1 10-1 Highly Motivated
9-1 10-1 Hot Rod Charlie
90-1 Keepmeinmind
75-1 85-1 King Fury
5-1 9-2 Known Agenda
50-1 75-1 Like the King
20-1 18-1 Mandaloun
13-1 12-1 Medina Spirit
22-1 18-1 Midnight Bourbon
40-1 85-1 O Besos
5-1 7-2 Rock Your World
50-1 65-1 Sainthood
25-1 32-1 Soup and Sandwich
180-1 Starrininmydreams
30-1 30-1 Super Stock