Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Fierceness is 5-2 in pool 6
Four weeks in advance of the 150th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby, bettors made Grade 1 Florida Derby winner Fierceness the 5-2 favorite with Risen Star (G2) and Blue Grass (G1) winner Sierra Leone the 7-1 second choice in the sixth and final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Japan’s unbeaten Forever Young was the 8-1 third betting choice.
The three-day pool closed Saturday at 4 p.m. EDT in advance of the day’s three road to the Kentucky Derby races: the Wood Memorial (GI), Blue Grass (G1) and Santa Anita Derby (G1).
Resilience won the Wood Memorial and closed at odds of 76-1. Stronghold prevailed in the Santa Anita Derby and was 30-1 in the KDFW.
Horses in order of the public’s betting choice (with Pool 6 odds and $2 Win will pays):
Total handle for the April 4-6 KDFW pool, the final future wager pool in advance of the Kentucky Derby on May 4, was $376,038, with $268,996 in the win pool and $107,042 in exactas). The total is down from $369,443 in 2023, when there was $271,230 in the win pool and $98,213 in exactas.
A total of $2,052,391 was bet on Derby and Oaks future wagers this year, a 13 percent increase from last year’s $1,813,542.
Here are the horses in order of the public's betting choice, with pool 6 odds.
| KDFW pool 6 | KDFW closing odds | Sire | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. Fierceness | 5-2 | City of Light | Todd Pletcher |
| 28. Sierra Leone | 7-1 | Gun Runner | Chad Brown |
| 14. Forever Young | 8-1 | Real Steel | Yoshito Yahagi |
| 5. Deterministic | 12-1 | Liam's Map | Christophe Clement |
| 3. Catching Freedom | 12-1 | Constitution | Brad Cox |
| 7. Dornoch | 12-1 | Good Magic | Danny Gargan |
| 40. All other 3-year-olds | 22-1 | ||
| 19. Just a Touch | 22-1 | Justify | Brad Cox |
| 37. Tuscan Sky | 24-1 | Vino Rosso | Todd Pletcher |
| 18. Honor Marie | 26-1 | Honor Code | Whit Beckman |
| 30. Stronghold | 30-1 | Ghostzapper | Philip D'Amato |
| 20. Just Steel | 30-1 | Justify | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 24. Mystik Dan | 35-1 | Goldencents | Kenny McPeek |
| 10. Endlessly | 37-1 | Oscar Performance | Michael McCarthy |
| 6. Domestic Product | 40-1 | Practical Joke | Chad Brown |
| 27. Seize the Grey | 42-1 | Arrogate | D. Wayne Lukas |
| 1. Be You | 52-1 | Curlin | Todd Pletcher |
| 36. Track Phantom | 53-1 | Quality Road | Steve Asmussen |
| 9. Encino | 63-1 | Nyquist | Brad Cox |
| 38. Uncle Heavy | 72-1 | Social Inclusion | Butch Reid |
| 26. Resilience | 76-1 | Into Mischief | Bill Mott |
| 35. Top Conor | 80-1 | Twirling Candy | Chad Brown |
| 17. Hades | 92-1 | Awesome Slew | Joe Orseno |
| 2. Catalytic | 99-1 | Catalina Cruiser | Saffie Joseph Jr. |
| 8. El Grande O | 117-1 | Take Charge Indy | Linida Rice |
| 39. West Saratoga | 121-1 | Exaggerator | Larry Demeritte |
| 31. T O Password | 135-1 | Copano Rickey | Daisuke Takayanagi |
| 12. Evening News | 147-1 | Nyquist | Mike Pino |
| 11. Epic Ride | 156-1 | Blame | John Ennis |
| 15. Good Money | 157-1 | Good Magic | Chad Brown |
| 16. Grand Mo the First | 179-1 | Uncle Mo | Victor Barboza Jr. |
| 22. Mc Vay | 194-1 | Constitution | John Shirreffs |
| 4. Common Defense | 234-1 | Karakontie | Kenny McPeek |
| 25. No More Time | 277-1 | Not This time | Jose D'Angelo |
| 32. Tapalo | 294-1 | Tapiture | John Sadler |
| 21. Lat Long | 322-1 | Liam's Map | Kenny McPeek |
| 23. Merit | 478-1 | Mastery | Saffie Joseph Jr. |
| 33. Tessuto | 516-1 | Munnings | George Papaprodromou |
| 29. Society Man | 793-1 | Good Magic | Danny Gargan |
| 34. Timberlake | Wagering suspended | Into Mischief | Brad Cox |