Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Paladin is new top individual choice
Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Friday and runs through Sunday alongside the start of the road to the Kentucky Derby championship series with Grade 2 Remsen Stakes winner Paladin tabbed as the 8-1 individual morning line favorite and all other 3-year-olds not named within the 39 individual interests as the overall 4-1 choice.
The three-day pool, featuring $2 win and exacta wagering, will open Friday at noon EST and close Sunday at 6 p.m.
Pool 4 reflects a shift in the wagering landscape after the removal of Eclipse Award champion Ted Noffey from the Derby trail because of bone bruising. The colt closed as the individual favorite in each of the first three pools at 10-1, 7-1 and 6-1.
Paladin, owned in partnership by Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Peter Brant, Brook T. Smith and Summer Wind Equine, is entered in Saturday’s Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds. He closed as the 14-1 third choice in Pool 3 behind all other 3-year-olds (7-2) and Ted Noffey (6-1).
The complete field for pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with trainer, sire and morning-line odds:
| Horse | Trainer | Sire | ML |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Blackout Time | Kenny McPeek | Not This Time | 40-1 |
| 2. Boyd | Bob Baffert | Violence | 40-1 |
| 3. Brant | Bob Baffert | Gun Runner | 20-1 |
| 4. Bravaro | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Upstart | 80-1 |
| 5. Canaletto | Chad Brown | Into Mischief | 41-1 |
| 6. Carson Street | Brendan Walsh | Street Sense | 75-1 |
| 7. Chief Wallabee | Bill Mott | Constitution | 20-1 |
| 8. Chip Honcho | Steve Asmussen | Connect | 90-1 |
| 9. Class President | Todd Pletcher | Uncle Mo | 90-1 |
| 10. Commandment | Brad Cox | Into Mischief | 25-1 |
| 11. Courting | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | 90-1 |
| 12. Emerging Market | Chad Brown | Candy Ride | 30-1 |
| 13. Englishman | Cherie DeVaux | Maxfield | 40-1 |
| 14. Ewing | Mark Casse | Knicks Go | 50-1 |
| 15. Further Ado | Brad Cox | Gun Runner | 25-1 |
| 16. Golden Tempo | Cherie DeVaux | Curlin | 20-1 |
| 17. Intrepido | Jeff Mullins | Maximus Mischief | 30-1 |
| 18. Iron Honor | Chad Brown | Nyquist | 60-1 |
| 19. Jackson Hole | Todd Pletcher | Nyquist | 50-1 |
| 20. Litmus Test | Bob Baffert | Nyquist | 40-1 |
| 21. Mesquite | Cherie DeVaux | Union Rags | 75-1 |
| 22. My World | Brad Cox | Essential Quality | 80-1 |
| 23. Napoleon Solo | Chad Summers | Liam's Map | 25-1 |
| 24. Nearly | Todd Pletcher | Not This Time | 10-1 |
| 25. Paladin | Chad Brown | Gun Runner | 8-1 |
| 26. Plutarch | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 20-1 |
| 27. Potente | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 50-1 |
| 28. Powershift | Todd Pletcher | Constitution | 80-1 |
| 29. Pyromancer | Kenji Yoshimura | Pyro | 80-1 |
| 30. Renegade | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | 20-1 |
| 31. Secured Freedom | Tim Yakteen | Practical Joke | 90-1 |
| 32. Silent Tactic | Mark Casse | Tacitus | 30-1 |
| 33. Six Speed | Bhupat Seemar | Not This Time | 50-1 |
| 34. So Happy | Mark Glatt | Runhappy | 40-1 |
| 35. Soldier N Diplomat | Steve Asmussen | Army Mule | 75-1 |
| 36. Solitude Dude | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Yaupon | 50-1 |
| 37. Talk to Me Jimmy | Rudy Rodriguez | Modernist | 80-1 |
| 38. The Puma | Gustavo Delgado | Essential Quality | 90-1 |
| 39. Thunderously | Bill Mott | Gun Runner | 25-1 |
| 40. All other 3-year-olds | 4-1 |
Along with Paladin, pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager also includes Risen Star entrants Carson Street, Chip Honcho, Courting and Golden Tempo.
There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. If Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week’s pool that one of the wagering interests experiences an injury, illness, or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.
Other future wager dates are set for March 13-15 (pool 5) and April 2-4 (pool 6). Pool 5 also will include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.