Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Renegade tops final pool
Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Renegade opens as the 4-1 morning-line favorite in a field of 39 individual betting interests plus an all-others option. Renegade established himself as the early Derby favorite with a commanding four-length victory at Oaklawn for National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. He is owned by Repole Stable and Robert and Lawana Low.
Pool 6 opens Thursday at noon EDT and closes Saturday at approximately 6 p.m. EDT, prior to the $1.25 million Blue Grass Stakes (G1), $500,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) and $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2). The wager features $2 win and exacta betting.
Other top interests include Florida Derby (G1) winner Commandment (6-1); Tampa Bay Derby (G3) winner and Florida Derby runner-up The Puma (8-1); and Fountain of Youth (G2) runner-up Chief Wallabee (10-1).
Multiple contenders in Saturday's Blue Grass (Keeneland Race 11, 6:22 p.m. EDT), Wood Memorial (Aqueduct Race 12, 6:34 p.m. EDT) and Santa Anita Derby (Santa Anita Race 10, 7:30 p.m. EDT) are among the individual interests. Notable horses not listed individually but included under no. 40 are Blackout Time (no. 24 on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, 25 points); Grittiness (no. 17, 36 points); Litmus Test (no. 23, 34 points); Nearly (no. 22, 35 points); Stark Contrast (no. 11, 50 points) and Confessional (no. 33, 15 points).
Confessional and Grittiness are nominated to the April 11 Lexington Stakes (G3) at Keeneland, the final race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby championship series worth 20 qualifying points to the winner. Stark Contrast, who finished second in the Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) on Tapeta, is also under consideration for the $1 million American Turf (G1) on the Kentucky Derby undercard.
Kentucky Derby Future Wager – Pool 6
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Sire | Next Race | RTKD Pts | ML Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albus | Riley Mott | Yaupon | Wood Memorial | 0 | 90-1 |
| 2 | Bravaro | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Upstart | Wood Memorial | 20 | 80-1 |
| 3 | Buetane | Bob Baffert | Tiz the Law | Wood Memorial | 16 | 80-1 |
| 4 | Cherokee Nation | Bob Baffert | Not This Time | Santa Anita Derby | 3 | 30-1 |
| 5 | Chief Wallabee | Bill Mott | Constitution | Kentucky Derby | 50 | 10-1 |
| 6 | Chip Honcho | Steve Asmussen | Connect | Kentucky Derby | 49 | 50-1 |
| 7 | Class President | Todd Pletcher | Uncle Mo | Blue Grass | 50 | 15-1 |
| 8 | Commandment | Brad Cox | Into Mischief | Kentucky Derby | 150 | 6-1 |
| 9 | Courting | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | Wood Memorial | 2 | 90-1 |
| 10 | Creole Chrome | Joe Sharp | Volatile | Blue Grass | 0 | 90-1 |
| 11 | Danon Bourbon | Manabu Ikezoe | Maxfield | Kentucky Derby | Invite | 20-1 |
| 12 | Emerging Market | Chad Brown | Candy Ride (ARG) | Kentucky Derby | 100 | 15-1 |
| 13 | Fulleffort | Brad Cox | Liam's Map | Kentucky Derby | 110 | 30-1 |
| 14 | Further Ado | Brad Cox | Gun Runner | Blue Grass | 35 | 15-1 |
| 15 | Golden Tempo | Cherie DeVaux | Curlin | Kentucky Derby | 60 | 30-1 |
| 16 | Great White | John Ennis | Volatile | Blue Grass | 20 | 90-1 |
| 17 | Incredibolt | Riley Mott | Bolt d'Oro | Kentucky Derby | 50 | 25-1 |
| 18 | Intrepido | Jeff Mullins | Maximus Mischief | Santa Anita Derby | 23 | 50-1 |
| 19 | Iron Honor | Chad Brown | Nyquist | Wood Memorial | 50 | 25-1 |
| 20 | Minorinconvenience | Amelia Green | Mendelssohn | Wood Memorial | 0 | 90-1 |
| 21 | Napoleon Solo | Chad Summers | Liam's Map | Wood Memorial | 15 | 60-1 |
| 22 | Ocelli | Whit Beckman | Connect | Blue Grass or Wood Memorial | 0 | 90-1 |
| 23 | Ottinho | Chad Brown | Quality Road | Blue Grass | 0 | 90-1 |
| 24 | Pavlovian | Doug O'Neill | Pavel | Kentucky Derby | 70 | 25-1 |
| 25 | Potente | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | Santa Anita Derby | 50 | 30-1 |
| 26 | Reagan's Honor | Cherie DeVaux | Honor A.P. | Blue Grass | 0 | 20-1 |
| 27 | Red Zone Runner | Hugo Padillo | Practical Joke | Wood Memorial | 0 | 90-1 |
| 28 | Renegade | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | Kentucky Derby | 125 | 4-1 |
| 29 | Right to Party | Kenny McPeek | Constitution | Wood Memorial | 15 | 90-1 |
| 30 | Robusta | Doug O'Neill | Accelerate | Santa Anita Derby | 25 | 80-1 |
| 31 | Silent Tactic | Mark Casse | Tacitus | Kentucky Derby | 100 | 25-1 |
| 32 | Six Speed | Bhupat Seemar | Not This Time | Kentucky Derby | Invite | 60-1 |
| 33 | So Happy | Mark Glatt | Runhappy | Santa Anita Derby | 15 | 90-1 |
| 34 | Start the Ride | Dan Blacker | Upstart | Santa Anita Derby | 0 | 90-1 |
| 35 | Steel | Bill Mott | Tapit | Wood Memorial | 0 | 90-1 |
| 36 | Talk to Me Jimmy | Rudy Rodriguez | Modernist | Wood Memorial | 20 | 50-1 |
| 37 | Talkin | Danny Gargan | Good Magic | Blue Grass | 10 | 90-1 |
| 38 | The Puma | Gustavo Delgado | Essential Quality | Kentucky Derby | 106 | 8-1 |
| 39 | Wonder Dean (JPN) | Daisuke Takayanagi | Dee Majesty | Kentucky Derby | Invite | 30-1 |
| 40 | All Other 3-Year-Olds | – | – | – | – | 30-1 |