Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Ted Noffey is top individual bet
Ted Noffey, who already had Grade 1 victories in the Hopeful and Breeders’ Futurity, closed as the 10-1 top individual choice in pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager.
The pool closed nearly two hours before Ted Noffey won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar.
Six months in advance of Kentucky Derby 152, the pari-mutuel field of all other colts and geldings closed as the 6-5 favorite.
Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner Brant (14-1), Breeders’ Futurity runner-up Blackout Time (20-1) and 20-length Keeneland maiden winner Further Ado (21-1) also attracted mild interest from bettors into the national wager run by Churchill Downs.
This was the order of the public’s betting choices for the KDFW with trainers, sires, pool 1 odds and $2 win will-pays:
| KDFW pool 1 | Trainer | Sire | Odds | $2 to win |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40. All other males | 6-5 | $4.58 | ||
| 36. Ted Noffey | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | 10-1 | $22.24 |
| 4. Brant | Bob Baffert | Gun Runner | 14-1 | $30.58 |
| 1. Blackout Time | Kenny McPeek | Not This Time | 20-1 | $43.74 |
| 13. Further Ado | Brad Cox | Gun Runner | 21-1 | $45.06 |
| 24. Napoleon Solo | Chad Summers | Liam’s Map | 27-1 | $57.20 |
| 18. Intrepido | Jeff Mullins | Maximus Mischief | 34-1 | $70.28 |
| 16. Incredibolt | Riley Mott | Bolt d’Oro | 34-1 | $70.68 |
| 3. Boyd | Bob Baffert | Violence | 39-1 | $81.88 |
| 11. Englishman | Cherie DeVaux | Maxfield | 40-1 | $83.50 |
| 27. Paladin | Chad Brown | Gun Runner | 40-1 | $83.78 |
| 12. Ewing | Mark Casse | Knicks Go | 45-1 | $92.48 |
| 19. It’s Our Time | Tom Amoss | Not This Time | 46-1 | $94.48 |
| 31. Renegade | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief | 48-1 | $98.36 |
| 10. Dr. Kapur | Saffie Joseph Jr. | McKinzie | 52-1 | $107.72 |
| 23. Mr. A. P. | Vladimir Cerin | American Pharoah | 55-1 | $113.34 |
| 2. Blacksmith | Bob Baffert | Liam’s Map | 57-1 | $116.30 |
| 35. Talkin | Danny Gargan | Good Magic | 57-1 | $117.40 |
| 38. White Tiger | Brad Cox | Constitution | 59-1 | $120.02 |
| 9. Desert Gate | Bob Baffert | Omaha Beach | 59-1 | $120.82 |
| 7. Confessional | Brad Cox | Essential Quality | 63-1 | $129.26 |
| 8. Courting | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | 65-1 | $133.64 |
| 30. Rancho Santa Fe | Brad Cox | Tapit | 70-1 | $143.10 |
| 28. Plutarch | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 76-1 | $155.60 |
| 37. Universe | Kenny McPeek | Global Campaign | 77-1 | $156.84 |
| 15. Golden Tornado | Danny Gargan | McKinzie | 78-1 | $159.48 |
| 33. Spice Runner | Steve Asmussen | Gun Runner | 87-1 | $176.76 |
| 20. Kristofferson | Bob Baffert | Nyquist | 93-1 | $188.44 |
| 6. Comport | Eddie Kenneally | Collected | 94-1 | $191.48 |
| 29. Provenance | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 98-1 | $198.06 |
| 39. All fillies | 99-1 | $201.94 | ||
| 26. Outfielder | Wesley Ward | Speightstown | 109-1 | $220.58 |
| 32. Soldier N Diplomat | Steve Asmussen | Army Mule | 117-1 | $236.44 |
| 22. Local Knowledge | Todd Pletcher | Yaupon | 120-1 | $243.50 |
| 14. Gallivant | Ben Colebrook | Into Mischief | 134-1 | $270.18 |
| 21. Litmus Test | Bob Baffert | Nyquist | 141-1 | $285.84 |
| 34. Stradale | Steve Asmussen | Yaupon | 145-1 | $293.28 |
| 17. Infiltrate | Brendan Walsh | Oscar Performance | 148-1 | $298.08 |
| 5. Civil Liberty | Doug O’Neill | Independence Hall | 155-1 | $312.66 |
| 25. Oscar’s Hope | Tom Amoss | Twirling Candy | 188-1 | $378.70 |
Total Wednesday-Friday handle for KDFW pool 1, the first of six, was an early November record $184,492 including $143,448 in the win pool and $41,044 in Exactas, a 5.6% increase from last year’s $174,785 including $138,536 in the win pool and $36,249 in exactas.
Other KDFW dates are set for Nov. 27-30 for pool 2; Jan. 16-18 for pool 3, Feb. 13-15 for pool 4, March 13-15 for pool 5 and April 2-4 for pool 6.
Pool 2 also will feature the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, and pool 5 will include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.
The Oaks will be run the night of May 1 and the Derby on May 2 at Churchill Downs.