Into Mischief closes Derby sire futures as top individual choice
With Kentucky Derby 2025 still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of all other colts and geldings foaled in 2022 closed as the 9-5 favorite in pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager and recent debut winner Barnes, from the barn of six-time Derby winner Bob Baffert, was the 13-1 second choice.
Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors: Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner East Avenue, 15-1; Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Citizen Bull, 16-1; Street Sense (G3) winner Sovereignty, 19-1; Hopeful (G1) and Champagne (G1) winner Chancer McPatrick, 21-1; Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up Gaming, 21-1; and fast Saturday maiden winner Patch Adams, 22-1.
| No. | Horse | Trainer | Sire | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admiral Dennis | Brad Cox | Constitution | 38-1 |
| 2 | Barnes | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 13-1 |
| 3 | Bullard | Michael McCarthy | Gun Runner | 24-1 |
| 4 | Calling Card | Mike Maker | Complexity | 56-1 |
| 5 | Chancer McPatrick | Chad Brown | McKinzie | 21-1 |
| 6 | Citizen Bull | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief | 16-1 |
| 7 | Disco Time | Brad Cox | Not This Time | 47-1 |
| 8 | Donut God | Brian Lynch | Into Mischief | 25-1 |
| 9 | East Avenue | Brendan Walsh | Medaglia d'Oro | 15-1 |
| 10 | Ferocious | Jose Delgado | Flatter | 37-1 |
| 11 | Filoso | Chad Summers | City of Light | 136-1 |
| 12 | First Resort | Eoin Harty | Uncle Mo | 38-1 |
| 13 | Gaming | Bob Baffert | Game Winner | 21-1 |
| 14 | Getaway Car | Bob Baffert | Curlin | 70-1 |
| 15 | Grayscale | Saffie Joseph Jr. | Frosted | 107-1 |
| 16 | Guns Loaded | Jose D'Angelo | Gun Runner | 72-1 |
| 17 | Hill Road | Adrian Murray | Quality Road | 56-1 |
| 18 | Hot Property | Brad Cox | Medaglia d'Oro | 90-1 |
| 19 | Jonathan's Way | Phil Bauer | Vekoma | 38-1 |
| 20 | Journalism | Michael McCarthy | Curlin | 52-1 |
| 21 | Keewaydin | Chad Brown | Instagrand | 107-1 |
| 22 | Kinetic Control | Dale Romans | Not This Time | 183-1 |
| 23 | Magnitude | Steve Asmussen | Not This Time | 168-1 |
| 24 | Mo Quality | Chris Davis | Mo Town | 24-1 |
| 25 | Patch Adams | Brad Cox | Into Mischief | 22-1 |
| 26 | Rated by Merit | Michael Yates | Battalion Runner | 44-1 |
| 27 | Render Judgment | Kenny McPeek | Blame | 96-1 |
| 28 | Romanesque | Bob Baffert | Practical Joke | 74-1 |
| 29 | Sandman | Mark Casse | Tapit | 123-1 |
| 30 | Smoken Wicked | Dallas Stewart | Bobby's Wicked One | 196-1 |
| 31 | Sovereignty | Bill Mott | Into Mischief | 19-1 |
| 32 | Studlydoright | John Robb | Nyquist | 197-1 |
| 33 | Tip Top Thomas | Todd Pletcher | Volatile | 76-1 |
| 34 | Tiztastic | Steve Asmussen | Tiz the Law | 86-1 |
| 35 | Tux | Bill Mott | Tapit | 70-1 |
| 36 | Uncaged | Todd Pletcher | Curlin | 71-1 |
| 37 | Uncle Jim | Brad Cox | City of Light | 30-1 |
| 38 | Whiskey Shot | Rodolphe Brisset | Gun Runner | 129-1 |
| 39 | All fillies foaled in 2022 | n/a | n/a | 69-1 |
| 40 | All other colts and geldings foaled in 2022 | n/a | n/a | 9-5 |
Total handle for the Nov. 28-Dec. 1 KDFW pool, the second of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3, was $289,340, with $230,825 in the win pool and $58,515 in exactas. That is a 39.9% increase from last year’s $206,800, with $163,037 in the win pool and $43,763 in exactas.
This year’s early Derby betting menu also included the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which, for the 10th consecutive year, provided bettors with a unique opportunity to wager on select breeding stars and their entire crop of juveniles with the hope of winning next year’s Kentucky Derby.
All other sires at 9-2 and Into Mischief at 5-1 attracted the most attention from bettors.
| No. | Sire | Odds |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always Dreaming | 117-1 |
| 2 | American Pharoah | 46-1 |
| 3 | Audible | 155-1 |
| 4 | Authentic | 55-1 |
| 5 | Blame | 99-1 |
| 6 | Candy Ride | 74-1 |
| 7 | City of Light | 32-1 |
| 8 | Constitution | 37-1 |
| 9 | Curlin | 12-1 |
| 10 | Flatter | 69-1 |
| 11 | Game Winner | 33-1 |
| 12 | Ghostzapper | 150-1 |
| 13 | Global Campaign | 269-1 |
| 14 | Goldencents | 116-1 |
| 15 | Good Magic | 26-1 |
| 16 | Gun Runner | 13-1 |
| 17 | Hard Spun | 34-1 |
| 18 | Into Mischief | 5-1 |
| 19 | Justify | 23-1 |
| 20 | Liam's Map | 99-1 |
| 21 | Lookin At Lucky | 99-1 |
| 22 | Malibu Moon | 90-1 |
| 23 | McKinzie | 23-1 |
| 24 | Medaglia d'Oro | 21-1 |
| 25 | Munnings | 160-1 |
| 26 | Not This Time | 19-1 |
| 27 | Nyquist | 42-1 |
| 28 | Omaha Beach | 60-1 |
| 29 | Practical Joke | 21-1 |
| 30 | Quality Road | 38-1 |
| 31 | Street Sense | 31-1 |
| 32 | Tapit | 33-1 |
| 33 | Tiz the Law | 54-1 |
| 34 | Tonalist | 390-1 |
| 35 | Uncle Mo | 19-1 |
| 36 | Union Rags | 264-1 |
| 37 | Vekoma | 37-1 |
| 38 | Vino Rosso | 176-1 |
| 39 | Volatile | 69-1 |
| 40 | All other sires | 9-2 |
Total betting on the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager was $48,890, with $35,080 in the Wwn pool and $13,810 in exactas. That was off 53% from last year’s $104,112, with $77,417 in the win pool and $26,695 in exactas. But the KDFW Poop 2 and Sire Future Wager combined to handle $338,230, up 8.8% from last year’s $310,912.
Pool 1, which covered Oct. 30-Nov. 1, had total betting of $174,785, with $138,536 in the win pool and $36,249 in exactas. That pool was a 6.4% jump from last year’s $164,278.
Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered for a 27th consecutive year.
Other Future Wager dates are set for Jan. 17-19 for pool 3; Feb. 14-16 for pool 4; March 14-16 for pool 5 and April 3-5 for pool 6. Pool 5 will include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.