Ted Noffey leads as Kentucky Derby future, sire wagers close

Photo: Scott Serio / Eclipse Sportswire

With Kentucky Derby 2026 still 22 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of all other 2023 foals closed as the 2-1 favorite in pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager,and Spendthrift Farm’s unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Ted Noffey from the barn of two-time Derby winner Todd Pletcher was the 7-1 second choice.

Further Ado, winner of Saturday’s Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club, also attracted mild interest from bettors at 13-1.

Here are the KDFW pool 2 horses in order of the public’s betting choice.

  Trainer Sire pool 2 odds $2 win
will pay
40. All other 2023 foals
      2-1 $6.08
37. Ted Noffey Todd Pletcher Into Mischief   7-1 $16.84
14. Further Ado Brad Cox Gun Runner 13-1 $28.86
28. Napoleon Solo Chad Summers Liam's Map 21-1 $44.84
  2. Boyd Bob Baffert Violence 22-1 $46.16
29. Paladin Chad Brown Gun Runner 22-1 $46.90
  3. Brant Bob Baffert Gun Runner 25-1 $52
17. Incredibolt Riley Mott Bolt d'Oro 28-1 $59.94
26. Mr. A. P. Vladimir Cerin American Pharoah 29-1 $60.60
12. Englishman Cherie DeVaux Maxfield 30-1 $62.78
38. Universe Kenny McPeek Global Campaign 32-1 $67.18
32. Rebel Instinct Chad Brown Into Mischief 34-1 $71.38
  1. Blackout Time Kenny McPeek Not This Time 34-1 $71.90
25. Mob Brian Lynch Gun Runner 37-1 $77.86
  5. Cherokee Nation Bob Baffert Not This Time 41-1 $84.74
  9. Courting Todd Pletcher Curlin 45-1 $92.16
13. Ewing Mark Casse Knicks Go 46-1 $95.58
30. Provenance Bob Baffert Into Mischief 58-1 $118.70
36 Talkin Danny Gargan Good Magic 63-1 $128.74
33. Renegade Todd Pletcher Into Mischief 63-1 $129.72
10. Desert Gate Bob Baffert Omaha Beach 68-1 $139.28
22. Litmus Test Bob Baffert Nyquist 69-1 $140.76
  7. Commandment Brad Cox Into Mischief 69-1 $140.95
21. It’s Our Time Tom Amoss Not This Time 70-1 $142.40
20. Intrepido Jeff Mullins Maximus Mischief 74-1 $150.56
  8. Confessional Brad Cox Essential Quality 76-1 $155.18
39. White Tiger Brad Cox Constitution 83-1 $169.34
31. Rancho Santa Fe Brad Cox Tapit   83-1 $169.74
34. Soldier N Diplomat Steve Asmussen Army Mule   84-1 $171.02
35. Spice Runner Steve Asmussen Gun Runner   94-1 $190.12
24. Mesquite Cherie DeVaux Union Rags   96-1 $194.64
  4. Buetane Bob Baffert Tiz the Law 101-1 $205.96
23. Local Knowledge Todd Pletcher Yaupon 109-1 $221.62
  6. Chip Honcho Steve Asmussen Connect 112-1 $226.74
18. Infiltrate Brendan Walsh Oscar Performance 125-1 $252.20
16. Golden Tornado Danny Gargan McKinzie 135-1 $273.46
27. My World Brad Cox Essential Quality 147-1 $296.84
11. Dr. Kapur Saffie Joseph Jr. McKinzie 152-1 $306.64
19. Into the Beast Dale Romans Into Mischief 213-1 $428.08
15. Gallivant Ben Colebrook Into Mischief 248-1 $499.64

Total betting on the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager was $56,359, with $44,496 in the win pool and $11,863 in the exactas.

The KDFW pool 2 and Sire Future Wager combined to handle $317,435.

Sire Odds $2 win will pay
16. Into Mischief     9-2   $11.66
13. Gun Runner     5-1   $12.88
25. Not This Time     7-1   $16.72
40. All other sires     9-1   $20.72
  9. Curlin   15-1   $32.70
19. Liam’s Map   22-1   $47.98
  1. American Pharoah   23-1   $49.36
12. Good Magic   26-1   $54.34
20. Maxfield   26-1   $55.02
38. Violence   28-1   $59.54
  4. Bolt d’Oro   30-1   $63.62
22. McKinzie   33-1   $69.78
26. Nyquist   37-1   $76.22
17. Justify   38-1   $79.62
32. Tapit   40-1   $83.52
  8. Constitution   41-1   $84.08
  3. Blame   41-1   $84.38
10. Essential Quality   45-1   $92.10
33. Tiz the Law   45-1   $93.64
39. Yaupon   53-1 $109.08
27. Omaha Beach   59-1 $120.94
35. Uncle Mo   66-1 $135.20
21. Maximus Mischief   71-1 $145.38
37. Vekoma   71-1 $145.66
  5. Candy Ride   86-1 $175.64
18. Knicks Go   96-1 $195.78
  7. City of Light   97-1 $196.82
28. Oscar Performance 107-1 $217.84
14. Hard Spun 118-1 $239.92
  2. Army Mule 123-1 $249.72
31. Street Sense 127-1 $257.60
30. Quality Road 128-1 $258.50
34. Twirling Candy 145-1 $292.50
23. Medaglia d’Oro 146-1 $294.84
36. Union Rags 157-1 $316.44
  6. Charlatan 175-1 $352.96
29. Practical Joke 187-1 $376.50
15. Independence Hall 221-1 $444.96
24. Munnings 240-1 $483.00
11. Goldencents 250-1 $502.86

Pool 1 of the KDFW, which covered Oct. 29-31, had record early-November total betting of $184,492, with $143,448 in the win pool and $41,044 in exactas, which brings the early future wager total betting to $501,927.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered for a 27th consecutive year.

Other Future Wager dates are set for Jan. 16-18 (pool 3); Feb. 13-15 (pool 4); March 13-15 (pool 5) and April 2-4 (pool 6). Pool 5 will include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.

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