All Other closed at 9-2 in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. (Photo credit: Churchill Downs).
Eight weeks in advance of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I), the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds”closed as the 9-2 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW).
Five-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Bob Baffert’s unbeaten duo of Improbable and champion Game Winner finished as co-second choices at odds of 6-1 with Improbable just $575 ahead at the conclusion of betting, $33,220 in total win bets to $32,645. Both colts are expected to make their 3-year-old debuts in Saturday’s Rebel (GII) at Oaklawn Park.
In the previous two KDFW pools, Game Winner was the 5-1 second betting choice behind “All Other 3-Year-Olds,” which was the 6-5 Pool 1 choice and 5-2 favorite in Pool 2.
“All Other 3-Year-Olds” has closed as the March future pool favorite in 14 of the last 17 years. The three exceptions wereMohaymen (7-2 in 2016), Uncle Mo (3-1 in 2011) and Pyro (4-1 in 2008). None won the Kentucky Derby.
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Other horses that attracted interest from bettors in the KDFW Pool 3 were Fountain of Youth (GII) pacesetter and fourth-place finisher Hidden Scroll (11-1); Lecomte (GIII) and Risen Star (GII) winnerWar of Will (12-1); Fountain of Youth runner-up Bourbon War (12-1); Fountain of Youth winner Code of Honor (14-1); Baffert allowance winner Roadster (16-1); and Gotham (GIII) third Instagrand (17-1).
Final Odds for Pool 3
Horses in order of favoritism in the three-day March 8-10 KDFW Pool 3 (Odds and $2 Win Will Pays): #24 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (9-2, $11.80); #11 Improbable (6-1, $14); #7 Game Winner (6-1, $14.20); #10 Hidden Scroll (11-1, $25.40); #21 War of Will (12-1, $27); #2 Bourbon War (12-1, $27.80); #3 Code of Honor (14-1, $31.60); #16 Roadster (16-1, $35.80); #12 Instagrand(17-1, $36.40); #6 Galilean (22-1, $47.40); #15 Mucho Gusto (27-1, $56.40); #4 Country House (29-1, $61); #9 HarveyWallbanger (33-1, $69.40); #23 Win WinWin (34-1, $71.40); #18 Spinoff (36-1, $74.40); #20 Vekoma (37-1, $76.40); #1Anothertwistafate (38-1, $78.80); #17 Signalman (38-1, $79.60); #8 Gunmetal Gray (43-1, $89); #14 Mind Control (55-1, $113.60); #5 Dream Maker (56-1, $114.40); #19 Tax (59-1, $120.60); #13 Intrepid Heart (63-1, $129.80); and #22Well Defined (216-1, $435.40).
In the lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, which was conducted concurrently with the KDFW, Santa Ynez (GII) and LasVirgenes (GII) winner Bellafina closed as the 9-2 favorite over the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Old Fillies,” who was 5-1. Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Jaywalk was the 7-1 third choice and was closely followed by American Pharoah’s half-sister and Starlet (GI) winner Chasing Yesterday at 8-1.
Final Odds for Oaks Future Wager
The final odds for the Oaks Future Wager: #1 Bellafina (9-2, $11.80); #24 “All Other 3-Year-Old Fillies” (5-1, $12); #10 Jaywalk (7-1, $17.20); #4 Chasing Yesterday (8-1, $19.40); #21 Serengeti Empress(11-1, $24.80); #17 Point of Honor (11-1, $25.60); #6 Enaya Alrabb (12-1, $27.60); #20 Restless Rider (13-1, $29.80); #5Dunbar Road (18-1, $38.80); #8 Feedback(20-1, $42.60); #15 Motion Emotion (24-1, $51.40); #2 Brill (25-1, $53); #14 Mother Mother (31-1, $65.40); #16 Orra Moor(43-1, $88.80); #19 Queen of Beas (49-1, $100); #3 Champagne Anyone (51-1, $105.60); #23 Violencia (56-1, $114.60); #11 Jeltrin (62-1, $127); #12 Liora (65-1, $133.60); #9 Graceful Princess (83-1, $168.20); #7 Eres Tu (83-1, $168.60); #18Power Gal (Jpn) (97-1, $196.20); #13 Marathon Queen (113-1, $229.40); and #22 Tasting the Stars (137-1, $276.40).
All told, $552,662 was bet in future wagers over the three-day period, a 3% jump compared to last year’s $535,481. To date, Churchill Downs has handled $1,377,952 in future wagers since November. Last year’s total future wager handle was $1,350,343 through the comparative dates.
Total handle for the March 8-10 KDFW pool – the third of four wagering pools in advance of the 1 ¼-mile Kentucky Derby – was $385,464 ($282,199 in the Win pool and $103,265 in Exactas) versus last year’s $394,763 ($277,469 in the Win pool and $117,294 in Exactas).
Betting on the Oaks Future Wager totaled $88,652 ($65,252 in the Win pool and $23,400 in Exactas) compared to last year’s $70,993 ($47,699 in the Win pool and $23,294 in Exactas).
The Oaks/Derby Future Double, which requires fans to correctly select the winners of both the $1.25 million LonginesKentucky Oaks on May 3 and the next day’s Kentucky Derby, handled $78,546 compared to last year’s $69,725.
The opening Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool of 2019 was conducted Nov. 22-25, while Pool 2 ran from Feb. 8-10. The year’s fourth and final pool is set for April 5-7.
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