Pool 4 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager Begins Friday

Feb 13, 2024 Kevin Kerstein

Just 11 weeks remain until the $5 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) and fans will have the fourth of six opportunities on Friday-Sunday to wager on Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager that features a wide-open cast of 39 3-year-olds led by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Walmac Farm’s Grade I winner Locked, tabbed as the 10-1 individual favorite along with the popular No. 40, “All Other 3-Year-Olds” not listed, as the overall 2-1 morning line choice.

Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will open Friday at noon (all times Eastern) and close Sunday at 6 p.m. Like the first three pools, Pool 4 will feature $2 Win and Exacta wagering.

Locked, who won the Breeders’ Futurity (GI), garnered solid support in the first three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, closing at odds of 22-1, 14-1 and 18-1, respectively. The Todd Pletcher-trained son of Gun Runner remains based at Palm Beach Downs in South Florida, with his next start still to be determined after he developed a fever last week which made him miss a scheduled workout.

Wagering in the second and third pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager was centered upon 8-1 favorite Fierceness, who was named the Champion 2-Year-Old of 2023. In his 3-year-old debut, the Repole Stable-owned Fierceness finished second to Hades in the Holy Bull (GIII). While not the morning line favorite in Pool 4, the accomplished Fierceness was tabbed as the 12-1 second choice on the morning line.

Here are the 40 betting interests in order of their program numbers (with trainer, sire and morning line odds):

#1 Agate Road (Todd Pletcher, Quality Road, 50-1);

#2 Amante Bianco (JPN) (Keisuke Miyata, Henny Hughes, 90-1);

#3 Born Noble (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 40-1);

#4 Capital Idea (Christophe Clement, Classic Empire, 80-1);

#5 Catching Freedom (Brad Cox, Constitution, 25-1);

#6 Conquest Warrior (Shug McGaughey III, City of Light, 20-1);

#7 Deterministic (Christophe Clement, Liam’s Map, 99-1);

#8 Dimatic (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 80-1);

#9 Domestic Product (Chad Brown, Practical Joke, 60-1);

#10 Dornoch (Danny Gargan, Good Magic, 15-1);

#11 El Grande O (Linda Rice, Take Charge Indy, 80-1);

#12 Epic Ride (John Ennis, Blame, 60-1);

#13 Fierceness (Todd Pletcher, City of Light, 12-1);

#14 Forever Young (JPN) (Yoshito Yahagi, Real Steel-JPN, 30-1);

#15 Hades (Joe Orseno, Awesome Slew, 30-1);

#16 Hall of Fame (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 20-1);

#17 Honor Marie (Whit Beckman, Honor Code, 25-1);

#18 Imperial Gun (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 80-1);

#19 Just Steel (Wayne Lukas, Justify, 80-1);

#20 Just a Touch (Brad Cox, Justify, 60-1);

#21 Knightsbridge (Bill Mott, Nyquist, 30-1);

#22 Lat Long (Kenny McPeek, Liam’s Map, 90-1-);

#23 Liberal Arts (Bobby Medina, Arrogate, 60-1);

#24 Locked (Todd Pletcher, Gun Runner, 10-1);

#25 Lucky Jeremy (Bill Morey, Lookin At Lucky, 90-1);

#26 Mystik Dan (Kenny McPeek, Goldencents, 20-1);

#27 Nash (Brad Cox, Medaglia d’Oro, 30-1);

#28 No More Time (Jose D’Angelo, Not This Time, 40-1);

#29 Real Men Violin (Kenny McPeek, Mendelssohn, 90-1);

#30 Resilience (Bill Mott, Into Mischief, 99-1);

#31 Sierra Leone (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 15-1);

#32 Speak Easy (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 30-1);

#33 Stronghold (Phil D’Amato, Ghostzapper, 99-1);

#34 Timberlake (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 30-1);

#35 Track Phantom (Steve Asmussen, Quality Road, 20-1);

#36 Tuscan Gold (Chad Brown, Medaglia d’Oro, 50-1);

#37 Tuscan Sky (Todd Pletcher, Vino Rosso, 80-1);

#38 Uncle Heavy (Butch Reid Jr., Social Inclusion, 40-1);

#39 West Saratoga (Larry Demeritte, Exaggerator, 99-1); and

#40 “All Other 3-Year-Olds from 2021 Foal Crop” (2-1).

Seven of the 14 horses entered in Saturday’s $400,000 Risen Star (GII) at Fair Grounds are in Pool 4: Catching Freedom, Hall of Fame, Honor Marie, Real Men Violin, Resilience, Sierra Leone and Track Phantom. The Risen Star is the first Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series race and award the Top 5 finishers points on a 50-25-15-10-5 scale.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered for a 26th consecutive year. Other Future Wager dates are set for March 15-17 (Pool 5) and April 4-6 (Pool 6). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5.

More information, Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be available before the pool opens Friday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.