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'All Others' 5-1 favorite, Sierra Leone 6-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 4
Feb 19, 2024 Churchill Downs Racetrack
Sierra Leone passes Track Phantom in deep stretch to win the Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds (Photo by Hodges Photography / Credit to Lou Hodges Jr.)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024) – With the Kentucky Derby 11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-olds” closed as the 5-1 favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) and Saturday’s Risen Star (Grade II) winner Sierra Leone was the 6-1 second choice.
Other horses who attracted interest from bettors: Dornoch (9-1), the Remsen winner and full brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage; Champagne (GI) winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) fourth Timberlake (15-1); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) third Locked (16-1); and Champion 2-Year-Old Male and Holy Bull (GIII) third Fierceness (16-1).
Horses in order of the public’s betting choice (with trainer, Pool 4 odds and $2 Win Will Pays):
#40 “All Other 3-Year-Olds from 2021 Foal Crop” (5-1, $13.38).
#31 Sierra Leone (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 6-1, $14.28);
#10 Dornoch (Danny Gargan, Good Magic, 9-1, $20.76);
#34 Timberlake (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, 15-1, $32.80);
#24 Locked (Todd Pletcher, Gun Runner, 16-1, $34.22);
#13 Fierceness (Todd Pletcher, City of Light, 16-1, $34.40);
#35 Track Phantom (Steve Asmussen, Quality Road, 20-1, $43.06);
#14 Forever Young (JPN) (Yoshito Yahagi, Real Steel-JPN, 21-1, $44.20);
#26 Mystik Dan (Kenny McPeek, Goldencents, 21-1, $44.70);
#21 Knightsbridge (Bill Mott, Nyquist, 23-1, $48.54);
#20 Just a Touch (Brad Cox, Justify, 27-1, $57.52);
#6 Conquest Warrior (Shug McGaughey III, City of Light, 29-1, $60.90);
#5 Catching Freedom (Brad Cox, Constitution, 31-1, $65.32);
#37 Tuscan Sky (Todd Pletcher, Vino Rosso, 31-1, $65.42);
#15 Hades (Joe Orseno, Awesome Slew, 32-1, $66.86);
#16 Hall of Fame (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 33-1, $68.22);
#17 Honor Marie (Whit Beckman, Honor Code, 36-1, $75.34);
#1 Agate Road (Todd Pletcher, Quality Road, 37-1, $77.08);
#32 Speak Easy (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 41-1, $85.44);
#23 Liberal Arts (Bobby Medina, Arrogate, 57-1, $116.04);
#18 Imperial Gun (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 57-1, $117.08);
#27 Nash (Brad Cox, Medaglia d’Oro, 69-1, $141.50);
#38 Uncle Heavy (Butch Reid Jr., Social Inclusion, 72-1, $146.22);
#19 Just Steel (Wayne Lukas, Justify, 79-1, $160.58);
#3 Born Noble (Todd Pletcher, Constitution, 79-1, $161.32);
#9 Domestic Product (Chad Brown, Practical Joke, 80-1, $162.18);
#30 Resilience (Bill Mott, Into Mischief, 83-1, $168.46);
#36 Tuscan Gold (Chad Brown, Medaglia d’Oro, 92-1, $187.28);
#7 Deterministic (Christophe Clement, Liam’s Map, 93-1, $188);
#33 Stronghold (Phil D’Amato, Ghostzapper, 99-1, $200.72);
#12 Epic Ride (John Ennis, Blame, 105-1, $212.80);
#8 Dimatic (Steve Asmussen, Gun Runner, 120-1, $242.12);
#2 Amante Bianco (JPN) (Keisuke Miyata, Henny Hughes, 121-1, $244.08);
#25 Lucky Jeremy (Bill Morey, Lookin At Lucky, 131-1, $265.48);
#4 Capital Idea (Christophe Clement, Classic Empire, 131-1, $264.54);
#28 No More Time (Jose D’Angelo, Not This Time, 148-1, $299.28);
#29 Real Men Violin (Kenny McPeek, Mendelssohn, 171-1, $344.94);
#39 West Saratoga (Larry Demeritte, Exaggerator, 207-1, $416.40); and
#11 El Grande O (Linda Rice, Take Charge Indy, 220-1, $442.44);
#22 Lat Long (Kenny McPeek, Liam’s Map, 428-1, $859.48);
Total handle for the Feb. 16-18 KDFW pool – the fourth of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) on Saturday, May 4 – was $408,422 ($309,393 in the Win pool and $99,029 in Exactas) – a 20% increase from last year’s $340,880 ($259,489 in the Win pool and $81,391 in Exactas).
Through the first four pools, a total of $1,218,084 has been bet on Derby future wagers, a 26% surge from last year’s $964,540.
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.
Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information.
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