Field favored in second KDFW pool
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher lost a
major contender for the 2013 Kentucky Derby when the impressive Violence
suffered a career-ending injury last weekend, but Pletcher’s barn remains so
well-stocked with Derby candidates that six of his horses are listed among the
24 betting interests for the second pool of Churchill Downs’ 2013 Kentucky Derby
Future Wager (“KDFW”).
Pletcher, who won the 2010 “Run for the Roses” with Super Saver,
is joined atop the Pool 2 betting roster by three-time Kentucky Derby-winning
trainer Bob Baffert, who will be represented by five three-year-old
Thoroughbreds in the Derby Futures pool that opens its three-day run at noon
(EST) on Friday.
But despite the massive star power of the Pletcher and Baffert
teams, Churchill Downs oddsmaker Mike Battaglia has installed the Mutuel Field
(#24), which includes all three-year-olds other than the pool’s 23 individual
horses, as the 3-1 morning line favorite for KDFW Pool 2.
Co-favored among individual horses at 10-1 are Baffert’s Super
Ninety Nine (#18), an 11 1/2-length winner of the Grade 3 Southwest at Oaklawn
Park, and Pletcher’s unbeaten Verrazano (#22), who has won his two starts by a
combined 24 lengths. Other individuals who are expected to draw strong support
included Baffert’s unbeaten Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis winner Flashback (#6, 12-1);
Grade 3 Holy Bull winner Itsmyluckyday (#8, 12-1); Orb (#11, 12-1), who defeated
favored Violence in last week’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park;
and the Pletcher-trained Grade 3 Withers winner Revolutionary (#15, 12-1).
Reigning two-year-old champion Shanghai Bobby (#17), Grade 2 San Vicente winner
Shakin It Up (#16) and Normandy Invasion (#10) are rated by Battaglia as 15-1
risks.
The Kentucky Derby Future Wager offers racing fans an
opportunity to bet on potential contenders for the famed “Run for the Roses”
well in advance of the race at odds that could be significantly more attractive
than those available in betting on Kentucky Derby Day.
The $2 million Kentucky Derby will be run for the 139th
consecutive year at Churchill Downs on May 4.
Betting in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will open
Friday at racetracks and off-track betting centers throughout North America and
online at TwinSpires.com,
the advance deposit wagering outlet for Churchill Downs Inc., and other internet
wagering platforms. Wagering will conclude at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Along with Verrazano, the six Pletcher trainees in Pool 2 are
Shanghai Bobby, Revolutionary, Palace Malace (#14, 30-1), Overanalyze (#12,
20-1) and Delhomme (#2, 50-1). Super Ninety Nine and Flashback are joined on the
Baffert Derby Futures team by Shakin It Up, Code West (#1, 20-1) and Den’s
Legacy (#3, 50-1).
KDFW Pool 2 includes six 3-year-olds that were not individual
betting interests in Pool 1: Ive Struck A Nerve (#9, 30-1), Orb, Palace Malice,
Shakin It Up, Titletown Five (#19, 30-1) and Treasury Bill (#20, 30-1).
Each Kentucky Derby Future pool offers $2 minimum win betting
and exacta wagering, which is available in the form of $2 minimum straight
exacta bets or $1-minimum exacta boxes and part-wheels. No scratches or betting
refunds are permitted in the Derby Future Wager, but betting on an individual
horse will be suspended immediately if Churchill Downs determines that an
injury, illness or other circumstance revealed during the pool would prevent
that horse from competing in the Kentucky Derby.
The 2013 Kentucky Derby Future got off to a strong start with
total wagering of $621,493 in its February 8-10 opening pool — the
second-largest wagering total in an individual pool since the bet was introduced
in 1999. Win betting in Pool 1 totaled $481,632 and there was $139,861 in exacta
betting.
Information on the Kentucky Derby is available online at the
official event Web site at
www.KentuckyDerby.com
and KDFW real-time odds will be presented on that site throughout each three-day
betting pool.
The individual wagering interests for the three KDFW 2013 pools
are chosen by a committee that includes Brad Free and Mike Watchmaker of
Daily Racing Form; Brisnet.com
Marketing Director Ed DeRosa; and Churchill Downs’ John Asher.
2013
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2
| NO. | HORSE | ODDS | ||
| 1. | Code West | 20-1 | ||
| 2. | Delhomme | 50-1 | ||
| 3. | Den’s Legacy | 50-1 | ||
| 4. | Dynamic Sky | 50-1 | ||
| 5. | Falling Sky | 50-1 | ||
| 6. | Flashback | 12-1 | ||
| 7. | Goldencents | 20-1 | ||
| 8. | Itsmyluckyday | 12-1 | ||
| 9. | I’ve Struck a Nerve (n) | 30-1 | ||
| 10. | Normandy Invasion | 15-1 | ||
| 11. | Orb (n) | 12-1 | ||
| 12. | Overanalyze | 20-1 | ||
| 13. | Oxbow | 30-1 | ||
| 14. | Palace Malice (n) | 30-1 | ||
| 15. | Revolutionary | 12-1 | ||
| 16. | Shakin It Up (n) | 15-1 | ||
| 17. | Shanghai Bobby | 15-1 | ||
| 18. | Super Ninety Nine | 10-1 | ||
| 19. | Titletown Five (n) | 30-1 | ||
| 20. | Treasury Bill | 30-1 | ||
| 21. | Uncaptured | 30-1 | ||
| 22. | Verrazano | 10-1 | ||
| 23. | Vyjack | 30-1 | ||
| 24. | All Other
Three-Year-Olds |
3-1 |
(n) new wagering interest in Pool 2
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