The first pool of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) opens Thanksgiving Day and runs through 6 p.m. (EST) on Sunday, and trainer Bob Baffert has seven of the individual wagering interests, including undefeated Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner and presumptive divisional champion Game Winner.
For the first time, the “All Others” mutuel field option will be divided into one entry for fillies and one for colts and geldings. The colt and gelding mutuel field (#24) was made the 7-5 morning line favorite by Churchill Downs odds-maker Mike Battaglia.
Game Winner is the lowest-priced of the individual entries on the morning line at 8-1. Other Baffert trainees in the field are Coliseum, Improbable, Magic On Tap, Mucho Gusto, Roadster, and Tale of the Union. Improbable captured the $100,000 Street Sense at Churchill on Breeders’ Cup weekend.
$2 Win and Exacta wagering is available on the KDFW, and bets can be placed at Churchill Downs, TwinSpires.com and other online wagering outlets and satellite wagering centers across North America.
There are no refunds in the KDFW. Should Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week’s four-day pool that one of the wagering interests has experienced an injury, illness or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.
More information, Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the KDFW will be available before the pool opens Thursday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.
Dates for the remaining 2019 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks future pools are February 8-10 (Pool 2), March 8-10 (Pool 3) and April 5-7 (Pool 4). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager on March 8-10.
| 1. Cairo Cat | 30-1 |
| 2. Code of Honor | 20-1 |
| 3. Coliseum | 15-1 |
| 4. Dunph | 30-1 |
| 5. Epic Dreamer | 50-1 |
| 6. Game Winner | 8-1 |
| 7. Gunmetal Gray | 30-1 |
| 8. Improbable | 10-1 |
| 9. Instagrand | 10-1 |
| 10. King for a Day | 50-1 |
| 11. Knicks Go | 20-1 |
| 12. Magic On Tap | 30-1 |
| 13. Maximus Mischief | 30-1 |
| 14. Mucho | 50-1 |
| 15. Mucho Gusto | 20-1 |
| 16. Network Effect | 30-1 |
| 17. Preamble | 50-1 |
| 18. Roadster | 30-1 |
| 19. Signalman | 50-1 |
| 20. Tale of the Union | 30-1 |
| 21. Uncle Benny | 50-1 |
| 22. Vekoma | 30-1 |
| 23. All 3-Year-Old Fillies | 30-1 |
| 24. All other 3-Year-Old Colts and Geldings | 7-5 |
The fourth annual Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager (KDSFW), which provides bettors with a unique opportunity to wager on select breeding stars and their entire crop of juveniles with the hope of winning next year’s Kentucky Derby, will be offered concurrently with the first KDFW pool.
| 1. Bernardini | 30-1 |
| 2. Cairo Prince | 30-1 |
| 3. Candy Ride | 6-1 |
| 4. City Zip | 10-1 |
| 5. Curlin | 10-1 |
| 6. Ghostzapper | 30-1 |
| 7. Giant’s Causeway | 30-1 |
| 8. Into Mischief | 6-1 |
| 9. Malibu Moon | 30-1 |
| 10. Medaglia d’Oro | 15-1 |
| 12. More Than Ready | 30-1 |
| 12. Orb | 30-1 |
| 13. Pioneerof the Nile | 15-1 |
| 14. Quality Road | 15-1 |
| 15. Scat Daddy | 15-1 |
| 16. Speightstown | 50-1 |
| 17. Tapit | 10-1 |
| 18. Tiznow | 30-1 |
| 19. Uncle Mo | 30-1 |
| 20. Union Rags | 30-1 |
| 21. Violence | 30-1 |
| 22. War Front | 30-1 |
| 23. Will Take Charge | 30-1 |
| 24. All Other Sires | 5-1 |
