An 18 3/4-length winner of June 20 Acorn (G1) in stakes-record time, Gamine has been installed as the prohibitive 9-5 morning line favorite for Pool 2 of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager that will be offered Friday-Sunday.
This is the final future wager for the Kentucky Oaks, which has been postponed to Sept. 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pool 2 runs concurrently with Pool 6 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). Both pools open at noon (EDT) Friday, and the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will close 30 minutes after the KDFW at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Gamine, who is campaigned by Michael Petersen and trained by Bob Baffert, edged Speech in a Oaklawn Park allowance two starts back (disqualified post-race) and was flattered when that rival came back to win last Saturday’s Ashland (G1) at Keeneland. Speech is listed at 8-1 in Pool 2.
Swiss Skydiver, a convincing winner of the Santa Anita Oaks (G2), Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), and Fantasy (G3), is the 3-1 second choice on the morning line. Trainer Kenny McPeek indicated she likely would point towards the Oaks following her runner-up effort against males in last Saturday’s Blue Grass (G2), but connections remain eligible to have a change in heart during the lead-up to the Run for the Roses.
Other fillies in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager include Santa Ysabel (G3) winner Donna Veloce (12-1); Rachel Alexandra (G2) scorer Finite; Ashland runner-up Venetian Harbor (12-1); and Indiana Oaks (G3) winner Shedaresthedevil (30-1).
More information and real-time odds are available online at www.kentuckyderby.com/futurewager.
| 1 Altaf | 30-1 | |
| 2 Bayerness | 50-1 | |
| 3 Bonny South | 30-1 | |
| 4 Donna Veloce | 12-1 | |
| 5 Dream Marie | 50-1 | |
| 6 Envoutante | 30-1 | |
| 7 Finite | 12-1 | |
| 8 Gamine | 9-5 | |
| 9 Harvey’s Lil Goil | 20-1 | |
| 10 Impeccable Style | 30-1 | |
| 11 Mundaye Call | 50-1 | |
| 12 Paris Lights | 50-1 | |
| 13 Pleasant Orb | 50-1 | |
| 14 Project Whiskey | 50-1 | |
| 15 Queen of God | 50-1 | |
| 16 Shedaresthedevil | 30-1 | |
| 17 Speech | 8-1 | |
| 18 Spice is Nice | 20-1 | |
| 19 Swiss Skydiver | 3-1 | |
| 20 Tempers Rising | 50-1 | |
| 21 Tonalist’s Shape | 30-1 | |
| 22 Venetian Harbor | 12-1 | |
| 23 Water White | 50-1 | |
| 24 All Other 3-Year-Old Fillies | 20-1 |
