Multiple Grade 1 queen BALANCE (Thunder Gulch) finished third, 10 3/4 lengths
back of the winner, in Saturday’s Ashland S. (G1) at Keeneland, but that didn’t
stop horseplayers from making the David Hofmans charge the 4-1 favorite in Pool
3 of the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. The bay lass captured the Las Virgenes S.
(G1) and Santa Anita Oaks (G1) prior to Saturday’s race and will now begin her
final preparations for the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.
The Patrick Biancone-trained WILD FIT (Wild Wonder), third in the Santa Anita
Oaks and second by a length in the Las Virgenes, closed as the 8-1 second pick.
She won the Del Mar Debutante S. (G1) as a juvenile and ended her two-year-old
campaign with a good second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). Wild Fit
has yet to win this year, but recorded three bullets from her past four
workouts.
BUSHFIRE (Louis Quatorze) was made the third choice at 9-1 off her 6
1/2-length Ashland win. The Eddie Kenneally-conditioned bay owns four wins from
six starts, with her only setbacks coming in her maiden debut, where she
finished third, and the Davona Dale S. (G2), where she ran well back in seventh
over the sloppy track. Closing at 10-1 was TEAMMATE (A.P. Indy), a six-length winner of the Bonnie Miss S. (G2)
last out. She breezed three-quarters on Saturday at Belmont Park, posting a final
time of 1:14 3/5.
The mutuel field closed as the 12-1 fifth choice.
2006 KENTUCKY OAKS
FUTURE WAGER
Official Field – Pool 3
|
NO. |
HORSE |
ODDS |
WIN POOLS |
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|
1. |
Adieu |
20-1 |
$1,964 |
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|
2. |
Balance |
4-1 |
$8,449 |
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|
3. |
*Brownie Points
(n) |
36-1 |
$1,140 |
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|
4. |
*Bushfire |
9-1 |
$4,032 |
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|
5. |
Celestial
Legend |
38-1 |
$1,094 |
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|
6. |
Crystal Current |
27-1 |
$1,509 |
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|
7. |
Diplomat Lady |
42-1 |
$991 |
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|
8. |
*Ermine |
19-1 |
$2,118 |
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|
9. |
Ex Caelis |
18-1 |
$2,197 |
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|
10. |
French Park |
SCR |
$141 |
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|
11. |
India |
32-1 |
$1,275 |
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|
12. |
Itty Bitty
Pretty |
22-1 |
$1,802 |
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|
13. |
*Miraculous
Miss |
26-1 |
$1,565 |
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|
14. |
*Quiet Kim |
24-1 |
$1,709 |
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|
15. |
*Ready to
Please |
45-1 |
$931 |
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|
16. |
Sweet Belle |
91-1 |
$465 |
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|
17. |
*Sweet Fourty |
43-1 |
$977 |
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|
18. |
Sweet Sugaree |
66-1 |
$639 |
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|
19. |
*Teammate |
10-1 |
$3,815 |
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|
20. |
*Top Notch Lady
(n) |
20-1 |
$2,022 |
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|
21. |
Wait a While |
15-1 |
$2,680 |
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|
22. |
Wild Fit |
8-1 |
$4,488 |
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|
23. |
Wonder Lady
Anne L |
21-1 |
$1,911 |
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|
24. |
All Other
Three-Year-Old Fillies |
12-1 |
$3,298 |
* denotes new wagering
interest in Pool 3
(n) denotes filly not
nominated to Kentucky Oaks