Roadster (#17) prevailed over fellow Bob Baffert trainee Game Winner (#8) on Saturday in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and fans helped him do so again in the fourth and final pool of the 2019 Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW).
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The gray son of Quality Road opened at 15-1 on the morning line of Pool 4, which began April 5. He was bet down to 6-1 favoritism by the time wagering concluded at 6 p.m. on April 7.
Game Winner, honored as the 2018 champion two-year-old colt following a four-for-four juvenile campaign that included the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs last November, saw his 8-1 morning-line price fall to 7-1 to become the third choice in Pool 4.
Beating that bay son of Quality Road in the KDFW was Maximum Security (#13), who upset the Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park on March 30 by 3 1/2, front-running lengths. The New Year’s Day colt, who is trained by Jason Servis, also opened at 8-1 in the final pool but and closed at 7-1, but had more wagered on him to win the May 4 Kentucky Derby (G1) than Game Winner.
The Bill Mott-trained Tacitus (#20), winner of the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) in his past two efforts, and Improbable (#10), another Baffert pupil who ran second while making his only start of the year thus far in the first division of the March 16 Rebel Stakes (G2), closed at 8-1 each. Tacitus had more money wagered on him and is the fourth favorite in Pool 4 of the KDFW.
The mutuel field, or “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (#24), betting interest closed at 19-1, up from 15-1 morning-line odds.
Total betting over the three days reached $500,407 compared to last year’s record of $543,010. Win betting was up from $339,036 in 2018 to $344,418 this year but exacta wagering slipped from a record $203,974 to $155,989.
All totaled, Churchill Downs handled $1,878,359 in future wagers since November, which just missed last year’s record of $1,893,353.
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KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER – POOL 4
| PROGRAM | HORSE NAME | ML ODDS | FINAL ODDS | PAYOUTS |
| 1 | Anothertwistafate | 30-1 | 19-1 | $40.80 |
| 2 | Bodexpress | 20-1 | 65-1 | $133.20 |
| 3 | Bourbon War | 15-1 | 32-1 | $67.20 |
| 4 | By My Standards | 12-1 | 32-1 | $67.00 |
| 5 | Code of Honor | 12-1 | 20-1 | $43.20 |
| 6 | Cutting Humor | 15-1 | 50-1 | $103.40 |
| 7 | Galilean | 30-1 | 53-1 | $108.80 |
| 8 | Game Winner | 8-1 | 7-1 | $17.60 |
| 9 | Haikal | 30-1 | 35-1 | $73.00 |
| 10 | Improbable | 10-1 | 8-1 | $19.80 |
| 11 | Instagrand | 15-1 | 65-1 | $132.20 |
| 12 | Long Range Toddy | 15-1 | 23-1 | $49.20 |
| 13 | Maximum Security | 8-1 | 7-1 | $16.80 |
| 14 | Omaha Beach | 10-1 | 10-1 | $22.80 |
| 15 | Outshine | 30-1 | 111-1 | $224.20 |
| 16 | Plus Que Parfait | 30-1 | 55-1 | $112.20 |
| 17 | Roadster | 15-1 | 6-1 | $15.40 |
| 18 | Signalman | 50-1 | 70-1 | $143.80 |
| 19 | Spinoff | 30-1 | 35-1 | $73.20 |
| 20 | Tacitus | 30-1 | 8-1 | $18.40 |
| 21 | Vekoma | 20-1 | 15-1 | $32.60 |
| 22 | War of Will | 15-1 | 23-1 | $48.80 |
| 23 | Win Win Win | 50-1 | 21-1 | $44.40 |
| 24 | All Other 3-Year-Olds | 15-1 | 19-1 | $40.00 |
