All others, Barnes lead latest Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Posted by author February 17, 2025 Horse Racing

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With the race
11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of all other 3-year-olds closed as
the 9-2 favorite Sunday, and Bob Baffert-trained Barnes was the 8-1 second
choice in pool 4 of the pari-mutuel Kentucky Derby Future Wager run nationally
by Churchill Downs.

Barnes, the
Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes winner, also closed as the top individual choice in
pool 2 at 13-1 and pool 3 at 6-1.

Kentucky Derby: Vegas has Barnes atop 87 futures choices.

Baffert’s
2-year-old champion and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Citizen Bull was 9-1 in
pool 3. Holy Bull (G3) winner Burnham Square was 15-1, Southwest (G3)
runner-up Sandman 16-1, Street Sense (G3) victor Sovereignty 17-1,
Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner East Avenue 18-1 and Los Alamitos Futurity
(G2) first-place finisher Journalism 19-1.

Horses in
order of the public’s betting choice are listed with their trainers, sires, pool
4 odds and $2 win will-pays:

KDFW pool 4	Trainer	Sire	Odds	$2 will pay
40. All other 3yos			9-2	$11.66
1. Barnes	Bob Baffert	Into Mischief	8-1	$18.06
6. Citizen Bull	Bob Baffert	Into Mischief	9-1	$20.70
3. Burnham Square	Ian Wilkes	Liam’s Map	15-1	$32.00
32. Sandman	Mark Casse	Tapit	16-1	$35.12
34. Sovereignty	Bill Mott	Into Mischief	17-1	$37.90
10. East Avenue	Brendan Walsh	Medaglia d’Oro	18-1	$39.52
21. Journalism	Michael McCarthy	Curlin	19-1	$40.64
19. John Hancock	Brad Cox	Constitution	21-1	$45.76
5. Chancer McPatrick	Chad Brown	McKinzie	23-1	$49.12
29. Rodríguez	Bob Baffert	Authentic	29-1	$61.40
9. Disco Time	Brad Cox	Not This Time	30-1	$63.74
4. Captain Cook	Rick Dutrow Jr.	Practical Joke	35-1	$73.10
24. Patch Adams	Brad Cox	Into Mischief	37-1	$76.04
28. River Thames	Todd Pletcher	Maclean’s Music	38-1	$79.92
2. Built	Wayne Catalano	Hard Spun	43-1	$88.66
36. Tappan Street	Brad Cox	Into Mischief	46-1	$94.08
12. First Resort	Eoin Harty	Uncle Mo	49-1	$100.38
15. Getaway Car	Bob Baffert	Curlin	50-1	$102.64
17. Hypnus	Kenny McPeek	Into Mischief	51-1	$104.44
7. Coal Battle	Lonnie Briley	Coal Front	58-1	$119.94
20. Jonathan’s Way	Phil Bauer	Vekoma	61-1	$125.30
16. Grande	Todd Pletcher	Curlin	61-1	$125.58
35. Speed King	Ron Moquett	Volatile	64-1	$131.02
14. Gate to Wire	Todd Pletcher	Munnings	66-1	$134.46
22. Keep It Easy	Dale Romans	Hard Spun	69-1	$141.76
25. Poster	Eoin Harty	Munnings	70-1	$142.00
13. Gaming	Bob Baffert	Game Winner	70-1	$142.38
38. Tiztastic	Steve Asmussen	Tiz the Law	73-1	$148.30
11. Ferocious	Gustavo Delgado	Flatter	76-1	$154.70
31. Sand Devil	Linda Rice	Violence	85-1	$172.22
27. Rapture	Brad Cox	Uncle Mo	85-1	$173.98
39. Vassimo	Todd Pletcher	Nyquist	96-1	$194.28
37. Tip Top Thomas	Todd Pletcher	Volatile	103-1	$208.28
30. San Saba	Bob Baffert	Justify	107-1	$216.46
18. Innovator	D. Wayne Lukas	Authentic	111-1	$224.52
33. Sorcerer’s Silver	Dale Romans	Good Magic	128-1	$259.20
8. Cyclone State	Chad Summers	McKinzie	143-1	$289.30
26. Praetor	Chad Brown	Into Mischief	171-1	$344.70
23. Legitimate	Michael McCarthy	Authentic	294-1	$591.10

Total handle
for the Friday-Sunday KDFW pool, the fourth of six, was $412,766, including $319,881
in the win pool and $92,885 in exactas. That was a 1.1% increase from last
year’s $408,422 that took in $309,393 in the win pool and $99,029 in exactas.

Through the
first four pools, $1,253,931 have been bet on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager,
a 2.9% jump from last year’s $1,218,084.

Started in
1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is being offered for the 27th consecutive
year.

Other KDFW pools
will be open for betting March 14-16 and April 3-5. The March pool will
include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.