Into Mischief closes Derby sire futures as top individual choice

Posted by author December 2, 2024 Horse Racing

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With Kentucky Derby 2025 still 23 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of all other colts and geldings foaled in 2022 closed as the 9-5 favorite in pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager and recent debut winner Barnes, from the barn of six-time Derby winner Bob Baffert, was the 13-1 second choice.

Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors: Breeders’ Futurity (G1) winner East Avenue, 15-1; Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Citizen Bull, 16-1; Street Sense (G3) winner Sovereignty, 19-1; Hopeful (G1) and Champagne (G1) winner Chancer McPatrick, 21-1; Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up Gaming, 21-1; and fast Saturday maiden winner Patch Adams, 22-1.

No.	Horse	Trainer	Sire	Odds
1	Admiral Dennis	Brad Cox	Constitution	38-1
2	Barnes	Bob Baffert	Into Mischief	13-1
3	Bullard	Michael McCarthy	Gun Runner	24-1
4	Calling Card	Mike Maker	Complexity	56-1
5	Chancer McPatrick	Chad Brown	McKinzie	21-1
6	Citizen Bull	Bob Baffert	Into Mischief	16-1
7	Disco Time	Brad Cox	Not This Time	47-1
8	Donut God	Brian Lynch	Into Mischief	25-1
9	East Avenue	Brendan Walsh	Medaglia d’Oro	15-1
10	Ferocious	Jose Delgado	Flatter	37-1
11	Filoso	Chad Summers	City of Light	136-1
12	First Resort	Eoin Harty	Uncle Mo	38-1
13	Gaming	Bob Baffert	Game Winner	21-1
14	Getaway Car	Bob Baffert	Curlin	70-1
15	Grayscale	Saffie Joseph Jr.	Frosted	107-1
16	Guns Loaded	Jose D’Angelo	Gun Runner	72-1
17	Hill Road	Adrian Murray	Quality Road	56-1
18	Hot Property	Brad Cox	Medaglia d’Oro	90-1
19	Jonathan’s Way	Phil Bauer	Vekoma	38-1
20	Journalism	Michael McCarthy	Curlin	52-1
21	Keewaydin	Chad Brown	Instagrand	107-1
22	Kinetic Control	Dale Romans	Not This Time	183-1
23	Magnitude	Steve Asmussen	Not This Time	168-1
24	Mo Quality	Chris Davis	Mo Town	24-1
25	Patch Adams	Brad Cox	Into Mischief	22-1
26	Rated by Merit	Michael Yates	Battalion Runner	44-1
27	Render Judgment	Kenny McPeek	Blame	96-1
28	Romanesque	Bob Baffert	Practical Joke	74-1
29	Sandman	Mark Casse	Tapit	123-1
30	Smoken Wicked	Dallas Stewart	Bobby’s Wicked One	196-1
31	Sovereignty	Bill Mott	Into Mischief	19-1
32	Studlydoright	John Robb	Nyquist	197-1
33	Tip Top Thomas	Todd Pletcher	Volatile	76-1
34	Tiztastic	Steve Asmussen	Tiz the Law	86-1
35	Tux	Bill Mott	Tapit	70-1
36	Uncaged	Todd Pletcher	Curlin	71-1
37	Uncle Jim	Brad Cox	City of Light	30-1
38	Whiskey Shot	Rodolphe Brisset	Gun Runner	129-1
39	All fillies foaled in 2022	n/a	n/a	69-1
40	All other colts and geldings foaled in 2022	n/a	n/a	9-5

Total handle for the Nov. 28-Dec. 1 KDFW pool, the second of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 2025 Kentucky Derby on May 3, was $289,340, with $230,825 in the win pool and $58,515 in exactas. That is a 39.9% increase from last year’s $206,800, with $163,037 in the win pool and $43,763 in exactas.

This year’s early Derby betting menu also included the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, which, for the 10th consecutive year, provided 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.

All other sires at 9-2 and Into Mischief at 5-1 attracted the most attention from bettors.

No.	Sire	Odds
1	Always Dreaming	117-1
2	American Pharoah	46-1
3	Audible	155-1
4	Authentic	55-1
5	Blame	99-1
6	Candy Ride	74-1
7	City of Light	32-1
8	Constitution	37-1
9	Curlin	12-1
10	Flatter	69-1
11	Game Winner	33-1
12	Ghostzapper	150-1
13	Global Campaign	269-1
14	Goldencents	116-1
15	Good Magic	26-1
16	Gun Runner	13-1
17	Hard Spun	34-1
18	Into Mischief	5-1
19	Justify	23-1
20	Liam’s Map	99-1
21	Lookin At Lucky	99-1
22	Malibu Moon	90-1
23	McKinzie	23-1
24	Medaglia d’Oro	21-1
25	Munnings	160-1
26	Not This Time	19-1
27	Nyquist	42-1
28	Omaha Beach	60-1
29	Practical Joke	21-1
30	Quality Road	38-1
31	Street Sense	31-1
32	Tapit	33-1
33	Tiz the Law	54-1
34	Tonalist	390-1
35	Uncle Mo	19-1
36	Union Rags	264-1
37	Vekoma	37-1
38	Vino Rosso	176-1
39	Volatile	69-1
40	All other sires	9-2

Total betting on the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager was $48,890, with $35,080 in the Wwn pool and $13,810 in exactas. That was off 53% from last year’s $104,112, with $77,417 in the win pool and $26,695 in exactas. But the KDFW Poop 2 and Sire Future Wager combined to handle $338,230, up 8.8% from last year’s $310,912.

Pool 1, which covered Oct. 30-Nov. 1, had total betting of $174,785, with $138,536 in the win pool and $36,249 in exactas. That pool was a 6.4% jump from last year’s $164,278.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered for a 27th consecutive year.

Other Future Wager dates are set for Jan. 17-19 for pool 3; Feb. 14-16 for pool 4; March 14-16 for pool 5 and April 3-5 for pool 6. Pool 5 will include the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager.