A new Kentucky Derby Futures Betting Pool with up to 40 betting preferences, including the “All Others” option, will launch on November 1 and end on November 3 before Day 1. Six of the Breeders’ Future Stars Championships. The FanDuel Breeders’ Cup for Minors presented by the Post-Pure Care Alliance and other races for 2-year-olds will take place on Future Star Friday at Keeneland November 4
New three-day pool, featuring $2 win and exact bet, opens November 1 at noon ET and closes November 3 at 6 p.m. ET
Many jockeys have long expressed a desire to have a larger pool of available betting benefits, which could drive payouts to more runners and increase prices on the option. “All the others”, aka “The Field”, are usually the shortest priced option. Betting often grows with the size of the school expanding.
Technological advancements now allow up to 40 pari-mutuel betting preferences, according to Churchill Downs, up from 24 in previous years. Up to 20 individual betting preferences on race day each spring.
Watch officials will release the field for Group 1 after the end of the October 30 “Stars of Tomorrow I” performance at Churchill Downs — the opening day presentation of the children’s fall meet 2 age.
Ina Bets can be much larger and more attractive than the odds available on Race day. The 149th run of the Kentucky Derby, America’s greatest race and the first leg of the Triple Crown, is May 6, 2023, at Churchill Downs.
All told, there are six Futures Betting groups scheduled for the 2023 Kentucky Derby: November 1-3 (Group 1); November 24-27 (Group 2); January 20-22 (Group 3); February 10-12 (Group 4); March 10-12 (Group 5); and March 30 to April 1 (Class 6). Kentucky Derby Sire Futures, launched in 2015 and requiring bettors to place bets on the winning male for next year’s Kentucky Derby winner, will be held concurrently with Group 2 from November 24-27. The single Kentucky Oaks Futures Bet will coincide with the Kentucky Derby Futures Betting Group from 5th March 10-12th.
Bets can be placed at Churchill Downs, advance deposit betting platforms, and other bet shops and satellite betting centers throughout North America.
There are no cashbacks in Kentucky Derby Futures Betting. If Churchill Downs officials determine that during the course of a wager that one of the betting interests has experienced injury, illness or other circumstances that could prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby. , betting on individual horses will be suspended immediately.
As was the case last year, Group 1 will assume that horses in the care of coaches suspended from the 2023 Kentucky Derby will not be considered. Instead, they will be included in the pari-mutuel field.
Such horses now include those trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, such as the Breeders’ Cup predicted favorites. Stone cave . Baffert was taken by Churchill Downs Inc. banned from participating in its races until the middle of next year, sanctions imposed by the track operator after Medina Spirit tested positive for betamethasone after winning the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
A record total of $2,060.691 has been placed on futures bets on the 2022 Kentucky Derby and the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1).
This press release has been edited and styled by the BloodHorse Staff.
