Eight weeks before the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), “All the other 3-year-olds” closed 4-1 in Group 4 of the Kentucky Derby Futures Betting Game with the winner Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2) and Risen Star Stakes presented by Runner-up Lamarque Ford (G2) Happy smile second bet selection 6-1 and winner San Vicente Stakes (G2) and San Felipe Stakes (G2) Forbidden Kingdom third with a score of 7-1.
This marks the 15th time in the last 20 years that the pari-mutuel field of “All other 3-year-olds” has been favored in the future March group.
Kentucky Derby Futures Betting, offered for 24 consecutive years, allows bettors to place bets on possible Kentucky Derby contenders ahead of America’s greatest race with potentially more attractive odds. against the rate available on race day. The Kentucky Derby will be held for the 148th year in a row on May 7.
Bet on Kentucky Derby Future Pool 4
| Numbers | Master of the horse) | Group Odds 4 | 2 dollars won will pay |
| first | Haircut (John Ortiz) | 39-1 | $80.20 |
| 2 | Call me at midnight (Keith Desormeaux) | 68-1 | $138.20 |
| 3 | Charge it (Todd Pletcher) | 17-1 | $37.20 |
| 4 | The Classic Way (Brian Lynch) | 10-1 | $23 |
| 5 | Cyberknife (Brad Cox) | 36-1 | $74.80 |
| 6 | Early Voting (Chad Brown) | 19-1 | $41.60 |
| 7 | Emmanuel (Pletcher) | 33-1 | $69.60 |
| 8 | Geocentric (Asmussen) | 13-1 | $28.40 |
| 9 | The Ethereal Path (D. Wayne Lukas) | 32-1 | $67.40 |
| ten | The Forbidden Kingdom (Richard Mandella) | 7-1 | $16.60 |
| 11 | In due time (Kelly Breen) | 48-1 | $99.40 |
| twelfth | Major General (Todd Pletcher) | 65-1 | $132.60 |
| 13 | Mo Donegal (Todd Pletcher) | 24-1 | $50.40 |
| 14 | Morello (Steve Asmussen) | 17-1 | $37.20 |
| 15 | Medina’s Pioneer (Todd Pletcher) | 71-1 | $144 |
| 16 | Rattle N Roll (Kenny McPeek) | 31-1 | $64 |
| 17 | Shipsational (Eddie Barker) | 51-1 | $104.20 |
| 18 | Simplify (Antonio Sano) | 19-1 | $40 |
| 19 | Smile Happy (Kenny McPeek) | 6-1 | $15 |
| 20 | Un Ojo (Ricky Courville) | 36-1 | $74.80 |
| 21 | White Abarrio (Safe Joseph Jr.) | 22-1 | $47.80 |
| 22 | Zandon (Chad Brown) | 22-1 | $46 |
| 23 | Zozos (Brad Cox) | 30-1 | $62.20 |
| 24 | “All other 3-year-olds” | 4-1 | $10.40 |
In the lone Kentucky Oaks Futures Bet, conducted concurrently with KDFW, the 2-year-old undefeated champion Echo Zulu ended with a 5-2 favorite over the Honeybee Stakes (G3) winner running away Secret Vow is a 7-2.
Bets on all futures bets over a three-day period increased 16.7% to $550,030. The total amount processed in March of last year was $471,494.
The total settlement for the KDFW pool March 11-13 — the fourth of five betting pools before the Kentucky 1 1/4 mile race — was $374,702 ($284,503 in the Win group and $90,200 in the Exactas), up 16.2% over last year $322,477 ($231,632 in the Win group and $90,844 in the Exactas).
Bets on Oaks Future Wager totaled $90,737 ($64,480 in Win and $26,257 in Exactas), up 15.9% from last year’s $78,290 ($57,219 in Win and $20,771 in Exactas).
Oaks/Derby Future Double, which asked fans to choose the correct winner of both the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks on May 6 and the Kentucky Derby the following day, brought in $84,591 , up 19.6% from last year’s $70.727.
As in Pools 1, 2 and 3, the KDFW pools assume that horses in the care of a coach suspended from the 2022 Kentucky Derby will not be considered. As a result, there are no horses currently trained by Bob Baffert, suspended from racing at tracks owned by Churchill Downs Inc. to mid-2023, so is among the betting preferences. Those horses are included in the pari-mutuel school “All other 3-year-olds”.
The fifth and final Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool is set to run from Thursday, March 31 to Saturday, April 2. Unlike KDFW’s first four groups, the fifth and final 5 will finish first. Road to the first Kentucky Derby Championship Series race on April 2.
Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Pool 3
| Numbers | Master of the horse) | The odds | 2 dollars won will pay |
| first | A Mo Reay (Todd Pletcher) | 36-1 | $75.40 |
| 2 | Aint Easy (Phil D’Amato) | 27-1 | $56.20 |
| 3 | Awake At Midnyte (Doug O’Neill) | 45-1 | $92.80 |
| 4 | Bernabreezy (Matt Shirer) | 84-1 | $171 |
| 5 | Bubble Rock (Brad Cox) | 37-1 | $77.80 |
| 6 | Classy version (Todd Pletcher) | 38-1 | $78.40 |
| 7 | Echo Zulu (Steve Asmussen) | 5-2 | $7.60 |
| 8 | Fannie and Freddie (Al Stall Jr.) | 154-1 | $310.60 |
| 9 | Support (Todd Pletcher) | 71-1 | $145.20 |
| ten | Goddess of Fire (Todd Pletcher) | 51-1 | $105.80 |
| 11 | Hidden Connections (Bred Calhoun) | 41-1 | $85.80 |
| twelfth | Ice Orchid (John Ortiz) | 88-1 | $178.60 |
| 13 | Map of Juju (Brad Cox) | 22-1 | $47 |
| 14 | Kathleen O. (Shut McGaughey) | 9-1 | $20.40 |
| 15 | Nest (Todd Pletcher) | 14-1 | $31 |
| 16 | Nostalgia (Bill Mott) | 46-1 | $94 |
| 17 | Sandstone (Kenny McPeek) | 81-1 | $165.80 |
| 18 | The Secret Oak (D. Wayne Lukas) | 7-2 | $9.80 |
| 19 | Shahama (Todd Pletcher) | 24-1 | $51.80 |
| 20 | Turnerloose (Brad Cox) | 24-1 | $50 |
| 21 | Venti Valentine (Jorge Abreu) | 15-1 | $32.40 |
| 22 | Veterans Highway (Rusty Arnold) | 93-1 | $189.20 |
| 23 | Yuugiri (Rodolphe Brisset) | 108-1 | $218.60 |
| 24 | “All other 3-year-old fillings” | 6-1 | $15 |
