Smile Happy, White Abarrio Made Co-Individual Favorites at 8-1 in Pool 3 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager; 'All Other 3-Year-Olds' Tabbed at 5-2

Feb 08, 2022

The third of five pools for the Kentucky Derby
Future Wager (“KDFW”) is set for its three-day stand Friday at noon with the
pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” tabbed as the clear 5-2
morning line favorite while Lucky Seven Stable’s undefeated Smile
Happy along with C2 Racing Stable and La Milagrosa Stable’s
$250,000 Holy Bull (Grade III) winner White Abarrio lead the individual
choices at 8-1. 

The third KDFW pool will
run through Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Bettors can place win and exacta wagers at
simulcast outlets throughout the country and online at TwinSpires.com, the
official ADW of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs Incorporated.

Like in Pools 1 and 2,
the KDFW pools assumes that horses under the care of trainers suspended from
competing in the 2022 Kentucky Derby will not be under consideration. Those
horses are included in the “All Other 3-Year-Olds” pari-mutuel field.

Smile Happy, the 3 ¼-length winner of the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (Grade
II) in late November at Churchill Downs, is slated to make his 3-year-old debut
in the $400,000 Risen Star (GII) on Feb. 19 at Fair Grounds, according to his
trainer Kenny McPeek.

Smile Happy closed as the 8-1 individual favorite in Pools 1 and 2 of the KDFW
in November and January.

White Abarrio closed at odds of 171-1 in Pool 2 but has since jumped into
serious Derby contention following his emphatic 4 ½-length score in last
Saturday’s Holy Bull. Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr., White Abarrio is
targeting the $1 million Florida Derby (GI) on Saturday, April 2 as his final
prep prior to the Kentucky Derby, according to his connections.

Here’s the complete Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3 field (with trainer and
morning line odds): #1 Barber Road (John Ortiz, 20-1); #2 Call Me
Midnight (Keith Desormeaux, 20-1); #3 Chasing Time (Steve Asmussen,
15-1); #4 Classic Causeway (Brian Lynch, 50-1); #5 Commandperformance
(Todd Pletcher, 50-1); #6 Early Voting (Chad Brown, 12-1); #7 Emmanuel
(Pletcher, 10-1); #8 Epicenter (Asmussen, 15-1); #9 Forbidden Kingdom
(Richard Mandella, 10-1); #10 God of Love (Mark Casse, 50-1); #11 Happy
Boy Rocket (Bill Mott, 50-1); #12 Howling Time (Dale Romans, 50-1);
#13 In Due Time (Kelly Breen, 30-1);  #14 Major General
(Pletcher, 30-1); #15 Make It Big (Joseph, 50-1); #16 Mo Donegal
(Pletcher, 30-1); #17 Pappacap (Casse, 15-1); #18 Rattle N Roll
(McPeek, 30-1); #19 Simplification (Antonio Sano, 30-1); #20 Slow
Down Andy (Doug O’Neill, 20-1); #21 Smile Happy (McPeek, 8-1); #22 White
Abarrio (Joseph, 8-1); #23 Zandon (Brown, 30-1); and #24 “All Other
3-Year-Olds” (5-2).

There are eight new individual interests from Pool 2 in the KDFW. They are
Southwest Stakes (GIII) runner-up Barber Road; Lecomte (GIII) winner Call Me
Midnight; Withers (GIII) winner Early Voting; San Vicente (GII) winner
Forbidden Kingdom; Grey Stakes (GIII) winner God of Love; maiden winner Happy
Boy Rocket; Street Sense winner Howling Time; and fast first-level allowance
winner In Due Time.

Combined handle for the
first two KDFW pools was $687,657, up 20.4% from last year’s $571,366.

The Kentucky Derby Future
Wagers provide fans of Thoroughbred racing with opportunities to place bets on
possible entrants in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I)
at odds that could be far greater and more attractive than those available on
the day of the race. The 148^th running of Kentucky Derby, America’s
greatest race and the first leg of the Triple Crown, is set for Saturday, May
7, 2022 at Churchill Downs. 

There are no refunds in
the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Should Churchill Downs officials determine
during the duration of this week’s three-day pool that one of the wagering
interests has experienced an injury, illness or other circumstance that would
prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the
individual horse will be suspended
immediately.         

More information,
Brisnet.com past performances and real-time odds on the Kentucky Derby Future
Wager will be available before the pool opens Friday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.

The other Future Wager
dates are March 11-13 (Pool 4) and March 31-April 2 (Pool 5). The lone Longines
Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Pool 4 of the KDFW on March
11-13.