Breeders' Futurity Winner Forte Made 15-1 Individual Favorite in Pool 1 of Kentucky Derby Future Wager; 'All Other Males' Heavy 3-5 Favorite

Oct 30, 2022

Fans will have their first of six
opportunities to bet on the 149^th running of the Kentucky Derby
presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade I) Tuesday-Thursday where Repole
Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Breeders’ Futurity (GI)
winner Forte was made the 15-1 individual betting favorite
while the pari-mutuel field of “ All Other Colts and Geldings ”
not listed within the 38 individual betting interests was tabbed as the heavy
3-5 choice.

The new three-day
pool, which features $2 Win and Exacta wagering, will open Tuesday at noon (all
times Eastern) and close Thursday at 6 p.m. in advance of the Breeders’ Cup
World Championships’ Future Stars Friday.

New for 2022, the
Kentucky Derby Future Wager can have up to 40 betting interests. Pool 1 will
have 38 individual horses, a betting interest for “All Fillies from the 2020
Foal Crop” and the popular “All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2020 Foal
Crop.

Trained by Hall of
Famer Todd Pletcher , Forte has won three of four career
starts and is a two-time Grade I winner with his other score coming in the
Hopeful (GI) at Saratoga. Forte is slated to compete in the $2 million
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) Friday at Keeneland.

Other intriguing
prospects that were included in the first pool of the Kentucky Derby Future
Wager include Winchell Thoroughbreds’ 9 ½-length maiden
special weight winner and $1.35 million purchase Extra Anejo; Rodeo
Creek Racing ’s Champagne Stakes (GI) winner Blazing Sevens;
and Spendthrift Farm , Steve Landers Racing, Martin
Schwartz, Michael Dubb, Ten Strike Racing, Jim
Bakke, Titletown Racing Stables, Kueber Racing , Big
Easy Racing and Winners Win’s Breeders’ Futurity
runner-up Loggins.

As was the case
last year, Pool 1 will assume that horses under the care of trainers suspended
from competing in the 2023 Kentucky Derby will not be under consideration.
Instead, they will be included within the pari-mutuel field.

In total, 2021
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Brad Cox has six of
his trainees in Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager: Hit Show, Instant
Coffee, Loggins, Tapit’s Conquest, Verifying and Victory
Formation.

Here is the
complete field with morning line odds: #1 Andthewinneris (99-1);
#2 Awesome Strong (99-1); #3 Blazing Sevens (30-1); #4 Congruent (99-1);
#5 Curly Jack (99-1); #6 Cyclone Mischief (99-1);
#7 Damon’s Mound (80-1); #8 Echo Again (60-1);
#9 Expected Value (99-1); #10 Extra Anejo  (20-1);
#11 Forbidden Secret (99-1); #12 Forte (15-1); #13 Frank’s
Honor (99-1); #14 Full Moon Madness (99-1);
#15 General Jim (99-1); #16 Gulfport (80-1);
#17 Hayes Strike (99-1); #18 Hit Show (99-1);
#19 Hurricane J (99-1); #20 Instant Coffee (99-1);
#21 Joking Way (99-1); #22 Loggins (30-1); #23 Lost
Ark (50-1); #24 Mr. Ripple (99-1); #25 Ohana Honor
(99-1); #26 Post Time (99-1); #27 Protégé (99-1); #28 Rocket
Can (80-1); #29 Rudder’s Men (60-1); #30 Signator (60-1);
#31 Tapit’s Conquest (99-1); #32 Ten Days Later (80-1);
#33 Tres Soles (99-1); #34 Tuskegee Airmen (99-1);
#35 Two Phil’s (99-1); #36 Tyler’s Tribe (99-1);
#37 Verifying (60-1); #38 Victory Formation (80-1); #39 All Fillies from the
2020 Foal Crop (80-1); and #40 All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2020 Foal
Crop (3-5).

All told, there are
six Future Wager pools scheduled in advance of the 2023 Kentucky Derby: Nov.
1-3 (Pool 1); Nov. 24-27 (Pool 2); Jan. 20-22 (Pool 3); Feb. 10-12 (Pool 4);
March 10-12 (Pool 5); and March 30-April 1 (Pool 6). The Kentucky Derby Sire
Future Wager, which debuted in 2015 and requires bettors to wager on the
winning sire for next year’s Kentucky Derby winner, will be held concurrently
with Pool 2 on Nov. 24-27. The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide
with Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5 on March 10-12.

A record total of
$2,060,691 was bet on future wagers for the 2022 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky
Oaks.

There are no
refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Should Churchill Downs officials
determine during the duration of this week’s four-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 or Oaks,
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 Tuesday online at https://www.kentuckyderby.com/wager/future-wager.