Citizen Bull made 6-1 favorite in fourth Kentucky Derby future pool

Citizen Bull, last year’s champion 2-year-old colt and the winner of this year’s Robert B. Lewis Stakes in his only 2025 start, has been made the 6-1 individual morning-line favorite for the fourth Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool, which will open on Friday and close on Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern.

Citizen Bull, who won the Robert B. Lewis by 3 3/4 lengths in front-running fashion, is one of 39 individual entries for the Future Wager. The field, or "all other 3-year-olds," entry is the overall morning-line favorite at 5-1.

Two stakes races that award points toward qualifying for the Kentucky Derby will be run this weekend, but only one, Saturday’s Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds, will go to post prior to the pool closing. The other, Sunday’s Sunland Park Derby, has a scheduled post time of 6:17 p.m. Eastern.

Four horses listed individually in the Future Pool are entered in the Risen Star Stakes, headed by East Avenue, who is 15-1 on the Future Pool morning line. In the Sunland Derby, the 9-5 favorite in the race, Getaway Car, is listed at 80-1 on the Future Pool morning line.

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Last year, the “all others” entry for the fourth Future Wager closed as the 5-1 favorite. Sierra Leone, who finished second in the Kentucky Derby, was the second choice, at 6-1, while Mystik Dan, the eventual winner of the Derby at 18-1, closed at 21-1.

The fourth pool has 14 new horses listed as individual entries compared to the third pool. Both win and exacta bets will be available. The minimum wager is $2, and all bets are non-refundable.

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