Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3: Field closes at 4-1
The mutuel field again was a lukewarm favorite when Pool 3 of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager closed Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern, while the field also was the slight choice in the Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, which closed 30 minutes later.
The field, the 24th or “all others” option, closed at 4-1 in Derby Pool 3, while Justify was pounded down from 10-1 to 6-1 after winning his second start Sunday in a Santa Anita allowance to become the lowest individually priced horse. Then came Bolt d’Oro (7-1) McKinzie (9-1), Good Magic (11-1), Audible (13-1), and Solomini (17-1).
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The lowest $2 exacta will-pay in Pool 3 is McKinzie over Bolt d’Oro (15-3), worth $53.20.
Combined handle (win and exacta) on Pool 3 was $394,762, up nearly 6 percent over the corresponding pool last year, when $373,354 was bet.
The field closed as the 6-5 favorite in Pool 1, which was held Nov. 23-26 in tandem with the Derby Sires Future Wager, and as the 5-2 favorite for Pool 2, which ran Feb. 9-11. The fourth and final Derby pool will be held April 6-8.
Pool 3
| Prog. No. | Horse | Trainer | P1 Odds | P2 Odds | P3 Odds |
| 1. | Audible | Todd Pletcher | 6-5 | 9-1 | 13-1 |
| 2. | Avery Island | Kiaran McLaughlin | 29-1 | 27-1 | 29-1 |
| 3. | Bolt d'Oro | Mick Ruis | 7-1 | 8-1 | 7-1 |
| 4. | Bravazo | D. Wayne Lukas | 6-5 | 5-2 | 40-1 |
| 5. | Catholic Boy | Jonathan Thomas | 6-5 | 16-1 | 21-1 |
| 6. | Combatant | Steven Asmussen | 6-5 | 72-1 | 57-1 |
| 7. | Flameaway | Mark Casse | 6-5 | 5-2 | 31-1 |
| 8. | Free Drop Billy | Dale Romans | 33-1 | 36-1 | 44-1 |
| 9. | Gold Town | Charlie Appleby | 6-5 | 5-2 | 52-1 |
| 10. | Good Magic | Chad Brown | 11-1 | 8-1 | 11-1 |
| 11. | Instilled Regard | Jerry Hollendorfer | 6-5 | 18-1 | 41-1 |
| 12. | Justify | Bob Baffert | 6-5 | 5-2 | 6-1 |
| 13. | Kanthaka | Jerry Hollendorfer | 6-5 | 5-2 | 57-1 |
| 14. | Magnum Moon | Todd Pletcher | 6-5 | 5-2 | 25-1 |
| 15. | McKinzie | Bob Baffert | 12-1 | 9-1 | 9-1 |
| 16. | Mendelssohn | Aidan O'Brien | 31-1 | 44-1 | 28-1 |
| 17. | My Boy Jack | Keith Desormeaux | 6-5 | 5-2 | 31-1 |
| 18. | Noble Indy | Todd Pletcher | 6-5 | 5-2 | 27-1 |
| 19. | Promises Fulfilled | Dale Romans | 6-5 | 5-2 | 24-1 |
| 20. | Solomini | Bob Baffert | 22-1 | 19-1 | 17-1 |
| 21. | Sporting Chance | D. Wayne Lukas | 56-1 | 33-1 | 39-1 |
| 22. | Strike Power | Mark Hennig | 6-5 | 40-1 | 56-1 |
| 23. | Vino Rosso | Todd Pletcher | 6-5 | 5-2 | 39-1 |
| 24. | Mutuel field | N/A | 6-5 | 5-2 | 4-1 |
Kentucky Oaks Future Wager field closes at 5-1
In the Oaks pool, the field closed at 5-1, followed by Midnight Bisou (6-1), Monomoy Girl (6-1), Dream Tree (7-1), Caledonia Road (12-1), Midnight Disguise (13-1), and Paved (13-1). The lowest $2 exacta will-pay is Dream Tree over Monomoy Girl (8-14), worth $68.
Combined handle of $70,993 was down 29 percent from last year, when $100,335 was bet.
The largest handle since Oaks futures were first offered in 2003 was $126,039, set in 2013.
Coinciding with Derby Pool 3 and the Oaks pool was a futures double linking the Oaks and Derby, offered for the first time since Churchill Downs began its parimutuel futures in 1999. Handle was $60,822, with the lowest combinations being Dream Tree (8) and Midnight Bisou (12) in the Oaks with Bolt d’Oro (3) in the Derby, each worth $27 for the $1 minimum. The field/field combination is worth $31 for $1.
Last year, the field closed as the 5-1 favorite in Derby Pool 3 over McCraken (6-1), while the eventual Derby winner, Always Dreaming, was 42-1. Unique Bella was the even-money favorite in the Oaks pool last year but did not make the race. The eventual Oaks winner, Abel Tasman, was 23-1 in the futures.
In the case of field horses filling both exacta slots, the next-best finish by a separately listed horse counts toward the winning combination.
The 144th Oaks and Derby will be run May 4 and 5.
Kentucky Oaks Futures Wager
| Prog. No. | Horse | Trainer | Odds |
| 1. | Amy's Challenge | McLean Robertson | 20-1 |
| 2. | Best Performance | Christophe Clement | 41-1 |
| 3. | C.S. Incharge | Dale Romans | 41-1 |
| 4. | Caledonia Road | Ralph Nicks | 12-1 |
| 5. | Classy Act | Bret Calhoun | 51-1 |
| 6. | Coach Rocks | Dale Romans | 60-1 |
| 7. | Cosmic Burst | Donnie K. Von Hemel | 21-1 |
| 8. | Dream Tree | Bob Baffert | 7-1 |
| 9. | Eskimo Kisses | Kenneth McPeek | 31-1 |
| 10. | Gas Station Sushi | Richard Baltas | 67-1 |
| 11. | Heavenhasmynikki | Anthony Quartarolo | 54-1 |
| 12. | Midnight Bisou | Bill Spawr | 6-1 |
| 13. | Midnight Disguise | Linda Rice | 13-1 |
| 14. | Monomoy Girl | Brad Cox | 6-1 |
| 15. | Patrona Margarita | Bret Calhoun | 68-1 |
| 16. | Paved | Michael McCarthy | 13-1 |
| 17. | Rayya | Doug Watson | 60-1 |
| 18. | Red Ruby | Kellyn Gorder | 23-1 |
| 19. | Sassy Sienna | Brad Cox | 57-1 |
| 20. | Spring Lily | John Shirreffs | 51-1 |
| 21. | Take Charge Paula | Kiaran McLaughlin | 18-1 |
| 22. | Thirteen Squared | Bob Baffert | 40-1 |
| 23. | Wonder Gadot | Mark Casse | 21-1 |
| 24. | Mutuel field | N/A | 5-1 |
