Tiz the Law a fat price in first four pools of Kentucky Derby Future Wager
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Bettors with the foresight to back Tiz the Law months ago for the Kentucky Derby are among those who will be hoping to cash in on an overlay Saturday.
Tiz the Law was available at 11-1, 8-1, 7-1, and 5-1 in the first four of seven pools conducted by Churchill Downs in its annual Kentucky Derby Future Wager. The colt ultimately was bet down to 2-1, 5-2, and 11-10 in the last three pools, with his odds for Pool 7 (held Aug. 7-9) being easily the lowest ever for a separately listed interest in 22 years of the Future Wager. He is the 3-5 morning-line favorite Saturday.
The mutuel field, the “all others” option, closed as the favorite in each of the first four pools; most of the 18 Derby runners were in the field at various times. Besides Tiz the Law, only three other Derby starters were separate interests in all seven pools, those being Authentic, Honor A. P., and Thousand Words.
Among the many horses who were among the futures favorites at some point but failed to make the race were Art Collector, Cafe Pharoah, Charlatan, Dennis’ Moment, Ete Indien, Independence Hall, Maxfield, Nadal, and Uncle Chuck.
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Interestingly, the highest $2 win payoff in futures history was $188 on Funny Cide in the first pool of 2003. Funny Cide was trained by Barclay Tagg, the trainer of Tiz the Law.
As for Kentucky Oaks futures, the few players who bet on Swiss Skydiver in the first of two pools held in early March stand to make quite a hit – she was a whopping 167-1. Gamine was still unraced when the first pool opened and therefore was part of the field (3-1). In the second Oaks pool in mid-July, Gamine was 2-1 and Swiss Skydiver was 9-2.
Aggregate handle for all 2020 futures pools was nearly $2.6 million, easily a futures record and one achieved because of the additional pools added during the postponement of both races. That figure comprises the seven Derby pools; two Oaks pools; the Derby Sires pool from November; and two Oaks-Derby double pools.