The mutuel field, the 24th or “all others” option, is the 2-1 favorite after the first of three days of wagering into Pool 2 of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

With $72,268 in the win pool and another $21,560 in exactas, the field is favored over individual interests Bolt d’Oro (5-1), Good Magic (8-1), Audible (11-1), and McKinzie (12-1).

All wagering was suspended on Montauk (No. 15) just prior to the opening of Pool 2 at noon Eastern Friday when the colt’s connections informed track officials he has been declared from Derby consideration.

The federal budget signed into law Friday includes a provision allowing for a three-year depreciation schedule for racehorses that had expired at the end of 2016, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which coordinates federal lobbying efforts on behalf of the Thoroughbred industry.

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Good Magic and Bolt d’Oro were locked in the closest battle of last month’s Eclipse Awards, with a mere 18 votes separating them. Three months since they met for the only time at age 2, their rivalry, and their parallel preparation this spring, makes them among the most compelling of this year’s prospects for the Kentucky Derby on May 5.

Fred Stone, an accomplished equine artist who could often be found with a canvas and brush in racetrack paddocks around the world, died on Sunday of complications of cancer, according to his family. Stone was 87.

Breeders’ Cup has added a race to its official roster, the Juvenile Turf Sprint, and will increase the purse of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint to $2 million, the organization announced Monday.

The Turf Sprint, which has been run as an undercard race during the two-day Breeders’ Cup event in the past several years, will be run at about 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf and be open to 2-year-olds. The race will have a $1 million purse and now be considered the 14th official Breeders’ Cup race of the two-day event, which will be held this year at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 2-3.

Barn 14 at Turfway Park has been placed under quarantine by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture after a horse stabled there tested positive for the equine herpesvirus (EHV1) and was euthanized Friday.

Multiple Grade 1 winner Private Zone was euthanized on Saturday morning, Old Friends Equine Retirement has confirmed. The Macho Uno gelding, who had been a resident of the Georgetown, Ky., Thoroughbred retirement farm since April 2017, was 9.

The New York State Gaming Commission is investigating whether trainer Linda Rice paid individuals in the racing office at the New York Racing Association for improperly receiving information that gave her a competitive advantage in determining in what races to enter her horses.

The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission has rescinded a handful of suspensions it doled out to trainers and owners who challenged broad subpoenas the commission issued last year, according to copies of the rulings provided by the licensees’ attorney.

The rulings, issued Jan. 30, affect the owner-trainers Marcos Zulueta, Juan Carlos Guerrero, and Silvio Martin as well as the owners Sean Mitchell and Amber Schrank. The rulings do not cite a reason for the decisions, but state that the licenses of all of the individuals have been “returned to good standing.”