Fierceness 5-2 Favorite, Sierra Leone 7-1 Second Choice In Final Pool Of Kentucky Derby Future Wager

Four weeks in advance of the 150^th running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby G1), bettors made Curlin Florida Derby (G1) winner Fierceness the 5-2 favorite with Risen Star (G2) and Toyota Blue Grass (G1) winner Sierra Leone the 7-1 second choice in the sixth and final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW). Japan’s unbeaten Forever Young (JPN) was the 8-1 third betting choice.

The three-day pool closed Saturday at 4 p.m. ET in advance of the day’s three Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series races: the Wood Memorial (G2), Blue Grass and Santa Anita Derby (G1).

Resilience won the Wood Memorial and closed at odds of 76-1. Stronghold prevailed in the Santa Anita Derby and was 30-1 in the KDFW.

Horses in order of the public’s betting choice (with Pool 6 odds and $2 Win will pays):

#13 Fierceness (Todd Pletcher, City of Light, 5-2, $7.64);
#28 Sierra Leone (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 7-1, $17.62);
#14 Forever Young (JPN) (Yoshito Yahagi, Real Steel, 8-1, $18.88);
#5 Deterministic (Christophe Clement, Liam’s Map, 12-1, $26.52);
#3 Catching Freedom (Brad Cox, Constitution, 12-1, $26.78);
#7 Dornoch (Danny Gargan, Good Magic, 12-1, $27.62);
#40 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (22-1, $47.40);
#19 Just a Touch (Brad Cox, Justify, 22-1, $47.94);
#37 Tuscan Sky (Todd Pletcher, Vino Rosso, 24-1, $51.84);
#18 Honor Marie (Whit Beckman, Honor Code, 26-1, $54.96);
#30 Stronghold (Phil D’Amato, Ghostzapper, 30-1, $62.64);
#20 Just Steel (Wayne Lukas, Justify, 30-1, $62.82);
#24 Mystik Dan (Kenny McPeek, Goldencents, 35-1, $72.98);
#10 Endlessly (Michael McCarthy, Oscar Performance, 37-1, $77.94);
#6 Domestic Product (Chad Brown, Practical Joke, 40-1, $82.60);
#27 Seize the Grey (Wayne Lukas, Arrogate, 42-1, $87.22);
#1 Be You (Todd Pletcher, Curlin, 52-1, $106.28);
#36 Track Phantom (Steve Asmussen, Quality Road, 53-1, $109.44);
#9 Encino (Brad Cox, Nyquist, 63-1, $129.14);
#38 Uncle Heavy (Butch Reid, Social Inclusion, 72-1, $147.42);
#26 Resilience (Bill Mott, Into Mischief, 76-1, $154.04);
#35 Top Conor (Chad Brown, Twirling Candy, 80-1, $162.16);
#17 Hades (Joe Orseno, Awesome Slew, 92-1, $186.22);
#2 Catalytic (Saffie Joseph Jr., Catalina Cruiser, 99-1, $201.10);
#8 El Grande O (Linda Rice, Take Charge Indy, 117-1, $236.26);
#39 West Saratoga (Larry Demeritte, Exaggerator, 121-1, $244.70);
#31 T O Password (JPN) (Daisuke Takayanagi, Copano Rickey, 135-1, $272.86);
#12 Evening News (Mike Pino, Nyqist, 147-1, $297.26);
#11 Epic Ride (John Ennis, Blame, 156-1, $314.26):
#15 Good Money (Chad Brown, Good Magic, 157-1, $316.52);
#16 Grand Mo the First (Victor Barboza Jr., Uncle Mo, 179-1, $360.46);
#22 Mc Vay (John Shirreffs, Constitution, 194-1, $391.18);
#4 Common Defense (Kenny McPeek, Karakontie, 234-1, $470.38);
#25 No More Time (Jose D’Angelo, Not This Time, 277-1, $557.16);
#32 Tapalo (John Sadler, Tapiture, 294-1, $591.90);
#21 Lat Long (Kenny McPeek, Liam’s Map, 322-1, $647.66);
#23 Merit (Saffie Joseph Jr., Mastery, 478-1, $958.02);
#33 Tessuto (George Papaprodromou, Munnings, 516-1, $1,035.84);
#29 Society Man (Danny Gargan, Good Magic, 793-1, $1,588.18); and
#34 Timberlake (Brad Cox, Into Mischief, Wagering Suspended).

Total handle for the April 4-6 KDFW pool – the final future wager pool in advance of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4 – was $376,038 ($268,996 in the Win Pool and $107,042 in Exactas) vs $369,443 ($271,230 in the Win pool and $98,213 in Exactas) in 2023.

A total of $2,052,391 was bet on Derby and Oaks future wagers this year, a 13% increase from last year’s $1,813,542.