Update: Pool One of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is now closed. As expected the field was made the favorite at only 3-1. Old Fashioned, who will make his first start of the year on Monday February 16 in the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn, closed as the pool's second choice at 7-1. Pioneerof the Nile, winner of the Robert Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita on February 14, was next at odds of 13-1. The total amount wagered during Pool One was $478,721, up 9% from last year. It was also announced over the weekend that starting with Pool Two, an exacta will be added to the Future Wager for the first time.
Pool 3 final odds and will-pays
Pool 2 final odds and will-pays, includes Oaks Future Wager
The 2009 edition of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to open its first four-day run on Thursday February 12, and the mutuel field, the wagering interest that includes all 3-year-olds other than the 23 individual betting interests in the pool, has been installed as a solid 5-2 favorite.
The mutuel field has been favored in the opening Kentucky Derby Future Pool in each year since Churchill Downs introduced the wager in 1999, both on the morning line and the final odds, and the Kentucky Derby winner was part of the field in Pool One in four of the last ten years. The lowest odds individual horses are Remsen Stakes winner Old Fashioned and Hutcheson Stakes winner Capt. Candyman Can, both at 10-1. Six horses, including last weekend's Risen Star winner Friesan Fire and Las Virgenes winner Stardom Bound, are next at odds of 12-1.
Wagering on the four-day pool opens at noon (all times EST) on Thursday February 12 and will continue until 6pm on Sunday, February 15. Racetracks and off-track betting centers across North America will offer the wager.
Below are the wagering interests with morning line and final odds for Pool One of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Free past performances are available from the Kentucky Derby website and Daily Racing Form. Will-pays for each horse are on page 2.
| 2009 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 1 | |||
| # | Name | M/L Odds | Final Odds |
| 1 | Beethoven | 15-1 | 31-1 |
| 2 | Big Drama | 30-1 | 48-1 |
| 3 | Capt. Candyman Can | 10-1 | 25-1 |
| 4 | Chocolate Candy | 50-1 | 28-1 |
| 5 | Flying Pegasus | 30-1 | 28-1 |
| 6 | Friesan Fire | 12-1 | 18-1 |
| 7 | Giant Oak | 15-1 | 24-1 |
| 8 | Haynesfield | 50-1 | 32-1 |
| 9 | Hello Broadway | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| 10 | I Want Revenge | 50-1 | 54-1 |
| 11 | Midshipman | 12-1 | 19-1 |
| 12 | Notonthesamepage | 30-1 | 40-1 |
| 13 | Old Fashioned | 10-1 | 7-1 |
| 14 | Papa Clem | 20-1 | 44-1 |
| 15 | Patena | 20-1 | 22-1 |
| 16 | Pioneerof the Nile | 12-1 | 13-1 |
| 17 | Silver City | 50-1 | 35-1 |
| 18 | Stardom Bound | 12-1 | 22-1 |
| 19 | Taqarub | 30-1 | 46-1 |
| 20 | The Pamplemousse | 30-1 | 29-1 |
| 21 | This Ones for Phil | 12-1 | 44-1 |
| 22 | Vineyard Haven | 12-1 | 36-1 |
| 23 | West Side Bernie | 50-1 | 40-1 |
| 24 | Mutuel field (all other 3-year-olds) | 5-2 | 9-5 |
