Sunday evening marks the end of first round Kentucky Derby futures betting at the Churchill Downs. Louisville track will be offering 24 entries which will include twenty two 2-year olds, a colt or a gelding and a filly.
The colt/gelding field entry is currently the pari-mutuel field bettors’ favorite at 6-5 odds. The odds stand at 6-5 as of Sunday night.
The individual entries featured Tiz the Law who was Grade 1 Champagne Stakes winner at Belmont Park. The Champagne Stakes was held on October 5 which was when the winner had ran in the Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club.
Tiz the Law came third in the 1-1/16 mile race. Jockey Manuel Franco had ridden the colt and kept up with the leaders during the entire race.
The co-second choices feature Maxfield, a colt that was trained by Brendan Walsh and Dennis’ Moment, a colt trained by Dale Romans. The current odds of both horses stand at 12-1. Michael Trombetta’s trained colt, Independence Hall’s current odds is at 14-1.
Dennis’ Moment impressed spectators in the 19-1/4 lengths win at Ellis Park. The colt broke his maiden with the win in July and followed up the victory with Grade III Iroquois Stakes’ win. In the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the colt finished eighth.
Although Romans is one of the best trainers at Churchill Downs, he still has to win the Derby to add to its accolades. Storm the Court, a colt trained by Peter Eurton is at 36-1 after winning the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile that was held at Santa Anita.
Kentucky Derby has a whole list of the current futures field which is linked in a Casino.org article. Bettors can place their bets at Churchill Downs betting parlors as well as online racing sites such as NYRABets.com and TwinSpires.com among others.
Wagers will be available until 6pm Sunday. And apart from wagering on the final winner, Churchil Downs will also allow futures betting on the father or sire of the Kentucky Derby winner.
In light of that, Constitution, who is the sire of Independence Hall and Tiz the Law is already a favorite at 4-1. Other notable entries include; American Pharaoh (12-1) who was 2014’s triple crown winner, 2010’s champion Uncle Mo (7-1) and 2007’s Derby winner Street Sense is at (17-1).
By Saturday night, the pool handles by Derby Futures was at $179,000 while the sires pool was at $19,000. Churchill Downs declared that the first pool of Derby Futures had a handle of over $290,000 of which $259,000 had been placed on the wager.
Churchill Downs is yet to run Derby Futures pools in the months of February, March, April and on May 2nd, the Derby will be run.
Apart from the host track, Derby futures betting is available on William Hill’s racebooks and USRacing.com. On William Hill racebooks, Tiz and Independence Hall odds is at 8-1. Maxfield and Storm the Court are at 12-1, Dennis’ Moment is at 16-1 and Honor A.P is at 15-1.
For USRacing.com, Dennis’ Moment and Tiz the Law odds is at 14-1, By your Side and Independence Hall are at 20-1 and Maxfield is at 16-1.
