Essential Quality, Life Is Good Top Individual Choices In Third Kentucky Derby Future Wager Sponsored by:
Godolphin s Eclipse Award-winning colt Essential Quality and CHC Inc and WinStar Farm s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade 3) winner Life Is Good were made the 8-1 individual morning line favorites in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”), but the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” is expected to be the overall choice in the three-day wager that begins Friday.
Pool 3 of the KDFW will open Friday at noon (all times Eastern) and close Sunday at 6 p.m. Wagers can be placed online at www.TwinSpires.com, as well as racetracks and simulcast centers throughout the country.
Risen Star attracts field of 13 for G2 Kentucky Derby prep
Risen Star attracts field of 13 for G2 Kentucky Derby prep
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Hodges Photography
The top four finishers of the Jan. 12 Lecomte, led by winner
Midnight Bourbon; Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner Keepemeinmind; and Springboard Mile winner Señor Buscador are among a deep field of 13 sophomores entered for next Saturday s Grade 2, $400,000
The finale of a 13-race program, the 1 1/8-mile Risen Star is an official stop on the road to the
2021 Kentucky Derby with qualifying points paid out on a scale of 50-20-10-5 to the top four finishers. Keepmeinmind who has not started since the Kentucky Jockey Club is likely to scratch from this spot and opt for the 1 1/16-miles Southwest Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn Park two days later, trainer Robertino Diodoro told
Risen Star: Relationship Building Brings O Besos, West Point Thoroughbreds Together Sponsored by:
Travis Foley, assistant trainer for his father, Greg Foley
Jeff Lifson, the executive vice president of West Point Thoroughbreds, always knew when the young, up and coming horseman Travis Foley made the call for him to buy into a horse, it would be for the right reason. It may have taken a bit longer than both had anticipated, but a partnership long in the making finally came to fruition this winter when West Point bought into Foley s Tagg Team Racing and Barrett Bernard s lightly raced O Besos, who has the look of a major contender in Saturday s $400,000 Risen Star (G2) at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La.
Undefeated Life Is Good Made Early 6-1 Individual Favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager Jan 19, 2021 Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes
(Grade III) winner
Life Is Good was made the 6-1 individual morning line
favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”) but the
pari-mutuel field of “
All
Other 3-Year-Olds” is expected to be
the overall choice in the three-day wager that begins Friday.
While Life Is Good was made the individual favorite in Pool 2 of the KDFW,
veteran oddsmaker
Mike Battaglia tabbed “All
Other 3-Year-Olds as the overall 9-5 morning line favorite in the field of 24
Life Is Good Tabbed Individual Favorite In Second Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool Sponsored by:
CHC Inc and WinStar Farm s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade 3) winner Life Is Good was made the 6-1 individual morning line favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (“KDFW”), but the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” is expected to be the overall choice in the three-day wager that begins Friday.
While Life Is Good was made the individual favorite in Pool 2 of the KDFW, veteran oddsmaker Mike Battaglia tabbed “All Other 3-Year-Olds as the overall 9-5 morning line favorite in the field of 24 betting interests. The pari-mutuel field for the first pool of the New Year has closed as the bettors choice every year since the wager was inaugurated in 1999, and the final odds were 5-2 in five of the last six years.