All Others Favored at 2-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2

Churchill Downs announced that the pari-mutuel field of “All Other Foals from the 2023 Foal Crop” closed as the 2-1 favorite in Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), with Spendthrift Farm’s unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) emerging as the 7-1 second choice.

The Todd Pletcher-trained Ted Noffey has attracted significant betting interest as the Kentucky Derby remains 22 weeks away.

Saturday’s Kentucky Jockey Club winner Further Ado (Gun Runner) also garnered attention from bettors at 13-1 odds.

The top 10 betting choices in Pool 2 included:

• All Other Foals from the 2023 Foal Crop (2-1, $6.08)
• Ted Noffey (Todd Pletcher, Into Mischief, 7-1, $16.84)
• Further Ado (Brad Cox, Gun Runner, 13-1, $28.86)
• Napoleon Solo (Chad Summers, Liam’s Map, 21-1, $44.84)
• Boyd (Bob Baffert, Violence, 22-1, $46.16)
• Paladin (Chad Brown, Gun Runner, 22-1, $46.90)
• Brant (Bob Baffert, Gun Runner, 25-1, $52)
• Incredibolt (Riley Mott, Bolt d’Oro, 28-1, $59.94)
• Mr. A. P. (Vladimir Cerin, American Pharoah, 29-1, $60.60)
• Englishman (Cherie DeVaux, Maxfield, 30-1, $62.78)

Total handle for the Nov. 27-30 KDFW pool — the second of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby — reached $261,076, with $208,341 in the Win pool and $52,735 in Exactas.

This year’s early Derby betting menu also featured the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, now in its 11th consecutive year. The wager allows bettors to place bets on select sires and their entire crop of juveniles with Kentucky Derby aspirations.

Into Mischief at 9-2 and Gun Runner at 5-1 — the sires of Ted Noffey and Further Ado, respectively — attracted the most attention from bettors. Not This Time also generated significant interest at 7-1.

The Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager generated $56,359 in total betting, with $44,496 in the Win pool and $11,863 in Exactas.

Combined handle for KDFW Pool 2 and the Sire Future Wager reached $317,435.

Pool 1, which ran Oct. 29-31, posted record early November total betting of $184,492 ($143,448 in the Win pool and $41,044 in Exactas), bringing the early Future Wager total to $501,927.