All Others made the 2-5 favorite in first KDFW pool

For example, Orb paid $12.80 to win on race day of the 2013 Kentucky Derby,

but returned $26.20 in Pool 2 and $29.60 for a $2 bet in Pool 3 of the Kentucky

Derby Future Wager.

With the mutuel field, or "All Others," expected to attract overwhelming fan

support in this week's four-day betting pool, very attractive odds could be

available on highly-regarded young stars that include:

The Kentucky Derby Future Wager -- the first pari-mutuel wager of its kind

when launched in 1999 -- enters its 16th consecutive year with the opening of

its first Thanksgiving Weekend pool. Each of its four pools will feature 24

wagering interests that include 23 individual horses and a mutuel field, known

by many fans as the "All Others" bet. The mutuel field features all foals of

2011 other than the 23 individual Thoroughbreds in the pool, regardless of

whether those horses have been nominated to the Kentucky Derby and the Triple

Crown.

Both wagers offer $2-minimum win betting and exacta wagering, which is

available in the form of $2 minimum straight exacta bets or $1-minimum exacta

boxes and part-wheels. No scratches or betting refunds are permitted in either

wager, but wagering on a Derby or Oaks Future Wager horse will be suspended

immediately if Churchill Downs determines that injury, illness or other

circumstance revealed during a pool would prevent a horse from competing in

their respective race.

All winning payouts are determined by the odds in place at the end of each

respective betting pool.

More than $1.4 million was wagered on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager in 2012

and 2013, respectively -- the highest totals since 2006 when the wager was

offered in a three-pool, four-day format.

"The job of setting the morning line odds for Kentucky Derby Future Wager

pools has always been challenging, but there's never been a wilder, more

fascinating or challenging pool than this one," said Battaglia, who celebrated

his 40th anniversary of setting morning line odds for the Kentucky Derby and

other Churchill Downs races earlier this year. "It's going to be a lot of fun to

watch the odds fluctuate over four days as fans throughout North America compete

for ultimate bragging rights when it comes to picking the Derby winner. And the

opportunity to watch the Kentucky Jockey Club and the Remsen, which should

provide early evidence of our betting judgment, should add some sizzle to this

Derby Futures pool and those races."

KDFW Pool 2, Pool 3 and Pool 4 -- along with a single Kentucky Oaks Future

Wager (KOFW) pool which will coincide with KDFW Pool 3 -- will be three-day

pools that open at noon (ET) on Thursday. But in a change this year, each pool

will close on Saturday afternoon prior to post time of a designated race on the

"Road to the Kentucky Derby" or "Road to the Kentucky Oaks." Previously, the

KDFW pools opened on a Friday and closed on Sunday at 6 p.m.

The dates for the four Kentucky Derby Future Wager pools leading up to Derby

140 are:

The date for the only Kentucky Oaks Future Wager pool is:

Wagering on the Kentucky Derby and Oaks Future Wager will be offered at

Churchill Downs and racetracks throughout North America; via

TwinSpires.com, the

official online wagering site of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs Inc.;

other advance deposit wagering sites; and simulcast centers and off-track

wagering sites.

Wagering interests for the Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool were selected by

a panel consisting of veteran turf writer Gary West; Daily Racing Form

West Coast Correspondent and HRTV analyst Brad Free, Brisnet Director of

Marketing Ed DeRosa, and Churchill Downs' John Asher.

Real-time odds and other information on the KDFW are available at the

official event Web site at

www.KentuckyDerby.com,

and information on the KOFW is available at

www.KentuckyOaks.com.

KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER

POOL 1

Bet Horseracing Free Online at TwinSpires.com