Churchill Downs announces dates, four Kentucky Derby Future Wagers scheduled

Churchill Downs announces dates, four Kentucky Derby

Future Wagers scheduled

Churchill Downs Racetrack has established dates for this year's Kentucky

Derby Future Wager (KDFW), and for the second consecutive year four wagering

pools will be featured.

Future Wager dates for the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby are:

KDFW Pool 1:		Friday, November 28 through Sunday, November 30		(22 weeks in advance of Derby)
KDFW Pool 2:		Friday, February 6 through Sunday, February 8		(12 weeks in advance of Derby)
KDFW Pool 3:		Friday, February 27 through Sunday, March 1		(nine weeks in advance of Derby)
KDFW Pool 4:		Friday, March 27 through Sunday, March 29		(five weeks in advance of Derby)

Each pool will be open for three days starting on a Friday at noon (ET) and

closing on Sunday at 6 p.m.

The Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (KOFW) for three-year-old fillies will run

concurrently with KDFW Pool 3 from Friday, February 27 through Sunday, March 1,

but will close a half-hour later at 6:30 p.m.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will be offered for the

17th consecutive year. The Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, introduced in 2003, is

entering its 13th year.

The Future Wagers offer racing fans an opportunity to wager on potential

contenders well in advance of those races at odds that could be significantly

more attractive than those available on the days. For example, California Chrome

was the 5-2 favorite on Derby Day this year and paid $7 to win, but the payoffs

in KDFW Pools 2-4 were significantly greater: $63.40 (Pool 2), $67.60 (Pool 3)

and $20.80 (Pool 4). Additionally, he paid $3.60 as part of the pari-mutuel

field in Pool 1. Also, Untapable won the Oaks as the even-money favorite ($4) on

race day but generated a $12 win-payoff in the KOFW.

The Future Wager is a $2 minimum win bet, and exacta betting also is offered.

The minimum exacta wager is $2 but is available in $1 increments in the form of

an exacta box or wheel or part-wheel combinations that total at least $2.

Each pool will feature 24 wagering interests that include 23 individual

horses and a pari-mutuel field known by many fans as the "All Others" bet. No

scratches or betting refunds are permitted in either wager but wagering on an

individual 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.

The fields for the Future Wager pools will be selected by a committee and

will be announced on the Tuesday preceding the start of the wager. Real-time

odds will be presented on

KentuckyDerby.com.

Betting on the four KDFW pools last year totaled $1,324,466 -- $273,174 in

Pool 1; $380,249 in Pool 2; $334,326 in Pool 3; and $336,717 in Pool 4 -- plus

another $81,234 was wagered on the KOFW.

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