'All Others,' Fierceness Lead Derby Future Wager Pool 3

With the Kentucky Derby (G1) less than 15 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of "All Other Colts and Geldings from the 2021 Foal Crop" closed as the 2-1 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Breeders' Cup Juvenile (GI) winner Fierceness  was the 8-1 second choice.

Repole Stable's Fierceness, trained by two-time Kentucky Derby winner Todd Pletcher, is expected to be crowned last year's champion 2-Year-Old Male at Thursday night's Eclipse Awards. He is on target to make his 3-year-old debut in the $250,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) over 1 1/16 miles Feb. 3 at Gulfstream Park.

Other horses who attracted mild interest from bettors: Remsen Stakes (G2) runner-up Sierra Leone  (13-1); Dornoch  (15-1), the Remsen winner and full brother to 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage  ; Breeders' Cup Juvenile third Locked  (18-1); recent Gulfstream Park maiden winner Conquest Warrior  (18-1); and Gun Runner and Lecomte Stakes (G3) winner Track Phantom  (18-1).

Horses in order of the public's betting choice (with trainer, sire, Pool 3 odds and $2 Win Will Pays):

#40 "All Other 3-Year-Olds from 2021 Foal Crop" (2-1, $6.88).

#15 Fierceness (Pletcher, City of Light  , 8-1, $18.64);

#31 Sierra Leone (Chad Brown, Gun Runner  , 13-1, $28.18);

#11 Dornoch (Danny Gargan, Good Magic  , 15-1, $32.82);

#23 Locked (Pletcher, Gun Runner, 18-1, $38.46);

#9 Conquest Warrior (Shug McGaughey III, City of Light, 18-1, $38.92);

#38 Track Phantom (Steve Asmussen, Quality Road  , 18-1, $39.12);

#17 Honor Marie  (Whit Beckman, Honor Code , 25-1, $52.20);

#20 Knightsbridge  (Bill Mott, Nyquist  , 26-1, $54.36);

#7 Catching Freedom  (Brad Cox, Constitution  , 28-1, $59.28);

#36 Timberlake  (Cox, Into Mischief  , 30-1, $63.74);

#13 El Capi  (Rick Dutrow Jr., Maclean's Music  , 33-1, $69.70);

#16 Forever Young  (Yoshito Yahagi, Real Steel , 34-1, $70.54);

#25 Nash  (Cox, Medaglia d'Oro  , 35-1, $73.16);

#5 Carbone  (Asmussen, Mitole  , 36-1, $75.98);

#4 Born Noble  (Pletcher, Constitution, 41-1, $85.54);

#28 Parchment Party  (Mott, Constitution, 51-1, $104.30);

#26 Otello  (Christophe Clement, Curlin  , 59-1, $121.12);

#3 Book'em Danno  (Derek Ryan, Bucchero  , 67-1, $137.08);

#32 Snead  (Brendan Walsh, Nyquist, 69-1, $141.40);

#22 Liberal Arts  (Bobby Medina, Arrogate, 72-1, $146.32);

#2 Ari's Magic  (Clement, Good Magic, 74-1, $151.32);

#35 The Wine Steward  (Mike Maker, Vino Rosso  , 77-1, $156.46);

#18 Imperial Gun  (Asmussen, Gun Runner, 80-1, $162.38);

#8 Change of Command  (Shug McGaughey III, Into Mischief, 83-1, $169.30);

#14 Ethan Energy  (Cox, Uncle Mo  , 83-1, $169.66);

#39 Tuscan Sky  (Pletcher, Vino Rosso, 88-1, $179.00);

#27 Otto the Conqueror  (Asmussen, Street Sense  , 91-1, $184.38);

#30 Resilience  (Mott, Into Mischief, 93-1, $189.60);

#37 Time for Truth  (Ron Moquett, Omaha Beach  , 93-1, $189.96);

#33 Stretch Ride  (Dale Romans, Street Sense, 95-1, $192.22);

#1 Amante Bianco  (Keisuke Miyata, Henny Hughes , 104-1, $211.44);

#19 Just Steel  (Wayne Lukas, Justify  , 107-1, $216.02);

#10 Deterministic  (Clement, Liam's Map  , 107-1, $216.88);

#29 Real Men Violin  (Kenny McPeek, Mendelssohn  , 123-1, $249.12);

#24 Merit  (Saffie Joseph Jr., Mastery , 129-1, $261.56);

#6 Cardinale  (Pletcher, Speightstown, 152-1, $307.84);

#34 Stronghold  (Phil D'Amato, Ghostzapper  , 204-1, $410.40);

#21 Lat Long  (McPeek, Liam's Map, 222-1, $446.24); and

#12 Drum Roll Please  (Cox, Hard Spun  , wagering suspended Friday night because of injury).

Total handle for the Jan. 19-21 KDFW pool—the third of six scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4—was $334,472 ($254,977 in the Win pool and $79,495 in Exactas, a 7% increase from last year's $312,906 ($244,700 in the Win pool and $68,207 in Exactas).

A total of $809,662 has been bet on Derby future wagers compared to $623,660 at this stage last year—a 30% surge.

Inaugurated in 1999, the Kentucky Derby Future Wager has been offered for a 26th consecutive year.

Other Future Wager dates are set for Feb. 16-18 (Pool 4); March 15-17 (Pool 5); April 4-6 (Pool 6). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 5.

Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information.