Forte Heavily Favored In Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 6 | Ends Before Florida, Arkansas Derbies

The final pool of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager is set to make its 3-day run Thursday-Saturday where Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Forte was tabbed as the solid 5-2 favorite in the field of 39 individual horses plus a 40th option for “All Other 3-Year-Olds” not listed.

Unlike the first 5 future wager pools, Pool 6 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager will close Saturday at 6 p.m. EDT, which is 40 minutes before the Florida Derby (G1) and 1 hour and 50 minutes prior to the Arkansas Derby (G1).

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Forte, the 4-5 odds-on favorite in the Florida Derby, will have his final test Saturday before the Kentucky Derby on May 6. The son of Violence took heavy action in all 5 previous pools of the Future Wager, and he added to his favoritism in his last start when he won the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park.

The full list of entries for Pool 6 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager:

POST	HORSE	TRAINER	M/L ODDS	FINAL ODDS
1	Angel of Empire	Brad Cox	30/1	29/1
2	Arctic Arrogance	Linda Rice	80/1	99/1
3	Blazing Sevens	Chad Brown	50/1	46/1
4	Bourbon Bash	D. Wayne Lukas	99/1	99/1
5	Classic Car Wash	Mark Casse	80/1	99/1
6	Confidence Game	Keith Desormeaux	25/1	29/1
7	Continuar	Yoshito Yahagi	99/1	54/1
8	Cyclone Mischief	Dale Romans	80/1	88/1
9	Derma Sotogake	Hidetaka Otonashi	40/1	13/1
10	Disarm	Steve Asmussen	40/1	33/1
11	Dreamlike	Todd Pletcher	80/1	99/1
12	Dubyuhnell	Danny Gargan	80/1	99/1
13	Fort Bragg	Tim Yakteen	80/1	58/1
14	Forte	Todd Pletcher	5/2	5/2
15	Geaux Rocket Ride	Richard Mandella	20/1	33/1
16	Hayes Strike	Kenny McPeek	80/1	99/1
17	Hit Show	Brad Cox	20/1	30/1
18	I Don't Get It	Doug O'Neill	99/1	99/1
19	Instant Coffee	Brad Cox	20/1	49/1
20	Jace's Road	Brad Cox	80/1	99/1
21	Kingsbarns	Todd Pletcher	20/1	11/1
22	Mage	Gustavo Delgado	80/1	46/1
23	Mandarin Hero	Terunobu Fujita	80/1	99/1
24	Mendelssohns March	Kenny McPeek	99/1	99/1
25	National Treasure	Tim Yakteen	50/1	44/1
26	Practical Move	Tim Yakteen	8/1	14/1
27	Raise Cain	Ben Colebrook	40/1	81/1
28	Red Route One	Steve Asmussen	25/1	24/1
29	Reincarnate	Tim Yakteen	20/1	24/1
30	Rocket Can	Bill Mott	30/1	32/1
31	Shadow Dragon	Bill Mott	99/1	99/1
32	Skinner	John Shirreffs	30/1	49/1
33	Slip Mahoney	Brad Cox	80/1	99/1
34	Sun Thunder	Kenny McPeek	80/1	99/1
35	Tapit Trice	Todd Pletcher	8/1	11/1
36	Two Eagles River	Chris Hartman	99/1	38/1
37	Two Phil's	Larry Rivelli	40/1	21/1
38	Verifying	Brad Cox	30/1	50/1
39	Wild On Ice	Joel Marr	80/1	99/1
40	All Other 3-Year-Olds	N/A	15/1	17/1

Overall there are 14 new interests in Pool 6 from Pool 5:

Arctic Arrogance
Bourbon Bash
Continuar
Derma Sotogake
Dreamlike
Dubyuhnell
Fort Bragg
Hayes Strike
I Don’t Get It
Jace’s Road
Mendelssohns March
Shadow Dragon
Slip Mahoney
Wild On Ice

Wild On Ice, the winner of the $600,000 Sunland Park Derby (GIII), was not originally nominated to the Triple Crown but his connections have paid a $6,000 late Triple Crown nomination for him to become eligible for the series.

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There are no refunds in the Kentucky Derby Future Wagers. Should Churchill Downs officials determine during the duration of this week’s three-day pool that one of the wagering interests has experienced an injury, illness or other circumstance that would prevent the horse from participating in the Kentucky Derby, betting on the individual horse will be suspended immediately.