'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 (JPN) (Yoshito Yahagi, Real Steel (JPN), 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 (JPN) (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.