Eskendereya favored in final Kentucky Derby Future Wager

By: SPORTS NETWORK

 

Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Fountain of Youth champ Eskendereya has been installed as the 5-1 morning-line favorite for the third and final Kentucky Derby Future Wager of 2010. The final Future Wager begins Friday and runs through Sunday.

There are 24 available betting interests in the pool, 23 individual horses and the mutuel field. Wagering starts at noon (et) Friday and concludes Sunday at 6 p.m. (et).

Eskendereya won the Fountain of Youth by more than eight-lengths at Gulfstream Park last month. He is being pointed to the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on April 3.

The 6-1 second choice is Rebel Stakes winner Lookin At Lucky. The colt is expected to make his next start on April 3 in the Santa Anita Derby.

The mutuel field, which includes all three-year-olds not listed in the pool, is 8-1 in the morning-line.

The 136th Kentucky Derby will be conducted on Saturday, May 1 at Churchill Downs.

Here is the complete list of the 24 betting interests for the final Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

Number Wagering Interest Morning line odds Final odds:

1. Aikenite 50-1

2. Alphie's Bet 15-1

3. Awesome Act 15-1

4. Caracortado 20-1

5. Connemara 20-1

6. Conveyance 20-1

7. Discreetly Mine 20-1

8. Dublin 15-1

9. Eskendereya 5-1

10. Homeboykris 50-1

11. Ice Box 12-1

12. Interactif 20-1

13. Jackson Bend 30-1

14. Lookin At Lucky 6-1

15. Make Music for Me 30-1

16. Noble's Promise 12-1

17. Odysseus 20-1

18. Pleasant Prince 20-1

19. Rule 20-1

20. Schoolyard Dreams 30-1

21. Sidney's Candy 15-1

22. Super Saver 20-1

23. Tempted to Tapit 50-1

24. All Other 3YOs (field) 8-1