Churchill Downs Dates For 2006 Kentucky Derby Oak Future
Wager Pools
The four-day Derby and Oaks Future pools will run concurrently
and, for the first time in the history of either wager, the
first of each of their three pools will be conducted in late
January. Pending final approval , the dates for the 2006 Derby
and Oaks Future Wager pools are:
POOL 1 - Jan. 26-29
POOL 2 - March 2-5
POOL 3 - April 6-9
The Thursday-Sunday pools for both the Derby and Oaks will
open at Noon (all times Eastern) on Thursday. The Kentucky
Derby Future Wager pools will close at 6 p.m. on Sunday and
the Kentucky Oaks Pools will close a half-hour later at 6:30
p.m.
Previously, the opening pools for the Kentucky Derby Future
Wager, which is entering its eighth year, and the Kentucky
Oaks Future Wager, which has been conducted in each of the
last three years, had been scheduled in February. The upcoming
schedule includes a late January opening as Churchill Downs
makes an effort to keep the three pools and the Oaks and Derby
separated by at least a month. The gap between the final pools
of each wager and the Kentucky Oaks, which is set for May
5, and the Derby, which is set for May 6, is just shy of a
month.
The Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks Future Wagers are minimum
$2 wagers and are win bets only. The wagers offer racing fans
the opportunity to bet on Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks
contenders at odds that could be greater than those they would
receive on the day of each race. There are no refunds in either
the KDFW or KOFW.
Winning payouts in all Kentucky Derby and Oaks Future Wager
pools are based on the odds that are in place on each wagering
interest at the conclusion of each respective pool.
Each pool of the Derby and Oaks Future Wagers will include
24 betting interests that include 23 individual horses. The
24th wagering interest for the Derby Future Wager is a mutuel
field that includes all other 3-year-olds. The final betting
interest in the Oaks Future Wager is a mutuel field that includes
all other 3-year-old fillies.
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Statistics
| Winning payout |
Pool 1 |
Pool 2 |
Pool 3 |
Derby payout |
| 2005 (Giacomo) |
$52.00 |
$54.20 |
$103.60 |
$102.60 |
| 2004 (Smarty Jones) |
$5.60 |
$10.80 |
$23.60 |
$10.20 |
| 2003 (Funny Cide) |
$188.00**** |
$120.80 |
$107.40 |
$27.60 |
| 2002 (War Emblem*) |
$7.60 |
$16.00 |
$24.00 |
$43.00 |
| 2001 (Monarchos) |
$36.60 |
$13.00 |
$15.80 |
$23.00 |
| 2000 (Fusaichi Pegasus) |
$27.80 |
$26.40 |
$8.00** |
$6.60 |
| 1999 (Charismatic*) |
$10.20** |
$30.20 |
$26.60 |
$64.60 |
* - Charismatic (1999) and War Emblem (2002) were members of
the mutuel field in all three pools in their respective years
** - Favorite
*** - Single pool wagering record
****Record KDFW win payout