Weekend Winners Club

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Friday, January 21, 2022.   Futures Pool 2 for the 2022 Kentucky Derby begins today and runs through Sunday.  Odds lock at the end of each betting day. The ML favorite is entry #24 the field (all other 3yo’s) at 7-5, meaning Corniche or another Baffert-trained horse to be named later.

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First you’ll want to look at the Derby Futures Pool Grid to follow along with what we’re talking about here, and then to make your own great futures picks.

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Somewhat surprisingly is that top points earner and BC Juvenile runner-up Pappacap is not the favorite among individual entries, checking in at 20-1 on the ML.  He’s running in the Lecomte G3 on Saturday, so if you expect him to win that, bet him by Friday night to lock in the odds.  Epicenter and Trafalgar are also running in the Lecomte, so the same can be said for them.

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The individual ML favorite is Smile Happy at 8-1, who has done nothing wrong in winning both his races. Last out he won the KYJC G2, beating two others listed in the futures.  Kenny McPeek has 3 other entries here, including Dash Attack, winner of both including the Smarty Jones, Rattle N Roll, winner of the Breeders’ Futurity G1, and Tiz the Bomb, a G2 turf winner and runner-up in the BCJ Turf G1.

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Chad Brown’s pair of G1 winner Jack Christopher at 10-1 and Zandon at 12-1 also look solid and the latter would have won the Remsen if the race weren’t so slow up front.

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Doug O’Neill’s only entry, Slow Down Andy showed no signs of slowing down in the Los Alamitos Futurity G1, his first two turn race.

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Todd Pletcher has 5 entries in this pool, including 4 at 50-1!! There’s nothing wrong with any of these except that the unknown of not having run in recent months, but 3 of them won at first asking and Major General won a G3 at Churchill last year.

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Of course, Baffert doesn’t have any in the field because Churchill Downs Inc refuses to allow him to race or earn any Kentucky Derby points since they have suspended him from anything Derby related.

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This should all give you some food for thought and kick start your weekend into making some educated futures wagers on some Kentucky Derby horses early.  Make sure you also consult the Derby Double Dozen to see how I have them ranked. Good luck!

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Remember, you can get the Grid for all the great tracks and races for every race day you desire right here at this link.

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Also don’t forget that all the Kentucky Derby info you need can be accessed from the Kentucky Derby Central page.

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