News Release _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Darren Rogers Senior Director, Communications & Media Services Churchill Downs Racetrack (502) 636-4461 (office) (502) 345-1030 (mobile) ‘ALL OTHERS’ 3-1 FAVORITE, LIFE IS GOOD 7-1 SECOND CHOICE AT CONCLUSION OF KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER POOL 3 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021) – With the Kentucky Derby 11 weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 3-1 favorite in Pool 3 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW), and Sham Stakes (GIII) winner Life Is Good was the 7-1 second betting choice. Life Is Good, who closed as the 5-1 individual favorite in Pool 1 and 7-1 individual choice in Pool 2, was a narrow but fast winner of the one-mile Sham at Santa Anita on Jan. 2. He is expected to make his next start in the March 6 San Felipe (GII) for six-time Kentucky Derby winner Bob Baffert. The Brad Cox-trained 2-year-old champion Essential Quality, perfect in three starts after winning the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in November, closed at odds of 8-1 for the third time in as many future wager pools. He is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s rescheduled Southwest (GIII) at Oaklawn Park. The Shug McGaughey-trained 5 ¾-length Holy Bull (GIII) winner Greatest Honour was close behind at 9-1. Other horses that garnered attention from bettors include 8 ½-length maiden winner Prevalence (14-1), 10 ¼-length Smarty Jones winner Caddo River (15-1), Risen Star (GII) winner Mandaloun (16-1) and San Vicente (GII) winner Concert Tour (17-1). Horses in order of the public’s betting choice (with trainer, Pool 3 odds and $2 Win will pays): #24 “All Other 3-Year-Olds” (3-1, $8.60); #13 Life Is Good (Bob Baffert, 7-1, $17.40); #5 Essential Quality (Brad Cox, 8-1, $18.80); #8 Greatest Honour (Shug McGaughey III, 9-1, $21.80); #18 Prevalence (Brendan Walsh, 14-1, $31.80); #1 Caddo River (Brad Cox, 15-1, $33); #14 Mandaloun (Brad Cox, 16-1, $34.60); #3 Concert Tour (Bob Baffert, 17-1, $36.60); #12 Keepmeinmind (Robertino Diodoro, 25-1, $52.20); #19 Risk Taking (Chad Brown, 25-1, $52.40); #15 Medina Spirit (Bob Baffert, 25-1, $53); #11 Jackie’s Warrior (Steve Asmussen, 26- 1, $55.20); #4 Dream Shake (Peter Eurton, 28-1, $58.60); #6 Fire At Will (Mike Maker, 30-1, $62.60); #2 Candy Man Rocket (Bill Mott, 35-1, $73.60); #10 Hot Rod Charlie (Doug O’Neill, 35-1, $73.60); #9 Highly Motivated (Chad Brown, 37-1, $77); #23 The Great One (Doug O’Neill, 38-1, $79.80); #21 Senor Buscador (Todd Fincher, 39-1, $81.60); #16 Midnight Bourbon (Steve Asmussen, 41-1, $84.20); #20 Roman Centurian (Simon Callaghan, 41-1, $85); #7 Freedom Fighter (Bob Baffert, 52-1, $106.80); #22 Swiftsure (Steve Asmussen, 74-1, $150.20); and #17 Nova Rags (Bill Mott, 91-1, $184.40). Total handle for the Feb. 12-14 KDFW pool – the third of five scheduled wagering pools in advance of the 147th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (GI) on Saturday, May 1 – was $388,987 ($278,397 in the Win pool and $110,590 in Exactas). Dates for the remaining 2021 Kentucky Derby future pools are March 5-7 (Pool 4) and March 26-28 (Pool 5). The lone Kentucky Oaks Future Wager will coincide with Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. -more- Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3 Recap Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 Page 2 of 2 Visit www.KentuckyDerby.com/FutureWager for more information. ABOUT CHURCHILL DOWNS RACETRACK Churchill Downs Racetrack (“CDRT”), the world’s most legendary racetrack, has been the home of The Kentucky Derby, the longest continually held annual sporting event in the United States, since 1875. Located in Louisville, CDRT features a series of themed race days during Derby Week, including the Kentucky Oaks, and conducts Thoroughbred horse racing during three race meets in the Spring, September, and the Fall. CDRT is located on 175 acres and has a one-mile dirt track, a 7/8-mile turf track, a stabling area, and provides seating for approximately 60,000 guests. The saddling paddock and the stable area has barns sufficient to accommodate 1,400 horses and a 114-room dormitory for backstretch personnel. CDRT also has a year-round simulcast wagering facility. www.ChurchillDowns.com. -END- .