Ted Noffey, Into Mischief loom large in KDFW Pool 2 and Sire Future Wager
November 24th, 2025
The father-and-son team of Into Mischief and unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) star Ted Noffey figure to attract plenty of support in their respective Future Wager pools that run concurrently over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Ted Noffey has been installed as the 6-1 individual favorite on the morning line for Pool 2 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager, with the mutuel field of “All Others” the overall choice at 9-5.
Perennial leading sire Into Mischief, responsible for a record-tying three Kentucky Derby (G1) winners, ranks as the overall morning-line favorite at 4-1 in the lone Sire Future Wager.
Both Pool 2 and the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager open at noon (ET) on Thursday and close at 6 p.m. Sunday evening.
| Pool 2 | Opening Odds | Horse | Trainer | Sire |
|---|
1 | 20-1 | Blackout Time | Kenny McPeek | Not This Time |
2 | 40-1 | Boyd | Bob Baffert | Violence |
3 | 10-1 | Brant | Bob Baffert | Gun Runner |
4 | 80-1 | Buetane | Bob Baffert | Tiz the Law |
5 | 80-1 | Cherokee Nation | Bob Baffert | Not This Time |
6 | 99-1 | Chip Honcho | Steve Asmussen | Connect |
7 | 99-1 | Commandment | Brad Cox | Into Mischief |
8 | 60-1 | Confessional | Brad Cox | Essential Quality |
9 | 60-1 | Courting | Todd Pletcher | Curlin |
10 | 60-1 | Desert Gate | Bob Baffert | Omaha Beach |
11 | 50-1 | Dr. Kapur | Saffie Joseph, Jr. | McKinzie |
12 | 40-1 | Englishman | Cherie DeVaux | Maxfield |
13 | 40-1 | Ewing | Mark Casse | Knicks Go |
14 | 20-1 | Further Ado | Brad Cox | Gun Runner |
15 | 99-1 | Gallivant | Ben Colebrook | Into Mischief |
16 | 40-1 | Golden Tornado | Danny Gargan | McKinzie |
17 | 40-1 | Incredibolt | Riley Mott | Bolt d'Oro |
18 | 99-1 | Infiltrate | Brendan Walsh | Oscar Performance |
19 | 99-1 | Into the Beast | Dale Romans | Into Mischief |
20 | 80-1 | Intrepido | Jeff Mullins | Maximus Mischief |
21 | 50-1 | It's Our Time | Tom Amoss | Not This Time |
22 | 99-1 | Litmus Test | Bob Baffert | Nyquist |
23 | 99-1 | Local Knowledge | Todd Pletcher | Yaupon |
24 | 99-1 | Mesquite | Cherie DeVaux | Union Rags |
25 | 80-1 | Mob | Brian Lynch | Gun Runner |
26 | 30-1 | Mr. A. P. | Vladimir Cerin | American Pharoah |
27 | 30-1 | My World | Brad Cox | Essential Quality |
28 | 30-1 | Napoleon Solo | Chad Summers | Liam's Map |
29 | 40-1 | Paladin | Chad Brown | Gun Runner |
30 | 99-1 | Provenance | Bob Baffert | Into Mischief |
31 | 80-1 | Rancho Santa Fe | Brad Cox | Tapit |
32 | 75-1 | Rebel Instinct | Chad Brown | Into Mischief |
33 | 50-1 | Renegade | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief |
34 | 99-1 | Soldier N Diplomat | Steve Asmussen | Army Mule |
35 | 99-1 | Spice Runner | Steve Asmussen | Gun Runner |
36 | 60-1 | Talkin | Danny Gargan | Good Magic |
37 | 6-1 | Ted Noffey | Todd Pletcher | Into Mischief |
38 | 99-1 | Universe | Kenny McPeek | Global Campaign |
39 | 99-1 | White Tiger | Brad Cox | Constitution |
40 | 9-5 | All Other Foals of 2023 |
While Ted Noffey is the leading candidate to give his sire a record fourth Derby hero, Into Mischief has a total of seven individual interests in Pool 2. The others are Bowman Mill S. scorer Gallivant, who is entered in Saturday’s Ed Brown S. at Churchill Downs; recent maiden winners Commandment, Into the Beast, Provenance, and Rebel Instinct; and Renegade, who was first-past-the-post before being demoted to second.
The next most prolific stallion in the field is Gun Runner, sire of five Pool 2 contenders. His quintet includes Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner Brant, third to Ted Noffey in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, and two scheduled to run in Saturday’s Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) on the Road to the Kentucky Derby – 20-length maiden crusher Further Ado and Iroquois (G3) victor Spice Runner.
Post positions for the 2025 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (GII) on the Road to the Kentucky Derby! 🌹 pic.twitter.com/EYAH8Q2kVq
— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) November 22, 2025
Hot young sire Not This Time has three promising youngsters listed in Pool 2 – Blackout Time, runner-up to Ted Noffey in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1) at Keeneland; Saratoga debut romper It’s Our Time, most recently fourth in the Champagne (G1); and Bob Baffert’s Kentucky Jockey Club entrant Cherokee Nation.
Other Pool 2 options set for weekend stakes include Boyd (by Violence) in the Ed Brown and three more in the Kentucky Jockey Club – Street Sense (G3) runner-up Universe, Dr. Kapur (by McKinzie), and Soldier N Diplomat (by Army Mule).
| Sire Future Wager | Opening Odds | Sire |
|---|
1 | 30-1 | American Pharoah |
2 | 99-1 | Army Mule |
3 | 80-1 | Blame |
4 | 30-1 | Blolt d'Oro |
5 | 80-1 | Candy Ride (ARG) |
6 | 99-1 | Charlatan |
7 | 80-1 | City of Light |
8 | 75-1 | Constitution |
9 | 50-1 | Curlin |
10 | 50-1 | Essential Quality |
11 | 99-1 | Goldencents |
12 | 40-1 | Good Magic |
13 | 8-1 | Gun Runner |
14 | 99-1 | Hard Spun |
15 | 99-1 | Independence Hall |
16 | 4-1 | Into Mischief |
17 | 60-1 | Justify |
18 | 40-1 | Knicks Go |
19 | 25-1 | Liam's Map |
20 | 40-1 | Maxfield |
21 | 40-1 | Maximus Mischief |
22 | 40-1 | McKinzie |
23 | 99-1 | Medaglia d'Oro |
24 | 99-1 | Munnings |
25 | 6-1 | Not This Time |
26 | 40-1 | Nyquist |
27 | 60-1 | Omaha Beach |
28 | 99-1 | Oscar Performance |
29 | 99-1 | Practical Joke |
30 | 99-1 | Quality Road |
31 | 80-1 | Street Sense |
32 | 80-1 | Tapit |
33 | 80-1 | Tiz the Law |
34 | 80-1 | Twirling Candy |
35 | 80-1 | Uncloe Mo |
36 | 99-1 | Union Rags |
37 | 99-1 | Vekoma |
38 | 40-1 | Violence |
39 | 75-1 | Yaupon |
40 | 8-1 | All Other Sires |
