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Just a week-and-a-half away from the world's richest horse race, here's an updated look at Bovada future bet options for the $16 million Pegasus World Cup, set to be run on Saturday, January 27 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. Ten runners have been confirmed to date.

The racing season at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas is underway, and Monday the track hosts its first Kentucky Derby points race with the running of the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes. Seven three-year-old colts are expected to go to the gate looking to score Derby qualifying points.

One of two races this weekend offering Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers, the (G3) LeComte Stakes is set to go on Saturday from Fair Grounds Race course in New Orleans. The LeComte has drawn a full field of 14 to race one mile and 70 yards for a purse of $200,000.

The UK's most prestigious distance race on the flat is on the schedule this week in Bovada's future bets. Set to be run on June 21, 2018, the Ascot Gold Cup is open to horses age four and older, tasked with racing just over 2 miles and 3 furlongs on the Royal Ascot turf.

Held two weeks after the Kentucky Derby at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, Maryland, the 2018 Preakness Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, May 19. The race almost always includes the Derby winner, a handful of other Derby runners, and several "new shooters" all trying to win the second leg of the US Triple Crown of racing.

The richest jump race in the world, the famous Grand National at Aintree is on tap this week in the Bovada future bets watch. As of today, Bovada is offering 32 betting interests for the April 7, 2018 race, where they'll go just over four miles and jump 30 fences.

A new option on the Bovada future bets list this week is the 2018 Pegasus World Cup, set to be run on Saturday, January 27 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. It's the world's richest horse race with a total purse of $16 million.

In one of the more interesting non-playoff matchups of the 2017-18 bowl season, Wisconsin and Miami will hook up in the Capital One Orange Bowl December 30 at 8 PM, allowing Miami to play on its home field.

The road to the 2018 Kentucky Derby takes a detour through Oklahoma on Sunday, as for the first time Remington Park's $400,000 Springboard Mile Stakes will award points toward a spot in the Derby. Twelve two-year-old colts are expected to go to the gate for the one-mile run on the Remington dirt.