Churchill Downs has announced the dates for the 2006 Kentucky Derby (G1) Future Wager and Kentucky Oaks (G1) Future Wager pools, with the first pool being moved up to January.

The Derby and Oaks pools will be conducted simultaneously during three four-day periods running from Thursday through Sunday. The first pool will be from January 26-29, the second from March 2-5, and the third from April 6-9.

In previous years, the first Derby Future Wager pool was conducted in February. But this year’s pool has been moved to January as Churchill attempts to keep a one-month separation between each pool.