The following post was reprinted with permission from ScoresandStats.com
An Early
Betting Preview of the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile & Classic
This year’s
Breeders’ Cup will be held at Del Mar Race Track in Southern California. The
first five events featuring some of horse racing’s top juvenile colts and
fillies will be held on Friday, Nov. 5. This includes the $2 million TVG
Juvenile for the top two-year old colts in this year’s class. The total prize
money on the line in those first five races is $7 million.
Saturday’s
Breeders’ Cup race card at Del Mar is filled with another nine major graded
events. The total prize money up for grabs across those nine races is another
$21 million. The top event during the two days of racing is the annual
Breeders’ Cup Classic for the ‘best of the best’ in Thoroughbred horse racing.
The Longines
Classic is open to Thoroughbreds three and older. It covers 1 ¼ miles in total
length on the dirt track at Del Mar. The total prize money for this year’s
Classic is $6 million.
For anyone
looking to place a few fixed odds bets on this year’s Breeders’ Cup, most of
the top-rated online sportsbooks have posted futures odds for most of the 14
events. While the actual field for each of these 14 races is still a work in
progress, here is an early look at the favorites to win Friday’s BC Juvenile
and Saturday’s BC Classic.
Friday, Nov.
5- Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
The BC Juvenile
covers 1 1/16 miles on the dirt. At the top of the futures board to win this
race is Jack Christopher at +275 fixed betting odds. He is followed by Cornish
(+300) and Major General (+400) in what should be a very competitive race among
the class of this field.
Rattle N Roll
is on the board at +500 odds with Pinehurst (+600) rounding out the top five.
You could add in Rockerfeller at +800 odds to compete the list of the early
contenders expected to dominate the 2022 Kentucky Derby Trail.
Jack
Christopher is trained by Chad Brown. The son of Munnings has already put
together an impressive racing resume as a two year old. This is highlighted by
a victory in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont on Oct. 2. He covered the
mile on dirt in 1:37.31 past Commandperformance and Wit.
If Brown
decides to run him in the BC Juvenile, look for this Kentucky-bred colt to open
as the morning line favorite.
Cornish would
be another solid pick to finish in the money in this race. Trained by Bob
Baffert, he recently took first place in the Grade 1 American Pharoah Stakes at
Santa Anita Park on Oct. 1. Against a strong field, he covered the 1 1/16 miles
distance on dirt in 1:44.75.
Saturday,
Nov. 6- Breeders’ Cup Classic
Essential
Quality won last year’s BC Juvenile at Keeneland on his way to becoming the
favorite to win the 2021 Kentucky Derby. He came up short in that race with a
fourth-place finish. However, since the Derby, the son of Tapit has won
three-straight major graded events.
Trained by
Brian Cox, he has been opened as a +350 co-favorite to keep that streak alive
by winning the BC Classic.
The other
favorite on the futures board for this race is Knicks Go. Also trained by Cox, the
son of Paynter recently turned some heads by winning the Grade 3 Lukas Classic
Stakes at Churchill Downs on Oct. 2.
As a veteran
five-year old horse bred in Maryland, Knicks Go won last year’s Breeders’ Cup
Dirt Mile. His current winning streak in major graded events this year also
stands at three.
The value pick
on the early board could be Hot Rod Charlie at +750 odds. Kentucky Derby winner
Medina Spirit is an interesting play at +1000 odds.
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