Breeders' Cup Classic Futures

 The 2022 Breeders' Cup horse racing event will cover both Friday, Nov. 4 and Saturday, Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. Friday is earmarked for two-year fillies and colts highlighted by the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Saturday is reserved for horses three and older running on turf and dirt.

The featured event on Saturday is the Breeders' Cup Classic. The Grade 1 BC Classic will cover 1 1/4 miles on dirt and the price purse is $6 million. The list of  early entries and their future odds to win this race are listed below:

Flightline -150

Epicenter +575

Life Is Good +700

Taiba +1000

Hot Rod Charlie +1800

Olympiad +1800 

Cyberknife +2000

Country Grammer +2500

Defunded +2800

Zandon +3300

Rich Strike +3300

Happy Saver +3300

Americanrevolution +3300

Flightline is predicted to be a morning line favorite and BetOnline has futures of -150 odds on winning this race. The trainer is John Sadler and the jockey is Flavien Prat. The four-year colt won the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Sept. 3. On June 11 of this year, he won the Grade 1 Metropolitan Stakes at Belmont Park in Long Island, New York.

The second choice is Epicenter going off at +575 odds. The three-year old Kentucky-bred colt was the favorite in the Kentucky Derby but he finished second behind Rich Strike. The son of Not This Time won the Grade 2 Jim Dandy and the Grade 1 Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course this summer. Epicenter is a nice complement to Flightline in the exacta portion of this race.

Life Is Good makes sense at finishing in the money but Hot Rod Charlie is a value bet in taking his place. Trained by Doug O'Neill and ridden by jockey Tyler Gaffalione, Hot Rod Charlie could be a steal to finish third at +1800 odds. Cyberknife at +2000 and Zandon at +3300 could make things interesting if the breakers fall their way. 

The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic is the final event that brings together an entire horse racing card spread over two days in early November. The Breeders' Cup offers competition from 16 different country of the world and 14 championship divisions.