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This year, yes, we’re talking about you, Medina Spirit (4/1). Even if you did finish third in the 2014 Classic.

A Kentucky Derby winner isn’t uncommon yes, we’re talking about you, Authentic. It pits the top older horses in North America against the top 3-year-olds, who usually come out of that spring’s Triple Crown campaign. If it helps, think of the 1 ¼-mile race is an All-Star race. And you become – if you’re a stallion prospect – a better stallion prospect. Regardless, you become part of racing history. Fourteen Classic winners trotted off with Horse of the Year honors, Authentic and Gun Runner – who won the 2017 Classic the last time it ran at Del Mar – being the last two. Win the Classic and you become part of the Horse of the Year discussion, although it isn’t a slam-dunk.

Win any Breeders’ Cup race and you immediately become part of the discussion for post-season honors. Breeders’ Cup Classic a career-defining race It is, however, the Classic, one of the best Thoroughbred races of the year on any continent, which merits a primer on the flagship race of a $31 million flagship weekend for horse racing. Go back to 2018 and you find Accelerate as the last favorite to win, at 2.90/1.įavorites have won twice in the last 10 years: Accelerate and American Pharoah.

He finished second on his home Santa Anita track to 4.60/1 Eastern shipper Vino Rosso. The year before? McKinzie was the 2.90/1 top choice. Your favorite, meanwhile, was 3.20/1 Tiz the Law. He takes 5/2 morning-line favorite status for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic against a wealth of tougher contenders. Knicks Go breezed to victory in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. Indy, Cigar, Skip Away, Ghostzapper, Zenyatta and American Pharoah do. Unless you qualify for legend status, like Ferdinand, Alysheba, A.P. The first thing worth understanding about the Breeders’ Cup Classic is that it’s not kind to favorites.