The buildup is almost over. In the end, the forty first Breeders’ Cup is upon us — offering 14 Breeders’ Cup races to check your handicapping and wagering abilities, plus quite a few supporting occasions, lots of them stakes.
Listed below are some opinions for Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.
Friday, $2 million NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, Race 7, 6:25 p.m. ET
People Scottish Lassie (10) and Immersive (3) are stable however beatable. So let’s go along with a brand new shooter: Japanese invader American Bikini (9). A daughter of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, she is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Paris Lights and has established kind to accompany her engaging pedigree. After a debut second, she received two straight in Japan, each by open lengths.
Picks: 9-3-5-10
Friday, $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Introduced by TAA, Race 9, 7:45 p.m. ET
An abundance of pace within the 1 1/16-mile Breeders’ Cup Juvenile units up the unbeaten late runner Chancer McPatrick (10) to have success. Although all his races have been round one flip, he gives the look of a horse who ought to have little issue with an additional flip and extra distance. He received the one-mile Champagne Stakes and seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes, each Grade 1 races, regardless of adversarial circumstances that will have crushed most horses. He should catch a high quality front-runner in East Avenue (1) to win.
Picks: 10-1-4-5
Saturday, $1 million PNC Financial institution Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Dash, Race 4, 3 p.m. ET
Vahva (4) didn’t run to her potential at Saratoga Race Course this summer time when third within the Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap however appears a bounce-back candidate following a designed break. She runs nicely when recent, and coach Cherie DeVaux is having fun with the best 12 months of her brief coaching profession. Methods and Means (9), a 3-year-old filly, appears her main rival.
Picks: 4-9-10-7
Saturday, $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Basic, Race 8, 5:41 p.m. ET
Japanese star Without end Younger (1) has solely misplaced as soon as in seven begins with that race coming when he was third and impeded down the stretch in a roughly contested Kentucky Derby Introduced by Woodford Reserve His coach, Yoshito Yahagi, received two Breeders’ Cup races the final time Del Mar staged the Breeders’ Cup in 2021. Sierra Leone (11) and Subsequent (14) are different contenders in a Basic wherein Metropolis of Troy (3) is a regression chance in his first race on grime.
Picks: 1-11-14-9
Saturday, $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Race 9, 6:25 p.m. ET
Regardless of two consecutive rear-half finishes, coach Aidan O’Brien has stored the religion in Content material (7), bringing her to the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf even after two disappointing begins in October on moist floor. At an overlaid value, prepared to belief his judgment that she will rebound. Agency floor seems to be what she wishes. She should outrun Moira (10) and Struggle Like Goddess (4).
Picks: 7-10-4-3
Saturday, $2 million Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile Introduced by PDJF, Race 11, 7:45 p.m. ET
Notable Speech (6) bombed on smooth going final out within the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp however is of top of the range on faster floor, having received two Group 1s at a mile this 12 months in Europe. The Charlie Appleby 3-year-old trainee defeated older rivals within the prestigious Sussex Stakes in considered one of his main victories this 12 months.
Picks: 6-12-7-5
