The buildup is sort of 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 here 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 strong 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 enticing pedigree. After a debut second, she gained two straight in Japan, each by open lengths.
Picks: 9-3-5-10
Friday, $2 million FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Offered by TAA, Race 9, 7:45 p.m. ET
An abundance of velocity 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 problem with an additional flip and extra distance. He gained the one-mile Champagne Stakes and seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes, each Grade 1 races, regardless of antagonistic circumstances that may have overwhelmed 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 season when third within the Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap however appears a bounce-back candidate following a designed break. She runs effectively when contemporary, and coach Cherie DeVaux is having fun with the best yr 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 Eternally 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 Offered by Woodford Reserve His coach, Yoshito Yahagi, gained 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 through which Metropolis of Troy (3) is a regression risk in his first race on dust.
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 worth, keen to belief his judgment that she will be able to rebound. Agency floor seems to be what she wishes. She should outrun Moira (10) and Warfare Like Goddess (4).
Picks: 7-10-4-3
Saturday, $2 million Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile Offered by PDJF, Race 11, 7:45 p.m. ET
Notable Speech (6) bombed on mushy going final out within the Group 1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp however is of top of the range on faster floor, having gained two Group 1s at a mile this yr in Europe. The Charlie Appleby 3-year-old trainee defeated older rivals within the prestigious Sussex Stakes in one among his main victories this yr.
Picks: 6-12-7-5
