Best pick BC Classic
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Starcraft...He was originally to run in the Mile
where he would have been 1 of the favorites.
He has been supplemented for 800,000 to run
here in the classic despite never running on dirt.
Very strange...maybe someone knows something...LOL
where he would have been 1 of the favorites.
He has been supplemented for 800,000 to run
here in the classic despite never running on dirt.
Very strange...maybe someone knows something...LOL
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CLASSIC ($4.68 million). Post time: 5:35 p.m.
Breeders' Cup Race Horse Contender: Saint Liam
Favored Saint Liam ran sixth in his only other 1?-mile race.
That phenom from Ireland, Oratorio (12/1), is running in the richest race in North America. Considered a 1-3/4 -mile specialist, Oratorio has won two of three starts at the distance of the Classic and will start from the No. 4 post. But North America has several of its own challengers ready to shut down the import.
Saint Liam (3/1) is the early favorite, coming off an easy victory in the Grade I Woodward, where he captured his 10th straight triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure. He also owns the highest lifetime figure of the field, a 123, earned during his second-place finish to Commentator at Saratoga in August. His weakness may be the distance. Saint Liam, who starts from the 13th post, has run this far only once, finishing sixth in the Santa Anita Handicap behind Rock Hard Ten and Borrego.
History could be on the side of Rock Hard Ten (7/2). The last time the Breeders' Cup was held at Belmont was in 2001 and the Classic was won by Tiznow, a Santa Anita Derby winner who used the Grade I Goodwood as his final prep. Rock Hard Ten also has won the Goodwood at Santa Anita, as well as his three races prior to that one, all graded stakes.
Borrego (4/1) is another Classic entry on a tear. He took the Grade I Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 21 and then the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on Oct. 1.
Starcraft (12/1), the New Zealand runner whose owners had to put up $800,000 to supplement him to the Classic, drew the far outside post 14. His late, supplementary entry pushed the purse above the $4-million plateau.
Look for Choctaw Nation (15/1) to be flying from behind as he did to finish a surprising third in the Dubai World Cup last spring, and the Canadian long shot A Bit O'Gold (50/1) has 10 wins in 17 lifetime starts.
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Breeders' Cup Race Horse Contender: Saint Liam
Favored Saint Liam ran sixth in his only other 1?-mile race.
That phenom from Ireland, Oratorio (12/1), is running in the richest race in North America. Considered a 1-3/4 -mile specialist, Oratorio has won two of three starts at the distance of the Classic and will start from the No. 4 post. But North America has several of its own challengers ready to shut down the import.
Saint Liam (3/1) is the early favorite, coming off an easy victory in the Grade I Woodward, where he captured his 10th straight triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure. He also owns the highest lifetime figure of the field, a 123, earned during his second-place finish to Commentator at Saratoga in August. His weakness may be the distance. Saint Liam, who starts from the 13th post, has run this far only once, finishing sixth in the Santa Anita Handicap behind Rock Hard Ten and Borrego.
History could be on the side of Rock Hard Ten (7/2). The last time the Breeders' Cup was held at Belmont was in 2001 and the Classic was won by Tiznow, a Santa Anita Derby winner who used the Grade I Goodwood as his final prep. Rock Hard Ten also has won the Goodwood at Santa Anita, as well as his three races prior to that one, all graded stakes.
Borrego (4/1) is another Classic entry on a tear. He took the Grade I Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Aug. 21 and then the Grade I Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on Oct. 1.
Starcraft (12/1), the New Zealand runner whose owners had to put up $800,000 to supplement him to the Classic, drew the far outside post 14. His late, supplementary entry pushed the purse above the $4-million plateau.
Look for Choctaw Nation (15/1) to be flying from behind as he did to finish a surprising third in the Dubai World Cup last spring, and the Canadian long shot A Bit O'Gold (50/1) has 10 wins in 17 lifetime starts.
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