Breeders' Cup 2020 Post Positions, Odds for all 14 races
The fields for the $28 million Breeders' Cup championships at Keeneland were drawn Monday afternoon. Authentic, Swiss Skydiver and Tiz The Law are the favourites to win.
The Breeders' Cup Classic takes place on Saturday at 5:13 p.m. ET. Tom's d'Etat is trying to become the first winner older than age 5. Improbable, Maximum Security and Authentic are the horses representing trainer Bob Baffert. Belmont Stakes winner Tiz The Law is in post 15. The horses are easy to ride. The jockeys will work it out. Al Stall Jr. is glad Impro probable is far away from him. He is not worried about the outside posts.
$4 million Turf – 1 1/2 miles – Saturday, 4:33 p.m. ET. Magical and Mogul are the favorites to win. Aidan O’Brien and his Coolmore stable won the Turfing in 2015.
Monomoy Girl and Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver are the favorites for the $2 million Distaff at Breeders' Cup 2020. Monomoy is coming off a Grade 1 victory last month in the La Troienne at Churchill Downs. SwissSkydivers trainer Kenny McPeek texted that he is pleased with the post position he drew for his horse.
The 2019 winner and the reigning U.S. champion female turf horse Uni is back at age 6 for trainer Chad Brown. Kameko, a Kitten's Joy colt that was a 10-1 winner in England’s 2,000 Guineas, may provide Uni's stiffest European challenge. Ivar, the Brazilian-bred winner of last month's Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), is the morning-line favorite.
$2 million Sprint – 6 furlongs is Saturday at 2:36 p.m. ET. Vekoma, trained by George Weaver, is 5-for-5 at up to 8 fursongs. Yaupon, 3, has not raced since he won the Met Mile (G1) in July.
The $2 million Filly & Mare Turf is Saturday, 1:57 p.m. ET. It has been won by a European or a Chad Brown trainee each of the last nine years. Rushing Fall scored for Brown three years ago in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turfing. Tarnawa won impressively on the softest of ground last month in Prix de l”Opéra (G1) in France.
$1 million Dirt Mile takes place on Saturday at 1:18 p.m. ET. The inside post position is important for the inside horses. Tommy Drury's colt Art Collector drew the rail.
$1 million Turf Sprint – 5 1/2 f – Saturday, 12:39 p.m. ET. Leinster and Imprimis are the favorites.
$1 million Filly & Mare Sprint – 7 f – Saturday, 12:02 p.m. ET. Gamine is a filly that failed a drug test in the Kentucky Oaks. She has won three of her five starts for trainer Bob Baffert.
$2 million Juvenile – 1 1/16 miles – Friday, 5:10 p.m. ET. Jackie's Warrior is the favorite for the Kentucky Derby. He has won all four of his races and led at every call in his last three starts. Essential Quality has also won both his starts for Brad Cox.
$1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf – 1 mile – Friday, 4:30 p.m. ET. Americans have won 10 of the 12 runnings of this race. Chad Brown has trained five of them. Aunt Pearl won the 1 1/16-mile Jessamine (G2) last month at Keeneland. Wesley Ward’s frontrunner Campanelle is stateside again after winning a Group 1 race this summer in France. Christophe Clément has a contender in undefeated Grade 2-winning closer Plum Ali.
Princess Noor is a record 3-for-3 for Bob Baffert. She won the Del Mar Futurity and the Chandelier. This will be her first start outside southern California.
Todd Pletcher's Mutasaabeq won the Bourbon Stakes last month. Aidan O'Brien's Battleground is a 12-time winner in the championships.
Golden Pal is short-priced in foreign futures for the first of the 14 Breeders’ Cup races. He will be out to give trainer Wesley Ward his second consecutive victory in this race.
