Breeders’ Cup 2021 Odds, Classic Picks, Tips & Betting Preview

The 2021 Breeders' Cup will be held at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Friday and Saturday. The card will feature five races restricted to 2-year-olds and nine races on Saturday, capped by the $6 million Breeder's Cup Classic.

Del Mar hosted the Breeders' Cup for the second time in 2017. Only two betting favorites won, none on the dirt. Southern California-based horses fared worse than expected. European-born horses won more races than their home-bred counterparts.

Only two betting favorites won, none on the dirt. Southern California-based horses fared worse than expected in their home environment, winning just three races. European-born horses won just as many races as the ones from Southern States. Classic winner Gun Runner was the only horse to win wire to wire.

Life is Good is the favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. He has four wins in five career starts. Life is good was on the Triple Crown trail until he was sidelined by a hind-end injury.

Essential Quality is the morning-line favorite for the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Essential Quality's only loss was the Kentucky Derby. His trainer Brad Cox won four Breeder's Cup races last year.

Tarnawa won last year's Breeders Cup Turf at nearly 5-1. Since then, she has started three times in Europe with a win and two seconds. The most recent runner-up finish was in the prestigious Arc de Triomphe on Oct. 3.

Corniche is the favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Jack Christopher has slightly higher speed figures. Corniche has led every step in each of his two starts and has handled two turns.

Loves Only You is a 5-1 shot in morning-line odds for the Filly & Mare Turf at the Breeders' Cup. She won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin in Hong Kong and came third in Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan.

Bob Baffert has eight horses entered in the Breeders’ Cup. He has been suspended by Churchill Downs after this year”s Run for the Roses. Bafert will be subject to additional levels of scrutiny, screening and testing.

All 14 Breeders’ Cup races will be run free of medication. Chad Brown has trained 15 Breeder's Cup winners. Christophe Clemente and Kenny McPeek have combined to win nearly 4,000 career races and more than 300 graded stakes. Neither has ever won a BreedERS' Cup race. New to the 2021 Breedering's Cups wagering menu is the All-Turf Pick 4 on Saturday.

All 14 Breeders’ Cup races will be run free of medication. Chad Brown has trained 15 Breeder's Cup winners. Christophe Clemente and Kenny McPeek have combined to win nearly 4,000 career races and more than 300 graded stakes. Neither has ever won a BreedERS' Cup race. The Late Pick 4 and Late pick 5 on Saturday offer guaranteed pools of at least $2 million.