Breeders’ Cup Classic 2022: New futures odds for 24 horses

Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Fierceness held firm as the futuresmarkets' individual favorite, and a 2-for-2 colt trained by Bob Baffertshortened to a strong second choice in Las Vegas to win Kentucky Derby 2024. Nysos, the winner of the Grade 3 Bob Hope Stakes this monthat Del Mar, was cut from 35-1 to 20-1 at Caesars Sportsbook in Nevada.…

The Breeders' Cup, one of horse racing's most prestigious events, returns to Santa Anita racetrack for the 11th time in its 40 years. Nine races are scheduled for Saturday; the highlight of the day is the Breeders' Cup Classic, a 1¼-mile test of speed, stamina and heart that often crowns the Horse of the Year. In a twist this year, the Classic…

A third Las Vegas bookmaker has joined the futures market for Kentucky Derby 2023. The Westgate SuperBook opened a win pool this month with 54horses. Like Caesars Sportsbook and Circa Sports, it listed Eclipse Award-winning, Fountain of Youth(G2) winner Forte as its 3-1 favorite. "We posted those March 12, the day they announced the…

The 2023 Kentucky Derby is now fewer than 90 days away, as the 149th Run for the Roses is set for Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs. It's one of the most bet-on events of the year in all of sports. While most of the betting action will come closer to post time, the 2023 Kentucky Derby futures are already open, giving bettors a chance to get…

Even if a race does not carry qualifying points, if there are 3-year-olds running, it could end up being a prep for Kentucky Derby 2023. In addition to the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, there are six other races Saturday that include 15 horses who already are in the Derby futures market in Las Vegas or are on the verge of being there. Maiden…

Witha second Las Vegas sportsbook getting into the futures mix last week for Kentucky Derby 2023, it did not take long for a new, best-priced favorite tostep forward. Attractingearly action Thursday when Circa Sports launched its Derby futures, Breeders'Cup Juvenile winner Forte was cut right away from an 18-1 opener to 16-1 and then eventually…

Thenames at the top stayed the same, but weekend races led to four new faces and changing prices in the Las Vegas futures market for Kentucky Derby 2023. Tapit Shoes, who broke his maiden on his second try with a 7 1/2-length win going 11/16 miles at Fair Grounds on Saturday, opened at 75-1 at Caesars Sportsbook inNevada. Trained by Brad Cox, the…

Evenas debut winner Arabian Knight held firm as the favorite, one of his stablematesbecame the 14th horse from Bob Baffert's stable to be listed in the Kentucky Derby 2023 futures posted at Caesars Sportsbook in Nevada. Massimo,a $575000 Uncle Mo colt who broke his maiden at Del Mar on Sunday in hisfourth start, opened this week at 135-1. His…

In a decidedly different scenario from most years, trainer Bob Baffert's accomplished 3-year-old colt Taiba isn't likely to be among the betting favorites in the $6 million Classic. Baffert is the leading money winner in Breeders' Cup history and has won the Classic a record four times, and the Zedan Racing Stables colt has two Grade 1 wins on his…

Epicenter in his Oct. 30 work at Keeneland. Coady Photography Breeders' Cup Notes LEXINGTON, Ky.-Keeneland is a busy place this week with horses getting in gallops and schooling in the gate and paddock. Epicenter, Flightline, Happy Saver, Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, Rich Strike and Taiba were all out and about. Epicenter - Winchell…

As the likely starters became more clear, the international futures market for the Breeders' Cup did, too, in the final hours before Wednesday's announcement ofpre-entries. Flightline held firm Wednesday morning at 4-9 (minus 225) for the $6 million Classic onNov. 5 at Keeneland. So, too, did Nest stay put, at 6-5, for the $2 million…

Inwhat might be racing's most competitive division, Nest maintained her position asthe futures favorite for the Breeders' Cup Distaff. But Malathaat is breathingdown her back. Afterboth Todd Pletcher-trained fillies won their races Sunday by open lengths, Nestheld firm at 6-5 (actually plus 135) at Costa Rica-based betting site Bovada towin the 1…

Itmight not have been as impressive as his previous victories, but for Life Is Good, a win is a win. That appeared to be how the betting market reacted to histriumph in the slop Saturday in the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes at Aqueduct. The4-year-old Into Mischief colt shortened from 8-1 to 7-1, the sole third choicein international betting to win…

Asecond Grade 1 victory has put Taiba among the shortest-priced futures favoritesto win the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic. His win Saturday in the Pennsylvania Derby (G1) led an international bookmaker tocut Taiba from 16-1 to 8-1 to win the climactic Nov. 5 race at Keeneland.Trained by Bob Baffert, the 3-year-old colt also won the April renewal…

Itwas not only Flightline. Modern Games also had his odds cut this week as a futuresfavorite for Breeders' Cup 2022. TheGodolphin homebred 3-year-old by Dubawi was shortened from 3-1 to 7-4 to winthe Mile on the grass Nov. 5 at Keeneland. Costa Rica-based Bovada made themove after Modern Games ran away to a 5 1/4-length victory Saturday in…

Flightline held firm as the favorite, Epicenter shortened as the second choice. Life Is Gooddrifted as the third. That was a snapshot of futures betting during the pastweek for the Breeders' Cup Classic. Therewere, however, significant changes in betting for four other divisions attractingaction at the Costa Rica-based bookmaker Bovada, where there…

Flightline'sabsence from the racetrack finally might be creating some value in his futuresfor the Breeders' Cup Classic. Thesame day as he was declared the 2-1 favorite from the nationwide, pari-mutuelwager that ended Sunday, the lightly raced, undefeated colt drifted from 5-2 to3-1 in the reopened odds posted by an international…

Whoknows how much money Las Vegas bookmakers could have pocketed had they opened their Preakness Stakes betting before Monday afternoon's post-position draw? HadNevada casinos posted futures odds last week with the usual rule that all betsare immediate action, they would have held onto more than a few dollars wagered on KentuckyDerby winner Rich…

Gary Portelli's unbeaten colt Sejardan is favourite for the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick on Saturday. Picture: Grant Guy Trainer Lauri Parker's penchant for producing upset results provides hope for her bolter Russian Assassin in the $2 million Inglis Millennium (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Russian Assassin is going to the…

Tadhg Creedon explains why he has invested on two contenders, who are both in action at Newmarket on Saturday, for next year's 1000 and 2000 Guineas. By Tadhg Creedon As Group One action returns to Newmarket's Rowley Mile this week, so do some of the best juveniles in Europe, laying down their claims for possible Classic glory next season. The…

He will be the favorite next week for the Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. But is it too soon to declare Essential Quality the favorite for the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic? Not in the dark recesses of offshore futures. After holding off Hot Rod Charlie in a signature stretch duel to win the Belmont Stakes, Essential Quality burnished his place in…

While I was watching yet another NFL halftime show precede and perhaps trigger a stadium power outage, I went back to my computer window that was locked Thanksgiving morning into the very early betting on the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Four times a year I am thankful for the a-ha, teaching moment that the KDFW provides. And it happened like…

A week ago Code Of Honor was branded as a horse that was regressing. He was regarded as an afterthought in the wide-open quest for the 3-year-old championship that seemed to have passed him by. What a difference a win in the Travers makes. Now Code Of Honor is the second choice in futures betting to win the Breeders' Cup Classic. And he is very…

A full field will greet the starter in this year's G1 Victoria Derby (2500m), with G3 Norman Robinson Stakes (2000m) winner Gunstock drawing horribly in barrier 19. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained colt will jump from barrier 15 - the second-widest alley - with the field consisting of 16 plus four emergencies. Gunstock will be one of two…