Breeders’ Cup Classic Preview: Betting on the Favorites

Flightline, Epicenter, Life Is Good, Taiba, and Olympiad are the top betting options at Bovada for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Hot Rod Charlie is 25-1, Cyberknife 33-2, Rich Strike 33/3300, Happy Saver 50-1000, while Hotrod Charlie's odds are 25/2500.

Flightline is the outright favorite at Bovada for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Flightline has won all five races in its racing career. Its E Speed figure is 116.8 and it has an average speed of 119.33. The competitors need a career-best race to match the betting favorite's average. Life Is Good won the Pegasus World Cup (123) and Olympiad won Jockey Club Gold Cup 121.

Flightline has won all five races in its young career. Its E Speed figure is 116.8 and it's 119.33 in Grade 1 races. It's higher than any other horse's E speed figure in only G1 races, except Life Is Good at the Pegasus World Cup (123) and Olympiad in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Flightline is the favorite at the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Every favorite but Taiba has won at least one of the graded races.

Flightline is the favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Every other favorite but Taiba has won at least one graded race.

Epicenter entered the Kentucky Derby as the betting favorite with 7-2 odds. Now they are 11-1 favorites.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic is a dirt track of 1 1/4 miles. Epicenter and Olympiad are the only horses that have consistently raced over a mile. Jockey Joel Rosario has been the most dominant Jockeying at the Breeder”s Cup recently.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic is a dirt track of 1 1/4 miles. Epicenter and Olympiad are the only horses that have consistently raced over a mile. Joel Rosario has been the most dominant Jockey at the Breeder”s“s Classic recently.

Epicenter has never reached the E Speed figures that the other top contenders in this race have. The fastest speed Epicenter achieved was 110 on the scale.

Life Is Good is the favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. It has only lost once in its career, at the H. Allen Jenkins Memorial. Life Is good has beaten Medina Spirit twice and the 2021 Breed”s Cup winner, Knicks Go, in the last two years.

Life Is Good is the favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. It has beaten Medina Spirit twice and the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Knicks Go in the last two years. Life Is good has the second-highest average speed amongst the favorites.

Life Is Good has not won a race since November 22, 2020. Olympiad won the Woodward Stakes on September 5, 2019. Life Is good is the only horse to have raced since the beginning of October.

Life Is Good has been on the horse racing circuit since November 22, 2020. Olympiad has only been racing since September 5, 2019. Life Is good won the Woodward Stakes at the beginning of October.

Taiba is jockeyed by Mike Smith, the winningest jockeying in the history of the Breeders’ Cup. Taiba has been raced five times in its young career, finishing outside the top two once. Mike has won 27 races in World Championships, four of them in BreedERS' Cup Classic.

Taiba has been raced five times in its young career, finishing outside the top two once. Mike Smith has won 27 races in the history of the World Championships, four of them in Breeders’ Cup Classic. His most recent win was in 2016 on the back of Arrogate.

Taiba came in 12th place at the Kentucky Derby. The horse's E-Score of 81 is concerning. Taiba's career E score is 108.75.

Taiba came in 12th place at the Kentucky Derby. The horse's E-Score of 81 is concerning. Taiba's career average is 108.75.

Olympiad has the fifth-best chance to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The colt's most recent race was a victory at the Jockey Club Gold Cup on September 3. E-Score speeds indicate that Olympiads is improving as a horse.

Olivier won the Jockey club gold cup on September 3. He will be coming off two months of rest. E-Score speeds indicate that Olympiad may still be improving as a horse.

Olympiad finished fourth in the most recent race. Life Is Good dominated and came out on top. Olympiads has averaged a third-place finish in all Grade 1 races.

Olympiad finished fourth in the most recent race. Life Is Good dominated and came out on top.