Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile 2022 Odds, Trends & Ante-Post Pick

The Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile is one of the most interesting races at the Breeder's Cup. Knicks Go won the last edition of this race. The 2020 winner of Dirt Miles is expected to be a star contender to win the Classic in 2022.

Flightline won the G1 Metropolitan in June. There are two more Challenge Series races before the Dirt Mile: Pat O’Brien Stakes (August 27) and Ack Ack Handicap (October 1).

The last two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile have been won by the favorite. Todd Pletcher has trained two winners from four entries in the Dirt Miles. Nine of last ten winners have made 1-2 starts in 90 days before the race.

The last two editions of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile have been won by the favorite. The last ten winners have all been trained in the United States. Todd Pletcher has trained two winners from four entries in Dirt Miles.

Jack Christopher is a superstar. He won the G1 Champagne at two and the Pat Day Mile in May. His latest success was a staggering display, as he hammered Pappacap to win by ten lengths over seven furlongs in the G 1 Woody Stephens.

Flightline has won a Challenge Series race for the Dirt Mile this year. His target is the Breeders’ Cup Classic. He won the G1 Metropolitan by six lengths from Happy Saver.

Life Is Good won the Dirt Mile in 2021 by nearly six lengths from Ginobili. He was stepped up for the G1 Pegasus World Cup at the start of the year and dominated a field including 2021 Classic winner Knicks Go to win by three and a quarter lengths. Life Is good is pointed towards the Classic, but a defeat in the Whitney Stakes could alter those plans.

Jack Christopher is my early Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile 2022 pick. Jack Christopher's three-year-old is an absolute monster.