Preview: Breeders' Cup Classic, Distaff & Turf Races

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00:00Let's take a little peek in at some of the big races for next week.

00:07Alexa, three of the biggest races on Saturday are going to be the Breeders' Cup Distaff,

00:11the Breeders' Cup Turf, and the Breeders' Cup Classic.

00:13They're actually going to go as races 6, 7, and 8 because the schedule has been altered

00:17a little bit for television.

00:18We want to make sure that everybody can see the main events and the really big races on

00:22Saturday.

00:23So, let's talk a little bit about the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

00:26The way it's shaped up throughout most of the year now, it kind of feels like we have

00:31a real top two.

00:33You've got the best of the three-year-old fillies.

00:34That's been Torpedo Anna all year long.

00:36She faced the boys and she's just dominated her division.

00:40And then you've got Idiomatic, last year's winner, who's been an older horse in the older

00:44filly and mare division.

00:46So you've got kind of what we hope for in the Breeders' Cup, where you get this matchup

00:49of horses in different age groups coming together.

00:53Really does feel like those are the top two.

00:55It really does.

00:56So, Idiomatic, such a player.

00:58Like you said, won this last year.

01:00Pretty much all 17 races, she's won.

01:03She's gone to the lead 17 races.

01:06She's won.

01:07I mean, this is a powerhouse horse.

01:08You know, she's gone to the lead and wired the field, so going to be a major player.

01:12Like you said, Torpedo Anna, that is probably the horse I'm personally most excited to watch.

01:17She just showed us so much grit when she went up against the boys in the Traverse in August

01:22and just barely lost.

01:23It was painful, but very exciting.

01:26The other one I am interested in is Raging Sea in here, another interesting contender

01:30who's coming off of three straight wins.

01:32Yeah, she's at least shown that she can jump up and compete with those top couple when

01:36the race circumstances are to her liking.

01:38So it does feel like we have that top two, but as happens in horse racing, when crazy

01:43things happen, maybe those two go after each other early and it could set up for someone

01:47coming from off the pace a little bit.

01:49There's a little early preview of the Distaff.

01:51Let's flip to the Breeders' Cup turf.

01:53This one feels a little bit more wide open here, I think, especially when you have a

01:57lot of European horses.

01:59You have horses coming from Japan.

02:00You and I were talking before we started about Shariar, who was very good last year and makes

02:05an awesome appearance out on track.

02:07Who are a couple of the horses that you wanted to mention in the turf?

02:10Yeah, this race in the past 25 years, 20 of the winners have come from Europe and in the

02:16past 10 years, seven of them have been European horses who are making their first start in

02:20the US ever in the Breeders' Cup.

02:23So, I mean, European racing long on the turf, that's just what they do best and they tend

02:27to come and dominate us in this race.

02:29But Rebels Romance has entered here, who won this race in 2022, didn't return last year,

02:35but is coming back and has had a really powerful six-year-old year, winning four out of five

02:40of his starts this year, three of them group ones all overseas.

02:43So that'll be interesting to see him run again.

02:46And like you said, Shariar, interesting contender from the Japanese contingent who finished

02:52third in this last year.

02:53If you're looking at the US-based horses, Farbridge would probably be one of the best

02:58chances for the US runners.

03:00He's just gotten really, really good this year.

03:02And he has tactical speed, which is nice and kind of put himself pretty close in the race

03:06if he has to.

03:07So that one fits pretty well as you take a look at some of the top contenders for the

03:12Breeders' Cup turf.

03:13Now let's flip to the main event.

03:15The Classic is going to go as race number eight and they made it like right in the middle

03:20of the wagering menu.

03:21So it'll be the end of a lot of the early big exotic wagers.

03:24It'll start some of the late exotic wagers.

03:26This is the one race you really want to be right about next week on Saturday.

03:30European horse who's very highly regarded is City of Troy.

03:34You have some nice Japanese runners like Forever Young, who we all saw in the Kentucky Derby.

03:40This is a strong group lining up for the Breeders' Cup Classic, Alexa.

03:44It really is.

03:45And just to paint the picture for y'all, I mean, this race awards $7 million.

03:51I mean, when we say it's the main event, it is the main event.

03:54And you know, of the 16 potential runners, there are only four who've already earned

03:58less than a million.

03:59None of them have earned less than $700,000.

04:01We have two horses in here who've won $12 and $16 million.

04:04So I mean, these are the most accomplished of the accomplished.

04:09Fierceness is likely going to be favorite or second favorite in here.

04:13He's been a factor in pretty much every major race this year, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile

04:18last year, and was the two-year-old champion.

04:21If he wins the Classic, he'll be the only horse to ever win both the Juvenile and the

04:25Classic.

04:26He's just so talented.

04:28Sierra Leone also going to be in here, who's undeniably one of the best horses in the country.

04:33He lost the Derby by a nose and has never been off the board.

04:37He has a powerful acceleration and turn of foot.

04:41He's given 10 to 1 odds likely, which is longer than we've ever seen, and he's been the favorite

04:47in almost every career start so far.

04:49Because it's such a competitive race, we get long odds on really good horses.

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