Breeders' Cup Big Race: $7 Million Prize and Top Contenders

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00:00We say this is the big one. I mean, there's $7 million on the line for this race, so this

00:08is the big one indeed. And City of Troy is the Morning Line favorite at 5-2 odds. He's

00:13only ever lost one race. He's coming here for Aiden O'Brien, coming off of three Group

00:18One wins in Europe. He's an extremely tactical horse. If you read through his comment lines,

00:23you'll see how he's steady, he's been in difficult positions, and he just responds comfortably

00:27every time. So he's no joke. He's definitely the one to beat, in my opinion, in here. Number

00:32four, Mick Stowe, 30-1 Morning Line odds. This horse, I don't think, really fits. He's

00:382-14 in his life. He did win the Grade One Pacific Classic last out, but that, I don't

00:43think, is going to be comparable to today's level of competition. It really was. So he's

00:49a California-based runner who I don't think is going to be able to hang with the best

00:53in the world. But number five is Senor Buscador, also a long shot at 30-1 odds. Almost a $13

01:00million winner so far who won the Saudi Cup in February. However, he's had three races

01:05since then and has had a little bit of deteriorating form each time. So I am not sure I'm ready

01:12to put my faith in him today. He travels about as much as Berto does, though. Senor Buscador.

01:17Derma Sotogake and Ushba Tesoro, the next two, Roberto, these are really talented horses

01:23and they're kind of coming in in different ways. Derma Sotogake was the classic runner-up

01:27last year, but Ushba Tesoro this year is in a little bit better form. Yeah, definitely.

01:32When you see Derma Sotogake, you say that he finished second behind Wyatt Barrio, but

01:38maybe he's not the same horse that he was last year. Regarding number seven, Ushba Tesoro,

01:45he finished second, remember, in the two richest races on dirt in the world. Saudi

01:49Cup, Dubai World Cup. I will say he's one of the Japan, Japanese horses that holds for

01:56this weekend. And also, he looked great in the mornings. And the question is, will him

02:04and Sierra Leone get the pace that they need? But if he gets it, talking about Ushba Tesoro,

02:12he could become the richest horse in the earning. He's kind of flying under the radar.

02:18He has produced $60 million, over $60 million. Because he was the buzz horse last year coming

02:23into the Breeders' Cup. He was only seven to two in that race and he kind of got a little

02:28bit lost in the race. I think he just got outrun. I love that he's already got that

02:32race under him now and now he's a little more acclimated to the U.S. style and to the North

02:36American style. Regarding number eight, Piran is, I'm not sure either, but she's having

02:41a fantastic year. But this is a whole different group. This is a group of horses. Now Fearness,

02:49number nine, is a whole different game. He's looking great. And one thing about Fearness

02:55is Bletcher loves him to run when he's rested, when he's well rested. He's kind of a small

03:01horse compared with the rest of the other horses here. So that time between the Travers

03:08and now he put some weight, which is looking good. It's Johnny Velasquez. I think it's

03:14a great post position for him. And now that he learned how to run, you know, like kind

03:20of following the pace instead of him being the pace. And he proved a lot of people wrong

03:26this year in that he proved he can put two wins together and run two big races back-to-back.

03:30He proved he can get a mile and a quarter, the distance of the classic. Those are questions

03:33we didn't have. We had to ask about him.

03:36We did an interview. I did an interview with Johnny Velasquez in Kentucky Downs. And Johnny

03:40Stolls, that's what Johnny Stolls, they say, I was telling everybody he doesn't need to

03:47run in the lead. He can follow the lead. He can sit and wait and then pass it. Well, the

03:52last two races, I think he proved that.

03:55We talked about Piranese. We talked about Fearness. It'd be so cool to see like Fearness

03:59forever young, City of Troy. If they all showed up with their best efforts, I don't

04:04know who would be the best, like who has the highest ceiling of them, who's going to take

04:07to the track or get the right trip. But all of them with their A game would be just really

04:12tough to beat in here.

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