Breeders’ Cup Classic Contenders

Here’s a look at the current list of contenders for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic.

There’s 20 days until the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be run at Keeneland for the first time, and with all the “Win and You’re In” challenge races completed it’s time to get down the the business of handicapping.

Breeders’ Cup Picks

We’ll have the complete analysis for all 13 of the Breeders’ Cup races along with the morning line odds and picks coming your way over the next two weeks.

Classic Contenders

Here’s the list of contenders in no particular order starting with American Pharoah the first ever Triple Crown winner to compete in the Breeders’ Cup Classic or any Breeders’ Cup race in the history of the event.

American Pharoah

Beholder

Hard Aces

Honor Code

Smooth Roller

Tonalist

Coach Inge

Effinex

Frosted

Gleneagles

Hoppertunity

Keen Ice

Note: Beholder is the only female runner currently listed as a contender for the Classic.

Beholder in the Breeders’ Cup Classic

The last time an older female horse ran in the Classic was in 2010 when Zenyatta finished second to Blame at Churchill Downs losing by the narrowest of margins. In 2009 Zenyatta won the Breeders’ Cup Classic run at Santa Anita making her the first female runner to win America’s richest horse race.

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