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.
