2021 BREEDERS' CUP BETTING GUIDE

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Our Breeders Cup' betting guide includes valuable resources on the World Championships that took place at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California on Friday Nov. 5, 2021 and Saturday Nov. 6, 2021.

The two-day event showcased 14 races that had purses ranging from $1M to $6M.

2021 BREEDERS' CUP BETTING RESULTS

DAY 2
(SATURDAY, NOV. 6)

(Win-Place-Show)

• Filly & Mare Sprint - Ce Ce ($14.40, $5.20, $2.40)
• Turf Sprint - Golden Pal ($7.00, $4.60, $3.60)
• Dirt Mile - Life is Good ($3.40, $2.60, $2.20)
• Filly & Mare Turf - Loves Only You ($10.60, $6.20, $4.00)
• Sprint - Aloha West ($24.60, $8.20, $6.00)
• Mile - Space Blues ($6.20, $4.60, $3.40)
• Distaff - Marche Lorraine ($101.80, $41.00, $18.80)
• Turf - Yibir ($19.00, $9.80, $7.20)
• Classic - Knicks Go ($8.40, $6.20, $4.00)

KNICKS GO WINS BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC

Knicks Go set an uncontested lead and captured the $6 Million Breeders’ Cup Classic by 2 3/4 lengths on Saturday Nov. 6 at Del Mar Racetrack.

Jockey Joel Rosario rode the winning horse and helped trainer Brad Cox lock up his first BC Classic victory.

JAPAN HORSES EARN RESPECT

The Breeders' Cup hasn't been kind to horses from Japan but that changed in 2021.

Marche Lorraine edged Dunbar Road by a nose after a photo finish in the Distaff, cashing tickets at a 45/1 price.

Prior to that, Loves Only You captured the Filly and Mare Turf.

Both horses are trained by Yoshito Yahagi and the wins snapped an 0-for-13 skid in the Breeders' Cup.

DAY 1
(FRIDAY, NOV. 5)

(Win-Place-Show)

• Juvenile Turf Sprint - Twilight Gleaming ($12.40, $5.80, $4.60)
• Juvenile Fillies - Echo Zulu ($3.60, $2.60, $2.10)
• Juvenile Fillies Turf - Pizza Bianca ($21.80, $10.40, $6.60)
• Juvenile - Corniche ($4.80, $4.00, $3.40)
• Juvenile Turf - Tiz the Bomb ($17.60, $7.40, $5.20)

CORNICHE WINS BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE

Corniche, the the 7-5 favorite, captured the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and will likely be the early favorite to win the 2022 Kentucky Derby.

The 2-year-old colt won the $2 million race by 1 3/4 lengths at Del Mar on Friday Nov. 5.

Bob Baffert is the trainer of Corniche and he's currently banned from racing at Churchill Downs for two years so the future of this relationship remains uncertain.

CHEF BOBBY FLAY COOKS UP A BC WINNER

Pizza Bianca, owned and bred by celebrity chef Bobby Flay, captured the $1 Million Juvenile Fillies Turf as a 9/2 betting choice.

The win was extra special for trainer Christophe Clement, who snapped an 0-for-41 slump in the Breeders’ Cup

Pizza Bianca won the race by coming from last to first as jockey Jose Ortiz needled his way through a ton of traffic.

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Del Mar will be hosting the Breeders' Cup for the second time since the event began in 1984, the last year being 2017. (AP)

BREEDERS' CUP - HISTORICAL BETTING NOTES

BC FACTS AND FIGURES

-- Favorites are 112 for 360 (31%) in the 37-year history of the event, while those that were odds on favorites (under even money) are 29 for 65 (45%). The 1990 Juvenile Fillies at Belmont produced the shortest price in Breeders’ Cup history when Meadow Star returned $2.40.

-- Only one of the 49 horses that have gone off at 100-1 or higher has hit the board. Arcangues came from the other side of the pond to win the 1993 Classic as the biggest longshot in Breeders’ Cup history, returning $269.20.

-- Inside Information posted the largest margin of victory in Breeders’ Cup history when she walloped her competition by 13 ½ lengths in the 1995 Distaff at Belmont. 23 horses have won by the shortest margin of victory, a nose, including Bar of Gold in the F&M Sprint in 2017.

-- Foreign based runners have had tremendous success in Breeders’ Cup events. They’ve won 70 races overall, including a remarkable 59 of the 137 (43%) run on the grass. They’ve won seven on conventional dirt and four synthetic track races.

-- Zenyatta, Beholder, Secret Circle and Stephanie’s Kitten are the only horses to ever win two different events.

-- Goldikova and Beholder are the only horses to ever win three Breeders’ Cup races.

HORSES THAT HAVE WON MULTIPLE BREEDERS’ CUP RACES

Bayakoa – Distaff – 1989, 1990
Beholder – Juvenile Fillies, 2012/Distaff, 2013, 2016
Conduit – Turf – 2008, 2009
Da Hoss – Mile – 1996, 1998
Goldencents – Dirt Mile – 2013, 2014
Goldikova – Mile – 2008, 2009, 2010
Groupie Doll – F&M Sprint - 2012, 2013
High Chapparal – Turf – 2002, 2003 (dead heat w/Johar)
Lure – Mile – 1992, 1993
Midnight Lute – Sprint – 2007, 2008
Miesque – Mile – 1987, 1988
Mizdirection – Turf Sprint – 2012, 2013
Monomoy Girl – Distaff - 2018, 2020
Ouija Board – F&M Turf – 2004, 2006
Roy H – Sprint – 2017,2018
Royal Delta – Distaff – 2011, 2012
Secret Circle – 2011 Juvenile Sprint/2013 Sprint
Stephanie’s Kitten – 2011 Juvenile Fillies Turf/2015 F&M Turf
Stormy Liberal – Turf Sprint – 2017, 2018
Tiznow – Classic – 2000, 2001
Wise Dan – Mile – 2012, 2013
Zenyatta – Distaff, 2008/Classic, 2009

2021 BREEDERS' CUP SCHEDULE

DAY 1 - FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 2021

DAY 2 - SATURDAY NOV. 6, 2021

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