2020 Breeders' Cup Betting Guide: World Championships

Breeders' Cup 2020 Betting Results

Friday - Day 1

Race - Winner (Odds)

• Juvenile Turf Sprint - Golden Pal (4/5)
• Juvenile Turf - Fire At Will (30/1)
• Juvenile Fillies - Vequist (6/1)
• Juvenile Fillies Turf - Aunt Pearl (5/2)
• Juvenile - Essential Quality (4/1)

Essential Quality captures 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile

REPLAY: Essential Quality captures the $2M @TVG #BreedersCup Juvenile pres. by @TBAftercare!! Congrats to connections on a thrilling victory!! #FutureStarsFriday #KYDerby

J: @luissaezpty
T: @bradcoxracing
O: @Godolphin
B: Godolphin pic.twitter.com/FSYM1fAhha

— Breeders' Cup World Championships (@BreedersCup) November 6, 2020

Saturday - Day 2

Race - Winner (Odds)

• Filly & Mare Sprint - Gamine (1/1)
• Turf Sprint - Glass Slippers (10/1)
• Dirt Mile - Knicks Go (9/5)
• Filly & Mare Turf - Audarya (17/1)
• Sprint - Whitmore (18/1)
• Mile - Order of Australia (73/1)
• Distaff - Monomoy Girl (1/1)
• Turf - Tarnawa (9/2)
• Classic - Authentic (4/1)

Authentic wins the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic

REPLAY: Authentic wins the $6M @LonginesEq #BreedersCup Classic!! Congrats to connections!!

J: @ljlmvel
T: Bob Baffert
O: @SpendthriftFarm LLC, @MyRacehorse Stable, Madaket Stables LLC and @StarlightRacing Owner Link
Br: Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC#KeeGrad pic.twitter.com/8Z6BPGEcsY

— Breeders' Cup World Championships (@BreedersCup) November 7, 2020

Handicapping the 2020 Breeders' Cup

Our Breeders Cup' betting guide includes valuable resources on the World Championships that will take place at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday Nov. 6, 2020 and Saturday Nov. 7, 2020.

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

VegasInsider.com handicapper Anthony “the Big A” Stabile will take a look at the contenders in each on the 14 events, talk about how the race should set-up and provide some strategies on how to get the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to betting on the race.

Breeders' Cup - Day 2 (Saturday, Nov. 7)

• Filly & Mare Sprint
• Turf Sprint
• Dirt Mile
• Filly & Mare Turf
• Sprint
• Mile
• Distaff
• Turf
• Classic

Breeders' Cup - Day 1 (Friday, Nov. 6)

• Juvenile Turf Sprint
• Juvenile Turf
• Juvenile Fillies
• Juvenile Fillies Turf
• Juvenile

Listen to "The Big A"

Anthony “the Big A” Stabile can be heard regularly on the Horse Racing Radio Network from 3-6:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday and 3-7:00 p.m. ET Thursday and Friday.

Tune in on Sirius 219, XM 201 or streaming live at horseracingradio.net. He also is a contributor on NYRA-TV as the co-host of Talking Horses and a backup racetrack announcer. Follow him on Twitter @TheBigAStabile

2020 Breeders' Cup Classic Odds

The main event of the Breeders' Cup is the Breeders' Cup Classic, which is the last race of the two-day event. Betting the Breeder's Cup comes to a head with the Classic. So, expect this Breeder's Cup challenge to see the most betting action.

The "Classic" is the Super Bowl of horse racing as bettors get to wager on the best active horses in the industry. Make sure you get your Breeder's Cup pick in early and keep tabs on the Classic odds leading up to race start.

The field for the Classic and the other 13 races won't be official until weeks before the event but consensus odds have been posted on this year's BC Classic race.

The pre-entries were announced on Wednesday Oct. 28 and bettors will be looking at a field of 11 for the BC Classic.

The post-position draw for all of the races took place on Monday, Nov. 2 for all 14 races.

Breeders' Cup Classic Odds

Field Subject to Change

BC Classic Contenders

Improbable has 14 career starts, winning seven races and finishing second three times. The horse finished fourth in the 2019 Kentucky Derby and fifth in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. He has won its last three starts and will likely go off as the 2020 Classic favorite, drawing the 8 position.

The 2020 Belmont Stakes winner, Tiz the Law, has never been out of the money in eight career starts, producing six wins, one place and one show. The horse will race out of the 2 post.

The colt captured a decisive victory and ran away from the field in the Runhappy Travers Stakes on Aug. 8 from Saratoga but came up short in the Kentucky Derby to Authentic.

Authentic will line up next to Improbable in gate 9 and has morning-line odds of 6/1.

BC Classic Best Bets

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Odds

While the Classic is the main race on Saturday, the Juvenile is the feature on Day 1 of the Breeders' Cup.

The winner of the Juvenile is always considered a contender for next year's Kentucky Derby.

Jackie's Warrior opened as the 7/5 morning-line favorite and the oddsmakers at Keeneland only believe Essential Quality (4/1) and Reinvestment Risk (9/2) can contend on Friday evening.

Field Subject to Change

BC Juvenile Best Bets

Breeders' Cup 2020 Betting Results

Friday - Day 1

Race - Winner

• Juvenile Turf Sprint - Golden Pal
• Juvenile Turf - Fire At Will
• Juvenile Fillies - Vequist
• Juvenile Fillies Turf - Aunt Pearl
• Juvenile - Essential Quality

2020 Breeders' Cup Schedule

Day 1 - Friday, Nov. 6, 2020

Day 2 - Saturday Nov. 7, 2020

Keeneland will be the host of the 2020 Breeders' Cup, which will take place on the first weekend in November. (AP)

Breeders' Cup - Historical Betting Notes

Favorites are 107 for 346 (31%) in the 36-year history of the event, while those that were odds on favorites (under even money) are 28 for 63 (44%). 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 66 races overall, including a remarkable 55 of the 132 (42%) 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
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

Breeders' Cup - 2019 Betting Results

The 2019 Breeders' Cup took place from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California on Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2.

Vino Rosso captured the Breeders' Cup Classic as a 9/2 betting choice. He covered the distance in 2:02.80 and paid $11.20, $5.80 and $4 while ridden by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. and trained by Todd Pletcher.

The largest upset on Day 2 took place in the Turf Sprint as 14-1 shot Belvoir Bay, a 6-year-old mare, beat the boys and paid $31.60.

Iridessa was Day 2's second-longest priced winner at 13-1 odds, paying $28.40 to win, as the horse took home the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf.

2019 - Day 2 Notes

-- Bricks and Mortar won the $4 million Turf

-- Covfefe won the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint

-- Spun to Run won the $1 million Dirt Mile

-- Mitole won the $2 million Sprint

-- Uni won the $2 million Mile on the turf

-- Blue Prize rallied to win the $2 million Distaff

2019 - Day 1 Notes

-- 45-1 shot Storm the Court won the Juvenile at an eye-opening 45/1 price

-- Four Wheel Drive was the only favorite to win, taking the $1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint

-- Structor won the $1 million Juvenile Turf

-- British Idiom earned a victory in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies

-- Sharing scored a 1 1/4-length win in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf

2019 Breeders' Cup Outcomes

Breeders Cup' Results (2014-2018)

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014