Keys to Handicapping the 2024 Breeders' Cup Races!
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NEWS ALERTS:
First Resort Wins G2 Kentucky Jockey Club - Gets 10 KY Derby Points!
Sierra Leone Wins the $7 Million Classic Div.
Thorpedo Anna Wins the Distaff Div. as the Odds-On Favorite!
Citizen Bull (15-1) Upsets in the Juvenile Div.
Immersive Wins the Juvenile Fillies Div.
Congrats to Sierra Leone in Winning the $7 Million Classic Division!
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- Congrats to Thorpedo Anna in Winning the Distaff Division Wire to Wire!
179 horses were Entered in the 14 Divisions a record number of 67 International contenders!
Only (6) Divisions filled to their maximum number of runners. They are the Juvenile Turf Sprint, Juvenile Fillies Turf, Juvenile Turf, Turf Sprint , Classic, and the Dirt Mile.
The Japanese have entered (16) horses, their most ever including (3) in the $7 Million Classic Division.
(3) Breeders' Cup Champions are returning to win for the second time; Big Evs (Ire) won the Juvenile Turf Sprint and will be entered in the Turf Sprint Div., Fierceness winner of the Juvenile Div. will run in the $7 Million Classic Div., Rebel's Romance winner of the Turf Div. in 2022 is back to repeat!
43 horses that won a "Win and You're In" Challenge race were n the final entries!
You will want to use the "Proven Winning Breeders' Cup Profiles" to help with your handicapping of the 14 races. It will show you what Factors have proven to be successful over the 40 year history of the Championship races and are Critical to know so that you can zero in on those horses that are most likely to win each Division and those to use to fill in on the Trifecta and Superfecta wagers!
This year the Breeders' Cup will be held for just the 3rd time in it's 41 year history at the iconic Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Southern California. It is also scheduled to be held there again next year!
There have been 12 tracks that hosted the races since the inception of the "Great Experiment" in championship horse racing which brings together the bext horses from around the World!
This year the 2-day event features 14 Championship races with total purse money of $30 Million.
Day1, Friday will feature (5) Juvenile races on both Dirt and turf and be known as "Future Stars Day" with Day 2Saturday, featuring the remaining (9) races and known as "Championship Saturday".
Previous Breeders' Cups held at Del Mar were in 2021 and 2017.
In the 2021 Edition the Japanese broke through with (2) winners in the Championships. Loves Only You (Jpn) won the Filly & Mare Turf paying $10.60 and Marche Lorrine (Jpn) UPSET in the Distaff at 50-1 paying $101.80! Both were trained by Yoshito Yahagi. In the Classic Division, Knicks Go defeated the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and providing him with his 5th Grade 1 Stakes win that year after having won the Dirt Mile Division the prior year! In other notable accomplishments, Golden Pal won back-to-back Breeders' Cups when he was victorious in the Turf Sprint after having won the Juvenile Turf Sprint the previous year.
In the 2021 Edition the Japanese broke through with (2) winners in the Championships. Loves Only You (Jpn) won the Filly & Mare Turf paying $10.60 and Marche Lorrine (Jpn) UPSET in the Distaff at 50-1 paying $101.80! Both were trained by Yoshito Yahagi. In the Classic Division, Knicks Go defeated the Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and providing him with his 5th Grade 1 Stakes win that year after having won the Dirt Mile Division the prior year! In other notable accomplishments, Golden Pal won back-to-back Breeders' Cups when he was victorious in the Turf Sprint after having won the Juvenile Turf Sprint the previous year.
2017 marked the first time ever the Breeders' Cup was held at Del Mar and it was a historic year!
Favorites had a very difficult weekend as they ONLY won 2 of the Divisions.
Upsets in the Championship races were frequent as the Win prices were: $135.40, $62.40, 36.60, $30.20, $30.40, $25.00, $24.40, $12.60, $11.80, $9.40, $8.00, $7.40 and $6.80.
Euro invaders split the Turf races with the Americans as they won (3) and the U.S. based horse also won (3).
The 2 day of races concluded with Gun Runner winning the $6 Million Classic Division going wire to wire! What was to be a "show-down" race between him and the 2016 winner Arrogate never happened as soon after the gates opened he did a left turn and his race was over before it really started!
Collected pressured him all the way around the track to the furlong pole where Gun Runner pulled away to win by 2 1/4 lengths and earning a career best Beyer spedd number of 117.
He went on to win the Eclipse Award for Older Dirt Male and Horse of the Year.
S. California trainer Peter Miller had a memorable weekend as he won (2) Divisions with defending Champions. Stormy Liberal in the Turf Sprint Div. and Roy H. in the Sprint Div.
Good Magic won the Juvenile Div. and went on to win the Blue Grass Stakes and ran 2nd in the Kentucky Derby behind Justify and won the Haskell Inv.
Biggest upset of the weekend was in the Filly & Mare Sprint Div. as Bar of Gold paid $135.40 for the win and was followed by (2) double-digit odds runners to complete a $13,853 Trifecta for a $1 wager!
In the Distaff Div., Forever Unbridled came from off the pace in a short field of (8) top class runners to finally win this Division after finishing 3rd in the 2016 Edition behind Beholder and Songbird.
In the Distaff Div., Forever Unbridled came from off the pace in a short field of (8) top class runners to finally win this Division after finishing 3rd in the 2016 Edition behind Beholder and Songbird.
What Surprises will we see this Year?
In it's 40th year, the Breeders' Cup has become horse racing's most prestigious event attracting the best horses from North America, South America, Europe and Japan It has experienced unprecedented growth with total races having expanded from 8 to 14 and total purse money increasing to $30 Million!
The COUNTDOWN to the two best betting days of the year for racing fans and Horseplayers around the World is now on.
The Breeders' Cup's high quality and full fields produces incredible betting value that can not be found anywhere else in horse racing!
There are many wagering types that are offered on Breeders' Cup races including the Ultra Pick 6 which can pay Millions! It has the World's largest guaranteed pool of $3 Million. In the past 10 years there have been Million Dollar winners 4 times.
In 2003 Breeders' Cup there was one lucky $2.7 Million ticket that picked all 6 winners on a single $8 bet!
There is $150 Million wagered on the Breeders' Cup races and that will only increase this year with the worldwide expansion of wagering to include over 20 countries.
There are many wagering types that are offered on Breeders' Cup races including the Ultra Pick 6 which can pay Millions! It has the World's largest guaranteed pool of $3 Million. In the past 10 years there have been Million Dollar winners 4 times.
In 2003 Breeders' Cup there was one lucky $2.7 Million ticket that picked all 6 winners on a single $8 bet!
There is $150 Million wagered on the Breeders' Cup races and that will only increase this year with the worldwide expansion of wagering to include over 20 countries.
The challenge we all have in handicapping the 180 plus horses that will be entered, is how to identify those that have the BEST chance of winning and placing 2nd, 3rd and 4th! (without going crazy)
The countdown is on ... to the GREATEST 2 days in horse racing!
There will be over $160 Million wagered and paid out to horse racing fans the World over!
In the past 10 years of the Breeders' Cup the average Winner paid $20.21 .. average $2 Exacta paid $197 .. the average $1 Trifecta paid $1,041 .. the average $1 Superfecta paid $10,520 ......
There will be over $160 Million wagered and paid out to horse racing fans the World over!
In the past 10 years of the Breeders' Cup the average Winner paid $20.21 .. average $2 Exacta paid $197 .. the average $1 Trifecta paid $1,041 .. the average $1 Superfecta paid $10,520 ......
These prices alone tell you that Long-shots are prevalent on Breeders' Cup Weekend!
It also tells you that most of that $160 Million is going to a minority of the players. Which group do you want to be in?
With better information and sharper angles, you too can cash in on those Long-shot payouts!
It also tells you that most of that $160 Million is going to a minority of the players. Which group do you want to be in?
With better information and sharper angles, you too can cash in on those Long-shot payouts!
The KEY to Betting on Breeders' Cup Races
is being able to separate the Contenders from the Pretenders. Most races will have full fields with a maximum of 14 runners and it is CRITICAL to weed out the Pretenders and False Favorites!
We have developed a Proven Winning Profile for each of the 8 Traditional Championship races and the 5 Divisions more recently added based on the past 40 years of Breeders' Cup results.
As well as 15 All-time in the Classic!
Recent winners with this Critical sire line pedigre are: Vino Rosso, Accelerate, Gun Runner, Arrogate, American Pharoah, Fort Larned, Drosselmeyer and Zenyatta.
* - Do you know which race has never been won by an European horse? * - Do you know which Prep Race has produced the MOST of the Juvenile Fillie winner? * - Do you know which which race guarantees that horses coming into it with a win streak of 5 or more will loose (they are 0 for 9)? * - Do you know which races are almost always won by a Longshot? * - Do you know which races are almost always won by the Favorite? * - Do you know which races almost always has a Longshot finish 2nd? * - Do you know which race has had a California based horse make up the Exacta in 20 of the last 23 years? * - Do you know which Prep race the winner is a certain Kiss-of-Death in the BC Sprint? * - Do you know that 10 of last 15 Classic winners had the Critical Raise A Native sire side pedigree line?
Do you think that if you had this kind of information you would be able to better handicap the Breeders' Cup races and have a better chance of zeroing in on some winners?
Would you have a better chance at cashing in on more Exacta, Trifecta, Superfecta, Pick 3, Pick 4, Pick 5 and Pick 6 wagers?
This is just a sampling of the powerful information and type of stats, angles and winning patterns that comprise the Proven Winning Profiles for each of the 14 Breeders' Cup races!
Breeders' Cup Races are NOT what they seem at first glance.
That's Why you need the Proven Winning Profiles!