ARCADIA, Calif. (October 31, 2016) \u2013 California Chrome LLC\u2019s California Chrome and Juddmonte Farms\u2019 Arrogate are the top two morning line favorites in a field of 10 3-year-olds and up set for Saturday\u2019s $6 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic (G1), the climax of the 33rd Breeders\u2019 Cup World Championship races to be run Friday and Saturday (Nov. 4-5) at Santa Anita.<\/p>\n
The 1 \u00bc-mile Classic is the richest of 13 Championship races worth $28.5 million in purses and awards to be run over the two days at Santa Anita and will be televised live by NBCSN and NBC. The Classic will be broadcast live at 8:35 p.m. ET on NBC (8-9 p.m. ET).
\nFour Championship races will be run Friday, highlighted by the $2 million Longines Breeders\u2019 Cup Distaff for fillies and mares at 1 1\/8 miles and featuring champions Beholder, Songbird and Stellar Wind in a field of eight.
\nThe 169 horses entered includes six also-eligibles. Among the entries are eight winners from the 2015 event at Keeneland. Going for repeat wins in the same race are Tepin (Mile), Found (Ire) (Turf), Wavell Avenue (Filly & Mare Sprint) and Mongolian Saturday (Turf Sprint). The others are Juvenile Fillies winner Songbird (Distaff), Sprint winner Runhappy (Las Vegas Dirt Mile), Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Catch a Glimpse (Filly & Mare Turf) and Juvenile Turf winner Hit a Bomb (Mile).
\nTrained by Art Sherman, California Chrome is undefeated in six starts this year and has pushed his career bankroll to more than $13.4 million. Third in the Classic at Santa Anita in 2014, California Chrome is the even-money morning line favorite and will break from post position four under Victor Espinoza.
\nSecond on the morning line at 5-2 is the Bob Baffert-trained Arrogate.
\nA winner of his past four starts, Arrogate exploded onto the national racing scene with a 13 \u00bd-length victory in the Travers (G1) in his most recent start August 27. Mike Smith will be aboard the lone 3-year-old in the race and break from post position 10.
\nBaffert, who won last year\u2019s Classic with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and the 2014 Classic with Bayern, will have a second starter in the race in Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman\u2019s Hoppertunity. Winner of the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) in his most recent starter and earner of more than $3.5 million, Hoppertunity will break from post position nine and be ridden by John Velazquez. Hoppertunity is 15-1 on the morning line.
\nThe three marquee names in Friday\u2019s Distaff have a combined record of 47-35-8-1 for earnings of more than $9.7 million. The trio is a combined 25-22-3-0 at Santa Anita.
\nFavored at 6-5 is Fox Hill Farms\u2019 undefeated Songbird, winner of 11 straight including last year\u2019s 14 Hands Winery Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Fillies as one of her seven Grade 1 triumphs, will be facing older fillies and mares for the first time in her career.
\nThe Jerry Hollendorfer trainee will break from post position one and be ridden by Mike Smith, who leads all jockeys with 22 Breeders\u2019 Cup victories.
\nSpendthrift Farm\u2019s Beholder, a two-time Breeders\u2019 Cup winner with triumphs at Santa Anita in the 2012 Juvenile Fillies and 2013 Distaff, has been second in her past three starts. She was runner-up to Classic favorite California Chrome in the TVG Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar and twice to Stellar Wind in the Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar and in the Zenyatta (G1) at Santa Anita five weeks ago.
\nBeholder, the co-second choice at 5-2 is trained by Richard Mandella and will be ridden by Gary Stevens and break from post position eight.
\nHronis Racing\u2019s Stellar Wind, second in the Distaff last year at Keeneland to Stopchargingmaria, is trained by John Sadler. Listed at 5-2 on the morning line, Stellar Wind will be ridden by Victor Espinoza and break from post position five.
\nIn Saturday\u2019s $2 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Mile (G1), Robert Masterson\u2019s Tepin will attempt to beat the boys for the second consecutive year. Never worse than second in her past 14 starts, Tepin had her eight-race win streak snapped by Mile rival Photo Call (IRE) in the First Lady (G1) at Keeneland four weeks ago.
\nListed at 3-1 on the morning line, Tepin is trained by Mark Casse and will be ridden by Julien Leparoux from post position eight.
\nSaturday\u2019s second-richest race, the $4 million Longines Breeders\u2019 Cup Turf (G1), attracted a full gate of 14 runners and featuring North America\u2019s top grass marathoner in Flintshire (GB) and defending champion Found (IRE).
\nOwned by Juddmonte Farms, Flintshire was second in the 2014 Breeders\u2019 Cup Turf at Santa Anita. Since coming to the United States and into the barn at Chad Brown, Flintshire has won three of four starts. Javier Castellano has the mount Saturday on the 5-2 morning line favorite and will break from post position four.
\nFound, who upset Golden Horn to win last year\u2019s Turf at Keeneland, comes to Santa Anita off a second-place finish October 15 in the Champion Stakes (Group 1) at Ascot after having taken the Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) 13 days before. Ryan Moore, who was aboard for the victory at Keeneland, has the mount Saturday and will break from post position 10.
\nFound is owned by the partnership of Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier, also owners of Highland Reel (IRE), the runner-up to Found in the Arc de Triomphe. Listed at 3-1 on the morning line as is Found, Highland Reel will break from post position 12 and be ridden by Seamus Heffernan.
\nThe feel-good story of these Championships resides in the $2 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) in which Sheep Pond Partners\u2019 Lady Eli will go for her second Breeders\u2019 Cup victory.
\nTrained by Chad Brown, the winner of the 2014 Juvenile Fillies Turf has battled back from a life-threatening fight with laminitis to make it to Santa Anita. Second in the Ballston Spa (G2) in her first start in more than a year, Lady Eli won the Flower Bowl Invitational (G1) in her most recent start.
\nListed as the 5-2 favorite on the morning line in the field of 13 for the 1 \u00bc-mile race, Lady Eli will break from post position eight and be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr.
\nFive other Championship races are on the Saturday docket topped by the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile (G1) and the $2 million 14 Hands Winery Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), both at 1 1\/16 miles on the main track.
\nThe Albaugh Family Stable\u2019s Not This Time, an 8 \u00be-length winner of the Iroquois (G3) at Churchill Downs in his most recent start, is the 7-2 morning line favorite in a field of 11 for the Juvenile. Trained by Dale Romans, Not This Time will break from post position 10 and be ridden by Robby Albarado.
\nSpeedway Stable\u2019s Noted and Quoted, winner of the Chandelier (G1) at Santa Anita on October 1, is the 9-2 morning favorite for the Juvenile Fillies that attracted a field of 12. Trained by Bob Baffert, Noted and Quoted will break from post position 10 and be ridden by Rafael Bejarano.
\nThe $1.5 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Sprint (G1) drew a field of nine and features a classic East vs.
\nWest matchup among Green Lantern Stables\u2019 A. P. Indian from the East and Jay Emm Ess Stable and Los Pollos Hermanos Racing\u2019s Masochistic and Spendthrift Farm\u2019s Lord Nelson.
\nAll three runners are perfect in 2016: A. P. Indian going 6-for-6 in the East, Masochistic going 2-for-2 and Lord Nelson going 4-for-4 in Southern California with three of those victories coming at Santa Anita.
\nMasochistic, who will break from post position seven under Mike Smith is the 2-1 morning line favorite. Lord Nelson is a 5-2 proposition and will exit post position six under Flavien Prat while A. P. Indian is 4-1 and will be ridden by Joe Bravo and break from post position five.
\nTwo defending champions will be in action in Saturday\u2019s other sprints: Michael Dubb, David Simon, Head of Plains Partners and Bethlehem Stables\u2019 Wavell Avenue in the $1 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) and Mongolian Stable\u2019s Mongolian Saturday in the $1 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Turf Sprint (G1). However neither runner is favored to repeat.
\nIn the Filly & Mare Sprint, Gary Barber and Sequel Racing\u2019s Haveyougoneaway, winner of three consecutive starts, is the 3-1 morning line favorite in the field of 13. Trained by Tom Morley, Haveyougoineaway will be ridden by John Velazquez and break from post position two.
\nTrained by Chad Brown, Wavell Avenue has won one of six starts this year and most recently was third to Saturday rival Paulassilverlining in the mud at Belmont in the Gallant Bloom (G2). Listed at 6-1 on the morning line, Wavell Avenue will be ridden by Joel Rosario and break from post position 10.
\nPatricia Generazio\u2019s Pure Sensation, a winner of three consecutive starts, is 5-1 the morning line favorite in a race that drew 16 entries. Trained by Christophe Clement, Pure Sensation will break from post position one and be ridden by Kendrick Carmouche.
\nMongolian Saturday, who snapped a four-race skid with a victory in the Woodford (G3) at Keeneland in his most recent start, is 12-1 on the morning line. Trained by Enebish Ganbat, Mongolian Saturday will break from post position three and be ridden by Carlos Montalvo.
\nCompleting Friday\u2019s lineup is:
\n$1 million Las Vegas Breeders\u2019 Cup Dirt Mile (G1) \u2013 Kaleem Shah\u2019s Dortmund is the 6-5 morning line favorite in a field of nine with one of his challengers being James McIngvale\u2019s Runhappy, winner of the 2015 Breeders\u2019 Cup Sprint (G1), the second choice at 3-1.
\n$1 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) \u2013 Amerman Racing\u2019s Oscar Performance is the 4-1 morning line favorite in a field of 14 and drew post position 13.
\n$1 million Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) \u2013 Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Mrs. John Magnier\u2019s Roly Poly is the 4-1 morning line favorite and will break from post position 13, right next to John Oxley\u2019s La Coronel, the second choice at 9-2 who will try to give trainer Mark Casse a second consecutive victory in the race on the heels of Catch a Glimpse\u2019s score last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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