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The juveniles run on Friday and the older Thoroughbred horses run on Saturday in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup. All told, there will be 14 graded events worth more than $31 million in prize money. Longines, FanDuel and Maker’s Mark are some of the featured sponsors of the Breeders’ Cup horse racing programs.
This year’s Breeders’ Cup will be held at Keeneland Race Course. The featured event this Friday is the $2 million BC Juvenile. There are 10 entries in this race with Cave Rock favored at 4-5 odds on the morning line. Forte is the second-favorite at 4-1 odds and Blazing Sevens is third on the morning line at 6-1 odds.
National Treasure is going from the outside post at No. 10 in this race after placing second in the American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 8. He has been opened at 8-1 odds for the race. At 10-1 odds in the BC Juvenile, Verifying finished second in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct on Oct. 1.
2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic Predictions
When: Saturday, November 5th 2022
Where: Keeneland Race Course
The horse racing action on Saturday at Keeneland is for three and older Thoroughbreds on turf and dirt. The premier event is the Grade 1 BC Classic and there are eight horses covering the 1¼ miles on dirt. The prize purse in the Classic is $6 million.
Flightline has been opened at 3-5 odds as the odds-on favorite. Epicenter (5-1), Life Is Good (6- 1) and Taiba (8-1) are seen as legitimate contenders for the crown. Olympiad at 10-1 and Hot Rod Charlie at 15-1 can pull-off the upset at longer odds.
Win: Flightline
Starting at post No. 4, the four-year colt has veteran jockey Flavien Prat to show him the way. Trained by John Sadler, Flightline has five victories in five races under his belt. The Grade 1 Pacific Classic was his most recent win. He covered 1 ¼ miles on dirt in 1:59.28 over Country Grammer and Royal Ship.
As a son of Tapit, he won coast-to-coast races this season. Starting in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Stakes at Belmont Park in New York, Flightline raced at Del Mar in the West Coast’s Pacific Classic on Sept. 3. In winning the BC Classic, he should be three-for-three in all time zones.
Place: Life Is Good
Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr, Life Is Good started off this four- year campaign by taking first place in Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream. More recently, he won the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack on Oct. 1.
Sired by Into Mischief, he has been bred by power and speed to handle the longer distances on dirt. Life Is Good is better off at this track starting in post No. 2 to give him to inside edge. He has the ability to break out of the pack and into the early lead.
Show: Hot Rod Charlie
After placing in the money in Triple Crown events’ the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes, Hot Rod Charlie was a bonfire contender in major graded events. As a four-year old, he won the Grade 2 Lukas Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs on Oct. 1 over Rich Strike and King Fury.
Hot Rod Charlie is the son of Oxbow and he is trained by Doug O’Neill. He is starting at Gate 5 in this race with Tyler Gaffalione as his jockey.
