Classic Preview

This is it! All the hard work is completed now these 14 horses will battle it out for the biggest prize on the year, the Breeders' Cup Classic. Here is this year's field:

Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) Nov. 1 5:35 PM PDT

Post	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	Prayer for Relief	Irad Ortiz, Jr.	Dale L. Romans
2	Cigar Street	John R. Velazquez	William I. Mott
3	Imperative	Frankie Dettori	George Papaprodromou
4	Moreno	Javier Castellano	Eric J. Guillot
5	V. E. Day	Joe Talamo	James A. Jerkens
6	Shared Belief	Mike Smith	Jerry Hollendorfer
7	Bayern	Martin Garcia	Bob Baffert
8	Zivo	Jose Lezcano	Chad C. Brown
9	Toast of New York	Jamie Spencer	Jamie Osborne
10	Footbridge	Rafael Bejarano	Eoin G. Harty
11	Tonalist	Joel Rosario	Christophe Clement
12	Candy Boy	Corey Nakatani	John W. Sadler
13	California Chrome	Victor Espinoza	Art Sherman
14	Majestic Harbor	Tyler Baze	Sean McCarthy
15 AE	Big Cazanova	Elvis Trujillo	Peter Miller

Prayer for Relief (Jump Start): 3^rd in the Woodward and 4^th in the Whitney.

Pros: Has shown up in big races outside of Churchill.

Cons: A slight step below top tier horses.

Cigar Street (Street Sense): 2^nd in an allowance and won the Homecoming.

Pros: Will be the emotional favorite (dam is a ½ sister to the late great Cigar) and sire won the Juvenile (which he turned into a Derby win).

Cons: Lack to stakes experience.

Imperative (Bernardini): 5^th in the Awesome Again and 3^rd in the Pacific Classic.

Pros: Won the Charles Town Classic and then ran well in the Gold Cup.

Cons: Consistent in being on and off the board in every other race.

Moreno (Ghostzapper): DQ'ed from 4^th in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and 2^nd in the Woodward.

Pros: Part of the pace, will keep Bayern honest which will benefit a closer.

Cons: 10^th in last year's Classic.

V.E. Day (English Channel): 6^th in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and won Travers.

Pros: Defeated Tonalist and Bayern 2 back.

Cons: This will be his 3^rd graded stakes start.

Shared Belief (Candy Ride (ARG)): Winner of the Awesome Again and Pacific Classic.

Pros: Undefeated in career and has passed his 10f and dirt test.

Cons: Other then Toast of New York, has yet to face other top 3yo's.

Bayern (Oflee Wild): PA Derby winner and 10^th in the Travers.

Pros: Will be part of the early speed, if he gets loose then unlikely to catch.

Cons: Speed duels will hurt.

Zivo (True Direction): 2^nd in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and 4^th in the Woodward.

Pros: Was on a 6 race winning streak before it was snapped in the Woodward.

Cons: Has never raced outside of NY.

Toast of New New York (Thewayyouare): 2^nd in the Pacific Classic and 6^th in the Belmont Derby.

Pros: Has faced top company in the US and Dubai.

Cons: First dirt start.

Footbridge (Street Cry (IRE)): 3^rd in the Awesome Again and 2^nd in the San Diego.

Pros: Been on the board in both graded stakes he has been in this year.

Cons: Has never won a stakes race in career.

Tonalist (Tapit): 3^rd in the Travers and won the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Pros: Shows up on big days and has never been worse then 4^th in his career.

Cons: All of his stakes wins have been at Belmont Park.

Candy Boy (Candy Ride (ARG)): 2^nd in the WV Derby and 3^rd in the PA Derby.

Pros: Won the Lewis

Cons: 2^nd tier 3yo this year.

California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit): 6^th in the PA Derby and 4^th (dead heat) in the Belmont.

Pros: Won the SA Derby and San Felipe before taking down the KY Derby.

Cons: Didn't look fantastic at Parx.

Majestic Harbor (Rockport Harbor): 4^th in the Awesome Again and 6^th in the Pacific Classic.

Pros: Won the Gold Cup at Santa Anita and Tokyo City earlier this year at SA.

Cons: Last two races haven't been up to that Spring/Summer form.

Big Cazanova (Giant's Causeway): 8^th in the Jockey Club Gold Cup and won an Allowance.

Pros: Stakes experience in Peru.

Cons: Poor stakes debut in the US.

Picks

Win- Majestic Harbor

Place- Tonalist

Show- Zivo

 Dark Horse- Cigar Street

Video Preview

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