The Breeders' Cup Classic, which will determine the Horse of the Year, will be on ESPN Classic by Sunday.
First and sixth place may be determined by a neck. The lineup is as stacked as Kim Kardashian, but with talent.
The horses are all equal with speed and class. The key to the race will be pace and conditions.
Hard Spun and Lawyer Ron will take the lead, but they will not be able to run away with it with Street Sense, Any Given Saturday and Curlin in prime positions to stalk the leaders. In my brain, which is burnt out after studying only seven of the races, Lawyer Ron will be exhausted from the poll position and the extra mud along the fence. Hard Spun will make an effort, but will be gassed with the other horses pushing his pace and at this distance.
It will all come down to who will be able to break free from the pile around the second turn. Although Curlin will be on the outside around the first turn, with Lawyer Ron, Street Sense and Any Given Saturday on his inside, Curlin will have plenty of room around the second turn to break free from the pack with also rans George Washington, Awesome Gem and Diamond Stripes all to his immediate right from the gate.
Curlin is my Breeders' Cup Classic pick.
Look for Tiago on the outside waiting to pick the field apart. I saw him destroy my trifecta in the Santa Anita Derby with a sensational closing run. I wouldn't put it past him to do it to me again. Then again, seven of the nine horses running have cost me money in some form.
For the bettors:
Any horse minus 5,6 to win.
Pick 6, see above.
Try a $.10 superfecta box and pick five horses = $12
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