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Breeders Cup Betting Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 11/5/2010

The Breeders’ Cup starts today. I don’t know about you, but I’m counting the minutes until it starts. I’ve looked at the cards every different way over the last few days. All that’s left to do, then, is to make a few bold Breeders’ Cup predictions about what is going to happen:
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Breeders’ Cup Jockeys – Odds and Predictions for Top Rider
by T.O. Whenham - 11/4/2010

The Breeders’ Cup is the biggest betting spectacle of the year in horse racing, and there are countless ways to invest your money on the big day. One of the newer ways that is getting more popular every year is the jockey bet. The goal with this bet is to choose which jockey is going to win the most races out of the 14 Championship races held over two days during the Breeders’ Cup. This year there are 15 jockeys listed along with a mutuel field of all the rest. Here’s how the field breaks down:
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Breeders’ Cup Picks: Filly and Mare Turf Preview and Betting Odds
by T.O. Whenham - 11/4/2010

This is one of the newer races on the card - it has been run only 10 times. In that short time, though, we have seen more consistency than in other races, and that has made this one friendlier to bettors than many races. Nine of 10 winners have come from off the pace, with six of those 10 coming from well off. Four of the last six winners of the race have won this race after having previously run in it. Seven of the 10 winners have been four or older, and none of the three year old winners have been Americans.
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Breeders’ Cup Picks: Juvenile Fillies Odds and Predictions
by T.O. Whenham - 11/4/2010

I love this race - it’s crazy almost every year. These horses are so young and so undeveloped that anything can happen. The Juvenile Fillies is wide open at the best of times, but it’s especially wide open this year. It’s not that there isn’t quality in the field. It’s just that there aren’t any horses that look like a Juvenile Fillies winner typically looks. that means that this one could turn out in any number of ways.
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Breeders Cup Predictions: Betting Advice for Longshots and High-Odds Horses
by T.O. Whenham - 11/4/2010

The Breeders’ Cup is an event made for high-odds horses, and the big windfall payouts that result from their wins. There are 14 races with big fields full of top-quality runners, so it’s absolutely inevitable that a few longer-priced horses will miss the public’s attention but hit the wire first. Here are six longshots that stand out over the two days of racing on Nov. 5 and 6.
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Horses That Can Win the Breeders’ Cup Classic
by T.O. Whenham - 11/3/2010

The Breeders’ Cup Classic - the richest horse race in North America, and perhaps the most prestigious outside of the Kentucky Derby - caps the Breeders’ Cup card on Saturday, Nov. 6, from Churchill Downs in Louisville. The storylines surrounding this race center around undefeated super horse, and defending champion, Zenyatta. That’s appropriate, but it would be wrong to get the idea that she is the only horse that can win this race. It’s actually a pretty solid field.
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Zenyatta Breeders Cup Classic Predictions: Will She Win?
by T.O. Whenham - 11/2/2010

They might as well rename the Breeders’ Cup the Zenyatta Cup this year, because the six-year-old mare is all that anyone is talking about. She was on “60 Minutes,” she has had pictorials in magazines, Oprah Winfrey is talking about her - she’s everywhere. There is no doubt that she deserves all the attention she is getting. After all, she has won all 19 races she has run in in her life - you don’t do that by accident or if you aren’t brilliant.
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Breeders Cup Predictions: Ladies Classic Preview and Betting Picks
by T.O. Whenham - 11/2/2010

This race used to be called the Distaff. Now it’s got a new name, and for the last couple of years it has had a new time as well - it’s now the headline race of the Friday action. I don’t like the gender divide of the two-day Breeders’ Cup format - especially because this race doesn’t get the attention it deserves as a result.
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2010 Kentucky Derby Early Contenders
by T.O. Whenham - 4/7/2010

It sneaks up on you unless you, like me, are totally obsessed by it - the Kentucky Derby is less than a month away. Many of the top contenders have already run their final prep races, and only a couple more relevant races remain. We'll spend lots of time looking at the race from every angle when it gets closer, but for now it wouldn't hurt to get familiar with the key early Kentucky Derby contenders and how the field is shaping up.
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