The best betting sites favor Knicks Go to win the 2021 Breeders’ Cup. This is the 38th edition of the foremost event of the North American thoroughbred horse racing season. The Breeders’ Cup is the end of the North America racing season. The event usually determines champions in many of the Eclipse Award divisions.
2021 Breeders’ Cup Betting Odds
| Horse | Odds |
|---|---|
| Knicks Go | +250 |
| Essential Quality | +300 |
| Hot Rod Charlie | +400 |
| Medina Spirit | +400 |
| Max Player | +800 |
| Art Collector | +800 |
| Tripoli | +1500 |
| Express Train | +2000 |
| Stilleto Boy | +3000 |
The Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic is a 1 1/4 mile race for three-year-olds and up. The purse is a cool $6 million in 2021. Pace and Pressers have fared well in the last five years. This includes Kentucky Derby winner and BC Classic front runner Authentic (4/1) in 2020.
He steered clear of runner-up Improbable (7/2) and paid $10.40 to win at the best online sportsbooks. Belmont Stakes and Travers winner and BC Classic fave Tiz the Law (3/1) finished in sixth place.
Presser Vino Rosso (9/2) won back in 2019 when he sat just off the leaders.
He made a big move in the stretch to win by over four-lenghts over favorite McKinzie. Vino Rosso paid off $11.20 to win at the best betting sites. The average $2 win payout in the Classic is $25.82. This is the highest of all Breeders’ Cup races.
Trainer Bob Baffert
Bob Baffert has won the Classic on four occasions. He has 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit in the 2021 BC Classic. Top win contender and favorite Knicks Go la creme de la creme as far as speed goes.
He won the BC Mile last year. Also he now tries ten furlongs for the first time. He will receive plenty of pressure. Especially from Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit. He runs best on the lead. Hot Rod Charlie and Art Collector will press to ensure an honest pace.
Belmont Stakes and Travers winner Essential Quality should come from off the pace. He is a top win contender aiming for his ninth win in 10 career starts. Max Player has improved his fastest speed figures, winning his two recent races.
He is a strong closing longshot with value. Tripoli won a weaker Pacific Classic on this turf course back in August.
Knicks Go is the favorite to win at the best betting sites.
He is kind of horse that likes to go first and go fast. Sort of like Ricky Bobby. He has a penchant for leading from the break of the gate. The five-year-old son of Paynter has distinguished himself as one of the fastest Thoroughbreds around two turns.
He often leaves his competition in the dust. He earned an automatic berth in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar with a dominating victory in the Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Knicks Go will use his natural speed when he returns to the World Championships for the third year in a row. Also Knicks Go had his final Classic tune-up at Churchill Downs with a front-running four-length win in the Lukas Classic (G3) for his fourth straight triumph.
Knicks Go Trainer
Originally trained by Ben Colebrook, Knicks Go made the scene in 2018 at 2. He delivered a sizzling performance in Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1). He won at odds of 70-1. His three-year-old campaign was more a march than a sprint with no wins.
However, a new barn and a new trainer was just what Knicks Go needed to get back on track to success at age four. Knicks Go was unbeaten that year in three starts. He capped by another wire-to-wire win in the Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland.
“He was a very good horse last year, and he’s a better horse now,” Cox said. Cox is familiar with the pressures of the World Championships. He has won seven Breeders’ Cup races. That includes four in 2020.
That is a record-tying accomplishment that helped him earn the 2020 Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer. Knicks Go was bought for $87,000 by the Korea Racing Authority from the Woods Edge Farm consignment to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.
