The best race in Breeders Cup betting and the signature race of the Breeders Cup is the Breeders Cup ClassicThose fans making a Breeders Cup Bet know that the race is a 1 1/4 miles on dirt and very often decides the Horse of the Year race. Breeders Cup fans know that in the first 23 runnings of the Breeders Cup Classic the race has produced 12 Horses of the Year. Amazingly enough, even though the race oftentimes produces the Horse of the Year it also produces a lot of upsets in Breeders Cup . Those fans making a Breeders Cup bet may know that eight of the races decided have been decided by a length or less.
Breeders Cup fans know that the Breeders Cup Classic started in 1984 with a great finish at Hollywood Park. Longshot Wild Again won by a neck because Gate Dancer crowded favorite Slew o’ Gold nearing the wire. Breeders Cup fans know that the Breeders Cup Classic did not produce a Horse of the Year winner until 1987 when Ferdinand was voted Horse of the Year defeating Alysheba. Breeders Cup fans know that the next year Alysheba won the Classic and was voted Horse of the Year. Those fans making a Breeders Cup bet may remember that the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic had Sunday Silence and Easy Goer battling it out again and Sunday Silence, won by a neck over Easy Goer. Sunday Silence was voted Horse of the Year. Breeders Cup fans may want to know that the only two-time winner of the Classic is Tiznow who won in 2000 and 2001.
Breeders Cup betting fans should know that three-year-olds have won 7 of the 22 Classics. Breeders Cup fans know that the 1993 Breeders Cup Classic had the longest price for any Breeders Cup winner as Arcangues paid $269.20 to win. Those fans making a Breeders Cup bet may remember that Volponi won and paid over $86 in 2002. Breeders Cup betting fans may remember that the Breeders Cup Classic had an exciting race in 1998 as Silver Charm took the lead in the stretch but went wide and Awesome Again got through to win by three-quarters of a length. Skip Away was the favorite but finished sixth. Breeders Cup betting fans know that he still was voted Horse of the Year.