Defending champion Untapable will skip the feature event after trainer Steve Asmussen found the filly to be suffering from a slight illness following a four-furlong breeze on Monday. This will shorten the odds on race favorite Wedding Toast (4-to-1 in morning line). The Kiaran McLaughlin-trained mare is a speedster but has raced around two-turns only twice in her career, and some question whether she’ll be able to hang on at 1 1/18 miles. Sheer Drama (9-to-2) will likely go off the second betting favorite. The mare enters the race having won two Grade 1 races in a row and has finished second or better in 14 of 16 career starts.
We’ll have plenty more on Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup races, including selections for the late pick 4 that culminates with the Classic, the last race of American Pharoah’s career.
Here are the entries and odds for Friday’s four Breeders Cup races:
Race 6: $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, 1 Mile, Turf (3:30 PM)
Race 7: $1,000,000 Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, 1 Mile, Dirt (4:10 PM)
Race 8: $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, 1 Mile, Turf (4:50 PM)
Race 9: $2,000,000 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff,1 1/8 Miles, Dirt (5:35 PM)
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