2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds Tracker
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- This page tracked the the average 2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic odds for all notable horses
- Heavy favorite Flightline smashed the field, winning by 8.5 lengths
- Looking for current Breeders’ Cup Classic odds?
The 39th Breeders’ Cup Classic was run on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. Flightline, a big pre-race favorite, proved everyone right, winning by a massive 8.5-length margin.
This page tracked the odds for every horse in the race from open to close. The main graph on this page was generated by calculating the average from multiple reliable sportsbooks.
Breeders’ Cup Classic Top Contenders
- [9/28/22] After winning the Penn Derby at PARX, Taiba’s odds have shortened from +1600 to +800
- [9/12/22] Flightline is a -150 odds-on favorite to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic
- [8/30/22] Taiba has entered the conversation among the favorites at +1400 odds.
- [7/18/22] Flightline is emerging as the leading favorite at +250 odds. Meanwhile Olympiad has jumped into the conversation among the favorites with +800 odds
- [6/9/22] Alongside Flightline, now Life Is Good is also co-favored at +600 odds in the Breeders’ Cup Classic favorites
- [4/13/22] Life Is Good has emerged as the leading favorite at 6-1 odds as we approach the Kentucky Derby
- [1/26/22]Â Flightline and Life Is Good have opened as the leading early favorites, each with +800 odds
2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds
| Horse | Odds |
|---|---|
| Flightline | -125 |
| Life Is Good | +800 |
| Taiba | +900 |
| Epicenter | +1000 |
| Country Grammar | +3000 |
| Olympiad | +3000 |
| Hot Rod Charlie | +5000 |
| Rich Strike | +5000 |
| Happy Saver | +10000 |
| Slow Down Andy | +200000 |
| Cyberknife | +215000 |
Odds as of Oct 26
Flightline and Epicenter are the top favorites entering October in the Breeders’ Cup Classic odds.
Knicks Go won the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2021 with a winning time of 1:59:57 taking home the $6,000,000 purse. This time was .03 tenths of a second faster than 2022 winner Authentic who won with a time of 1:59:60.
Knicks Go’s winning time was also the fastest time since 2008. In 2008 Raven’s Pass won with a time of 1:59:27.
Knicks Go was just the second five-year-old to win in the past four years and only one of two five-year-olds to win since 2013 (Mucho Macho Man).
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