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2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds Tracker

Ryan Metivier

By Ryan Metivier

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  • Vino Rosso won the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic
  • This page tracked the odds for each horse to win the 36th running of the Breeders’ Cup.
  • Looking for current Breeders’ Cup Classic odds?

The Breeders’ Cup has been running since 1984 and has evolved into a two-day race at the end of the thoroughbred-racing season. The Breeders’ Cup Classic often decides the Horse of the Year. The 36th Breeders’ Cup Classic was run on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Santa Anita, California, with Vino Rosso emerging on top.

This page tracked the average odds for each thoroughbred to win the big race. The graph below was been generated by calculating the average from numerous trusted sportsbooks.

Breeders’ Cup Classic Top Contenders

Sports Betting Dime
  • October 28: Plenty of odds movement as we lead up to the race this week since last month. Odds have drastically shortened on Yoshida (+2500 to +700) and Vino Rosso (+2100 to +450), while three new horses have emerged in the odds in Owendale, Mongolian Groom and Math Wizard
  • September 18: Elate has seen his odds shorten from +2000 to +1300. Not even on the odds boards last month, Tom’s D’etat and Shancelot are now on offer at +1600 and +2000 respectively
  • August 7: Odds for Mckinzie and Maximum Security continue to shorten from +800 to +550 and +1100 to +850 respectively
  • July 11: While odds on several horses have worsened since May, Mckinzie’s odds have been slowly shortening from +1000 to +900 and now an average of +800
  • May 21: Odds are adjusting for each of Catalina Cruiser and Catholic Boy (+2000 to +1600), as well as on Audible, who saw his odds shorten down to +1600 from the earlier +2500.
  • May 9: Disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security, along with Mckinzie, have opened as favorites at +1000.

2019 Breeders’ Cup Classic Odds

Horse Odds
Mckinzie +300
Code of Honor +400
Vino Rosso +450
Elate +600
Yoshida +700
Owendale +1400
Higher Power +1600
Mongolian Groom +2000
Math Wizard +2500
Seeking The Soul +2500
War Of Will +2500

*Odds taken October 28, 2019. For a full list click the link in the table

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Breeders’ Cup Classic Stats

  • Third favorite Thunder Snow was last year’s third-place finisher at the Classic
  • Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has won the Breeders’ Cup Classic three times in the past 10 years. He’s the only jockey to have won on multiple occasions during that time frame
  • Mike Smith has the most overall Breeders’ Cup jockey wins with 26
  • D. Wayne Lucas has the most Breeders’ Cup victories as a trainer with 20
  • The total handle for last year’s two-day Breeders’ Cup event was $163,011,577, which was the fifth-highest since the event took on the two-day format in 2007
Ryan Metivier
Ryan Metivier

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Ryan is SBD's resident soccer pro, though his repertoire is by no means limited to a single sport. His articles have been published by the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Kitchener Rangers, and outlets like SportsXpress and Shredthespread.com

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