The Breeders’ Cup World Championships take place this weekend, with the headline race being the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday from Del Mar Racetrack in San Diego. The Breeders’ Cup Classic 2024 boasts a $7 million purse, with a field of 14 competing over 1 1/4 miles for the winner’s share of $3.64 million. City of Troy is the favorite at 5-2 in the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic odds. Three other 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic horses have single-digit odds, including Travers Stakes winner Fierceness (3-1).
Forever Young, who placed third at the Kentucky Derby, is 6-1 among the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic contenders, while Next is 8-1 to use in 2024 Breeders’ Cup bets. The 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic post time is 5:41 p.m. ET. You’ll want to see what SportsLine’s Jody Demling has to say before entering any 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic picks or horse racing predictions of your own, considering his spectacular track record .
A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic having nailed the Derby-Oaks double 11 of the last 16 years. He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years and called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta as well as the trifecta in 2024. He also nailed Flightline’s win in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Anyone who has followed him is way up.