Four-Way Favorites
Steven Crist has posted the early Breeders’ Cup odds offered by British bookmaker William Hill over on his blog, and the Classic comes up a four-way at 5-1 apiece on Any Given Saturday, Curlin, Lawyer Ron, and Street Sense, which says much about the depth of the expected field. Lots of support in the comments for Street Sense as the post-time favorite, but my hunch is that it will be Curlin who goes postward at the shortest price, with the wiseguys granting a narrow edge to the colt who nailed the Derby winner at the wire in the Preakness and did the same to Lawyer Ron — the best older horse in training post-Whitney and Woodward victories — in the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
