MD-Bred Knicks Go Is Early 5-2 Favorite For Breeders’ Cup Classic

(AP/WJZ) — Knicks Go is the aboriginal 5-2 favourite for the $6 cardinal Breeders’ Cup Classic this play astatine Del Mar.

The two-day satellite championships drew 169 horses from 8 countries, including 46 overseas horses to the seaside way northbound of San Diego. Del Mar is hosting for the 2nd clip successful 4 years.

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The Classic volition beryllium shown successful premier clip Saturday connected NBC.

Knicks Go drew the No. 5 station connected Monday successful the nine-horse tract for the 1 1/4-mile Classic. Trained by Brad Cox, he’ll beryllium ridden by Joel Rosario. The colt (by Paynter retired of Kosmo’s Buddy) has 4 wins successful six starts this year, and won the BC Dirt Mile past twelvemonth astatine Keeneland.

The grey equine was bred by Angie Moore and girl Sabrina astatine GreenMount Farm successful Reisterstown.

Belmont Stakes victor Essential Quality is the 3-1 2nd choice, besides from Cox’s barn. The colt is owned by Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

Medina Spirit, arguable victor of the Kentucky Derby, is the co-third prime astatine 4-1 for embattled trainer Bob Baffert. The colt tested affirmative for the corticosteroid betamethasone, which isn’t allowed successful Kentucky connected contention day. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has yet to contented a last determination arsenic portion of its probe into the matter.

Also astatine 4-1 is Hot Rod Charlie, victor of the Pennsylvania Derby. The colt finished 3rd successful the Kentucky Derby and 2nd successful the Belmont. Nicknamed “Chuck,” helium volition interruption from station No. 3.

“We couldn’t person planned it immoderate better, to person it successful our ain backyard is special,” said Bill Strauss, a co-owner of Hot Rod Charlie who lives successful Del Mar.

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Others successful the Classic field, with odds, are: Tripoli, 15-1; Express Train, 20-1; Art Collector, 8-1; Stilleto Boy, 30-1; and Max Player, 8-1.

Friday’s five-race paper features each 2-year-olds, with the victor of the $2 cardinal Juvenile typically tabbed arsenic the winter-book favourite for the Kentucky Derby.

Other favorites successful Saturday’s races:

— Gamine, the defending champion trained by Baffert, astatine 3-5 successful the $1 cardinal Filly & Mare Sprint.

— Golden Pal astatine 7-2 successful the $1 cardinal Turf Sprint.

— Life Is Good astatine 4-5 successful the $1 cardinal Dirt Mile is 1 of 2 entries successful the contention trained by Todd Pletcher.

— War Like Goddess astatine 7-2 successful the $2 cardinal Filly & Mare Turf.

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— Jackie’s Warrior astatine 6-5 successful the $2 cardinal Sprint.