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Dateline: 07/26/03
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has set the fields
for this weekend's Period 1 of the Breeders' Cup Future Bet. Medaglia
d'Oro, winner of the Oaklawn Handicap and Strub Stakes earlier this
year, has been listed as the morning line favorite for the Breeders' Cup
Classic at 5-1 odds. Mineshaft, recent impressive winner of the Suburban
Handicap, is listed next at 6-1, and Belmont Stakes victor Empire Maker
is next at 8-1. Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide is
listed at 15-1. Odds were established by Mike Watchmaker of Daily Racing
Form.
The Future Bet is a special wager that challenges fans to select in
advance the winners of Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred
Championships races to be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
Races open for wagering this weekend are the Breeders' Cup Classic -
Powered by Dodge, the Breeders' Cup Distaff Presented by Nextel, the
Breeders' Cup Sprint and the John Deere Breeders' Cup Turf. Pools open
this Friday, July 25, at 1:00 p.m. ET and close at 9:00 p.m. ET on
Sunday, July 27.
"We're pleased to again offer future betting on the Breeders' Cup World
Thoroughbred Championships, thereby offering early betting value on
future champions," said Ken Kirchner, NTRA senior vice president of
product development. "These wagers also have the benefit of giving added
exposure to the nation's top horses throughout the weeks leading up to
Championship day at Santa Anita."
Under Breeders' Cup Future Bet rules, each race will offer individual
pari-mutuel wagering on 23 runners plus one field entry consisting of
all horses not in the body of 23 for each respective race. All betting,
available at outlets nationwide, will be win-only with a minimum wager
amount of $2.00. At the conclusion of wagering on July 27, odds for all
entries become final. No refunds are made on horses that do not
ultimately compete in their designated races. Fans will wager on the
Future Bet with the Classic being Race 1, the Distaff as Race 2, the
Sprint as Race 3, and the Turf as Race 4 in the Future Bet pools.
The opening fields for Breeders' Cup Future Bet wagering on the Classic,
Distaff, Sprint and Turf appear below. The favorites for the three
races are: Breeders' Cup Classic - Medaglia d'Oro at 6-1; the Breeders'
Cup Distaff - Azeri at 8-5; the Breeders' Cup Sprint - Shake You Down at
4-1; and the Breeders' Cup Turf - High Chaparral (IRE) at 8-1.
The complete Breeders' Cup Future Bet schedule for 2003 is:
Daily Racing Form will provide extensive support for the Breeders' Cup
Future Bet, including full past performance lines in all editions for
all days the Future Bet is offered, plus comprehensive editorial
coverage of the Future Bet horses. DRF will conduct special seminars
with its handicappers at selected NTRA member racetracks, and DRF has
set up a special Breeders' Cup Future Bet section at its website. This section includes the same past
performances that may be found in the print edition, as well as pool
dates and a list of simulcast outlets accepting the wager. The special
section will also feature regularly updated odds of horses in the Future
Bet pools during open pool dates.
Meanwhile, Equibase Company will be offering fans the opportunity to
track all Future Bet horses through its free Virtual Stable e-mail
notification service found at ntra.com and equibase.com.
View the horses and morning line odds for each race
From an NTRA press release
