To the surprise of nobody who has seen him run, Flightline was installed as the 3/1 favorite for the first of two Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager pools.
This first Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager pool opens Friday at noon ET. It closes Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET. The wager is available on ADW platforms, racetracks, casinos, simulcast centers and OTB sites.
Bettors can put a $2 minimum win wager on one of 23 individual choices, ranging in odds from Flightline’s 3/1 to the 30/1 price put on nine individual horses and the “All Others” choice.
Flightline ran only once this year: a six-length victory in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap on the Belmont Stakes undercard. The undefeated 4-year-old will run next at the Sept. 3 Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar. That six-length victory was the colt’s closest call in four races.
Life Is Good, Olympiad other single-digit offerings
Behind him on the board is 7/2 Life Is Good and 9/2 Olympiad. Life Is Good won the Pegasus World Cup Invitational in January. Olympiad comes in off a strong victory in the Grade 2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs. And bettors will be able to see both this weekend. Life Is Good is the 6/5 morning line favorite and Olympiad is the 2/1 second choice for the Grade 1 Whitney at Saratoga.
That race, which also features Hot Rod Charlie (9/2) and possibly Americanrevolution (5/1), offers a “Win and Your’e In” berth to the $6 million Classic to its winner.
Both Hot Rod Charlie and Americanrevolution open at 20/1 in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager.
Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager-Pool 1
| Trainer | Odds | |
| Americanrevolution | Todd Pletcher | 20/1 |
| Charge It | Todd Pletcher | 15/1 |
| Corniche | Todd Pletcher | 30/1 |
| Country Grammer | Bob Baffert | 20/1 |
| Cyberknife | Brad Cox | 30/1 |
| Dynamic One | Todd Pletcher | 30/1 |
| Early Voting | Chad Brown | 20/1 |
| Emblem Road | Alessandro & Guiseppe Botti | 30/1 |
| Epicenter | Steve Asmussen | 20/1 |
| Express Train | John Shirreffs | 30/1 |
| First Captain | Shug McGaughey | 30/1 |
| Flightline | John Sadler | 3/1 |
| Hot Rod Charlie | Doug O’Neill | 20/1 |
| Life Is Good | Todd Pletcher | 7/2 |
| Mandaloun | Brad Cox | 30/1 |
| Olympiad | Bill Mott | 9/2 |
| Nest | Todd Pletcher | 20/1 |
| Rich Strike | Eric Reed | 30/1 |
| Royal Ship | Richard Mandella | 30/1 |
| Stilleto Boy | Ed Moger Jr. | 30/1 |
| Taiba | Bob Baffert | 30/1 |
| Tawny Port | Brad Cox | 30/1 |
| Zandon | Chad Brown | 20/1 |
| All Other Entrants | — | 30/1 |
The lowest-priced 3-year-old is Charge It (15/1). You’ll see him next in the Grade 1 Travers Stakes Aug. 27. You last saw him take apart the Dwyer Stakes at Belmont Park a month ago by 23 lengths.
There is one filly on the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager list: Kentucky Oaks and Belmont Stakes runner-up Nest. She’s 20/1, shorter odds than Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike (30/1).
The Breeders’ Cup is Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland. The Nov. 4 Classic is the flagship event of the 14-race event.
More information on the Breeders’ Cup Classic Future Wager is here.