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Zenyatta, the defending Breeders' Cup Classic winner, drew post 8 in a field of 12 for Saturday's championship race when posts were drawn Tuesday for all 14 of Friday and Saturday's Breeders' Cup races.

1. Quality Road - John Velazquez - 5-1

2. Paddy O'Prado - Kent Desormeaux - 15-1

3. Haynesfield - Ramon Dominguez - 12-1

4. First Dude - Robby Albarado - 15-1

5. Blame - Garrett Gomez - 9-2

6. Fly Down - Julien Leparoux - 15-1

7. Musket Man - Rajiv Maragh - 20-1

8. Zenyatta - Mike Smith - 8-5

9. Pleasant Prince - Joel Rosario - 30-1

10. Etched - Alan Garcia - 30-1

11. Espoir City - Tetsuzo Satoh - 20-1

12. Lookin At Lucky - Martin Garcia - 6-1

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rayphil

any weather updates...

DiscreetCat

Me likey.

Quite honestly though, she's going straight to the back anyway, so it probably doesn't matter much. I just hope she gets a clean trip.

Draynay

Weather is dry dry dry. Catching QR on a fast dry track is going to be almost impossible.

FlyinLate

Draynay wrote: »

Weather is dry dry dry. Catching QR on a fast dry track is going to be almost impossible.

Maybe at a mile and 1/8

Draynay

So you think he is going to slow down the last 200 yards ? Good luck with that thought.

Causeway

Sure...if he can handle 22 45 109.

DiscreetCat

I figured you'd be singing the praises of Quality Road, Draynay. Good to see that hasn't changed. How you been, anyway?

As for Quality Road, i'll go on record now and say that i don't like him at all in this spot. Fine horse, yes, but i think he'd be waaaaay better served in the Dirt Mile or the Sprint (whichever). It's true he's won well @ 1 1/8 miles before, but nothing i've seen from the horse in a long time gives any indication that he'll appreciate the Classic distance of 1 1/4 miles. I'll be looking to play against QR in matchups when they start popping up over the next days.

Do i like Quality Road? Sure. Do i like him in the Classic? No way.