Breeders' Cup Distaff: 5 things to know before placing your bet

Check out these Breeders' Cup Distaff 2017 tips from Horse Racing Nation's Mike Shutty, founder of the Super Screener.

Post time for the Distaff is 7:35 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 3 at Del Mar, with a look at the field and odds available here.

• Bill Mott has won this race 5 times with four different fillies/mares and his 3 year-old filly sensation, Elate, gives him a shot at win number 6.

• The vast majority of recent winners exited a race from New York, and fillies that ran in the Cotillion at Parx have proven to be quite dangerous having won the race once and finishing 2nd in 5 of the last 7 editions.

• Pure speed types will typically back up to 3rd place or worse by the time they hit the finish line. Horses that sit just off the pace win the vast majority of the runnings of this race.

• If you are looking for long shots, this is not the race and that includes all slots of the Trifecta. Best to focus play on Exactas if wagering vertically.

• With this race starting at the top of the stretch on the Del Mar dirt surface, post position here is of little consequence. 

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