See how weekend wins have impact on Breeders’ Cup odds

Essential Quality’s grind-it-out victory Saturday against Midnight Bourbon in the Grade 1 Travers made an impact in futures betting for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Out to turn his 2020 Eclipse Award into a collection this year, the 3-year-old star of Brad Cox’s stable shortened from 5-1 to 4-1 to win the $6 million race on Nov. 6 at Del Mar.

Following are the current Bovada futures (with last Monday’s odds in parentheses):

Classic

  4-1   (5-1) Essential Quality

  5-1   (5-1) Knicks Go

  7-1   (7-1) Happy Saver

  7-1   (7-1) Mystic Guide

  8-1   (8-1) Maxfield

11-1 (11-1) Life Is Good

12-1 (12-1) Hot Rod Charlie

12-1 (12-1) Tripoli

14-1 (14-1) Max Player

16-1 (16-1) Medina Spirit

16-1 (16-1) Silver State

18-1 (18-1) Country Grammer

18-1 (18-1) Rombauer

20-1 (20-1) Express Train

20-1 (20-1) Jackie’s Warrior

20-1 (20-1) Midnight Bourbon

20-1 (20-1) Rock Your World

22-1 (22-1) Royal Ship

25-1 (25-1) Concert Tour

25-1 (25-1) Fulsome

25-1 (25-1) Idol

25-1 (25-1) Tacitus

25-1 (25-1) Tizamagician

33-1 (33-1) Dr Post

33-1 (33-1) Known Agenda

40-1 (40-1) Dream Shake

40-1 (40-1) Jesús’ Team

  --   (50-1) Owendale*

*Deceased; was still listed last Monday by Bovada.

Turf

Gufo’s narrow win in the 1 1/2-mile Sword Dancer (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga thrust her into the Turf futures. Trained by Christophe Clément, he opened at 9-1. After losing the race by only a neck, Ireland-based Japan vaulted from 20-1 to 9-1. Tribhuvan, who was fourth in the Sword Dancer, moved into the futures at 12-1.

  7-2   (7-2) Mishriff

  4-1   (4-1) Domestic Spending

  9-2   (9-2) State of Rest

  9-2   (9-2) Tarnawa

  7-1   (7-1) St Mark’s Basilica

  8-1   (8-1) Love

  9-1   ( -- ) Gufo

  9-1 (20-1) Japan

10-1 (10-1) Lord North

12-1   ( -- ) Tribhuvan

14-1 (14-1) Bolshoi Ballet

16-1 (16-1) Al Aasy

16-1 (16-1) Astronaut

16-1 (16-1) Channel Maker

16-1 (16-1) Mogul

16-1 (16-1) United

18-1 (18-1) Somelikeithotbrown

20-1 (20-1) Arklow

20-1 (20-1) Colonel Liam

25-1 (25-1) Channel Cat

25-1 (25-1) Say the Word

33-1 (33-1) Serpentine

33-1 (33-1) War Like Goddess

Distaff

The odds stayed mostly steady for the second week in a row for the Distaff. The only move was a shortening for Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Malathaat, going from 6-1 to 11-2 more than a week after her win at Saratoga in the Alabama (G1).

  5-2   (5-2) Letruska

  3-1   (3-1) Monomoy Girl

11-2   (6-1) Malathaat

13-2 (13-2) Search Results

  7-1   (7-1) Swiss Skydiver

10-1 (10-1) Gamine

11-1 (11-1) Maracujá

14-1 (14-1) As Time Goes By

14-1 (14-1) Ce Ce

16-1 (16-1) Clairière

16-1 (16-1) Crazy Beautiful

16-1 (16-1) Shedaresthedevil

25-1 (25-1) Blue Stripe

25-1 (25-1) Vequist

33-1 (33-1) Travel Column

40-1 (40-1) Dayoutoftheoffice

Mile

Even though he is 4-for-4 in 2021 with three Group 1 victories in Europe, the favorite Palace Pier saw his odds to win the Mile go from 8-5 to 9-5 (actually plus-185). Mo Forza’s triumph Aug. 21 in the Del Mar Mile (G2) finally resonated with his move from 20-1 to 9-1.

  9-5   (8-5) Palace Pier

  9-2   (9-2) Poetic Flare

  6-1   (6-1) Domestic Spending

  8-1   (8-1) Baaeed

  8-1   (8-1) Lord North

  8-1   (8-1) Tribhuvan

  9-1   (9-1) Got Stormy

  9-1 (20-1) Mo Forza

10-1 (10-1) Gran Alegria

10-1 (10-1) Order of Australia

12-1 (12-1) Danon Kingly

12-1 (12-1) Lope y Fernández

12-1 (12-1) Raging Bull

12-1 (12-1) Smooth Like Strait

14-1 (14-1) Master of the Seas

16-1 (16-1) Somelikeithotbrown

20-1 (20-1) Du Jour

33-1 (33-1) Lucky Vega

40-1 (40-1) Champers Élysées

Sprint

Jackie’s Warrior won Saturday’s H. Allen Jerkens Memorial (G1) at Saratoga, and that made him the outright favorite to win the Sprint, one of two divisions in which he carries the shortest price (see Dirt Mile). While he went from 6-1 to 5-1, Yaupon moved from 8-1 to 6-1 after his score in the Forego (G1). Thanks to his Pat O’Brien (G2) victory Saturday at Del Mar, Ginóbili opened in the Sprint futures at 7-1.

  5-1   (6-1) Jackie’s Warrior

  6-1   (6-1) Nashville

  6-1   (8-1) Yaupon

  7-1   (7-1) Firenze Fire

  7-1   ( -- ) Ginóbili

  8-1   (8-1) Bella Sofia

  9-1   (8-1) C Z Rocket

10-1 (10-1) Dr. Schivel

16-1 (16-1) Flagstaff

16-1 (16-1) Mind Control

16-1 (16-1) Whitmore

25-1 (33-1) Lexitonian

Filly & Mare Turf

The only change in the odds for the Filly & Mare Turf was the shortening of Gufo from 12-1 to 9-1. A bet on the Sword Dancer winner for this race would be ill-advised. Gufo is ineligible, because he is not a she.

  9-4   (9-4) Snowfall

11-4 (11-4) Santa Barbara

  4-1   (4-1) Loves Only You

  9-2 (12-1) Gufo*

  5-1   (5-1) War Like Goddess

  6-1   (6-1) Alpine Star

  6-1   (6-1) Mean Mary

  7-1   (7-1) Aunt Pearl

  8-1   (8-1) Althiqa

12-1 (12-1) Gift List

12-1 (12-1) Harvey’s Lil Goil

12-1 (12-1) Jouster

12-1 (12-1) Summer Romance

14-1 (14-1) Lemista

14-1 (14-1) Magic Attitude

20-1 (20-1) Personal

33-1 (33-1) La Signare

33-1 (33-1) Willow

*Colt; still listed by Bovada.

Dirt Mile

Jerkens winner Jackie’s Warrior has the distinction of being favored in two Breeders’ Cup divisions. His Saratoga triumph shortened him from 5-1 to 3-1 to win the Dirt Mile. The Sprint seems the more likely landing place for him because this race will be run at Del Mar around two turns, which have proven to be the colt’s undoing. By finishing a close second in the Jerkens, Life Is Good opened at 13-4 (plus-325) to win the Dirt Mile.

  3-1   (5-1) Jackie’s Warrior

13-4   ( -- ) Life Is Good

  5-1   (4-1) Silver State

  8-1   (8-1) Art Collector

12-1 (12-1) Concert Tour

12-1 (12-1) Drain the Clock

12-1 (12-1) Mischevious Alex

14-1 (12-1) By My Standards

14-1 (14-1) Fulsome

14-1 (14-1) Jesús’ Team

Turf Sprint

The odds did not change for the five-furlong Turf Sprint. Golden Pal, who won the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland, is still the 3-1 favorite coming off his seventh-place finish in the Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) on Aug. 20 at York, England.

  3-1   (3-1) Golden Pal

  8-1   (8-1) Kimari

  9-1   (9-1) Starman

10-1 (10-1) Dragon Symbol

10-1 (10-1) Glass Slippers

12-1 (12-1) Casa Creed

12-1 (12-1) Fast Boat

25-1 (25-1) Sombeyay

25-1 (25-1) Supremacy

Filly & Mare Sprint

Gamine has become the shortest-priced favorite in the Breeders’ Cup futures. Her triumph Saturday in the Ballerina (G1) at Saratoga moved her from 2-1 to even money to repeat as the winner of the Filly & Mare Sprint, the race that started her current five-race winning streak.

  1-1   (2-1) Gamine

  5-2   (5-2) Bella Sofia

13-2 (13-2) Ce Ce

  8-1   (8-1) Souper Sensational

10-1 (10-1) Australasia

14-1 (14-1) Estilo Talentoso