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Handicapping Challenge: 2026 Breeder's Cup (Saturday)

It's championship season!  Our focus now turns to the flats.  Keeneland Race Course.  Saturday, October 31, 2026.  Halloween.  Starting in Race #4.

Your challenge is to pick ONE horse in each of the Breeders' Cup races:

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Race #4:

  • Grade I
  • 7f
  • Dirt
  • $1,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 1:10 PM (local)

 

Race #5: 

  • Grade IT
  • 5 1/2f
  • Turf
  • $1,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 1:48 PM (local)

 

Race #6:

  • Grade I
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $1,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 2:26 PM (local)

 

Race #7: 

  • Grade IT
  • 1 3/16m
  • Turf
  • $2,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 3:04 PM (local)

 

Race #8: 

  • Grade I
  • 6f
  • Dirt
  • $2,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 3:42 PM (local)

 

Race #9:

  • Grade IT
  • 1m
  • Turf
  • $2,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 4:20 PM (local)

 

Race #10: 

  • Grade I
  • 1 1/8m
  • Dirt
  • $2,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
  • 4:58 PM (local)

 

Race #11: 

  • Grade IT
  • 1 1/2m
  • Turf
  • $5,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 5:36 PM (local)

 

Race #12: 

  • Grade I
  • 1 1/4m
  • Dirt
  • $7,000,000
  • 3 yo's & up
  • 6:16 PM (local)

 

How the contest will be scored:

  • You will get a WIN-PLACE-SHOW ticket for each of your selections.
  • The denomination of each ticket will depend on the purse of the race, divided by 1,000,000.  For example, I highlighted the first digit of each race above.  So, in Race #4, you will get a $1.00 WPS ticket; in Race #11, you will get a $5.00 WPS ticket, etc.
  • In the event of a scratch, your pick will be the post-time favorite.

Questions?  Post them here.

Entries must be posted before NOON on Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Good luck, everyone!

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Posted here, so you can eliminate my choices from your handicapping equations... err, I mean, here are my picks for the challenge:

Race 4 Ways and Means
Race 5 Comanche Brave
Race 6 Domestic Product
Race 7 Blue Bolt
Race 8 Mullikin
Race 9 Notable Speech
Race 10 Fully Subscribed
Race 11 Benvenuto Cellini
Race 12 Magnitude

Clarification of the "multiplier". 

Here are the multiplication factors that will be used in the challenge, highlighted in yellow below:

 

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4 R Disaster
5 Miss Yechance
6 Forged Steel
7 Blue Bolt
8 T O Elvis
9 True Love
10 Nitrogen
11 Bay City Roller
12 Knightsbridge

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