Post positions drawn for 25th Breeders' Cup

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10/21/2008 - Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Post positions and morning-line odds have been set for the 25th running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, which will be held this Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita Park.

Defending Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin has been made the 7-5 favorite for the race with regular rider Robby Albarado getting the mount. The pair will break from post nine in the 12-horse field. Last year the colt won the $5 million Classic by 4 1/2 lengths over another three-year-old, Hard Spun.

Friday will feature the five races restricted to females, highlighted by the $2 million Ladies' Classic, previously known as the Breeders' Cup Distaff. First post on Friday will be 3:35 p.m. (et) and 1:10 p.m. (et) on Saturday.

The Ladies Day on Friday kicks-off with the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint followed by the Juvenile Fillies Turf, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Filly and Mare Turf and the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.

Championship Saturday features nine open Breeders' Cup races on an 11-race card, starting with the Breeders' Cup Marathon followed by the Turf Sprint, Dirt Mile, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Juvenile Turf, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Breeders' Cup Turf and the Classic.

The featured race is the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at 1 1/4 miles.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenneger has announced he will attend the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Saturday and will become the first California governor to ever present the winner's trophy for the Breeders' Cup Classic, which will be run Saturday at approximately 6:45 p.m. (et).

Curlin, owned by Stonestreet Stables, can join Tiznow as the only thoroughbreds to capture consecutive runnings of the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Curlin is a victory short of ensuring another Horse of the Year title.

Trained by Steve Asmussen, the four-year-old colt surpassed Cigar's earnings record of $9.9 million and currently has the mark at $10,246,800.

As a three-year-old in 2007 Curlin won the Arkansas Derby, Preakness Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, along with the Classic and was voted Horse of the Year and champion male three-year-old. This year Curlin won the Dubai World Cup, Stephen Foster and Woodward Handicaps and a second Jockey Club Gold Cup.

The $2 million Ladies' Classic, formerly the Distaff, is led by 3-5 favorite Zenyatta, an undefeated four-year-old. The filly will start from the inside post in the field of eight with Mike Smith getting the mount.

Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Moss, Zenyatta is perfect in eight career starts, including six in 2008. Seh has earned just over $1 million and is coming off a win at Santa Anita in the Lady's Secret Stakes.

Defending winner Ginger Punch is 9-2 in the morning-line and will break from post six with Rafael Bejarano riding. A winner of 12 of 21 lifetime starts, Ginger Punch has won better than $3 million for Stronach Stables and trainer Bobby Frankel.

A total of 160 entries have been taken for the 14 race, two-day event.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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