Betting Picks

There's just one week to go before the gates fly open and the horses are off and running in the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The 13-race event kicks off on Friday, November 3 and continues through Saturday, November 4, culminating in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

Each won over 100 regular season games, each navigated through the playoffs to get here, and now it's on with Game 1 set for Tuesday, October 24 in Los Angeles. So what are the key betting angles in the 2017 World Series?

Besides the convenience of being able to bet horse races anytime from anywhere on a PC or mobile device, one of the best reasons to have an account with an online racebook is to take advantage of the various rebate and cash back programs offered by web-based betting sites.

Every year the good folks at the Breeders' Cup offer horseplayers the chance to win big cash prizes in their annual Betting Challenge handicapping contest. For 2017, there's up to $1 million in total prize money to be won, but time is running out to get in on the action.

The marquee event of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the 2017 Classic features a defending champion trying to prove he's still got it, the second-best horse of 2016 looking to claim the top spot this year, and a couple of young horses trying to upset their elders.

The wheels can always fall off in college football much like they did for Clemson and Washington State in week 7, but fortunately for us the betting wheels have been well-greased as we've gone 4-1 ATS over the last two weeks.

In what is shaping up to be one of the most competitive of the 2017 Breeders' Cup World Championships races, the Filly & Mare Turf is expected to draw a field of one solid favorite and several other strong contenders. The last ten winners have been evenly split between European and American horses.

A bettor can never rest on his laurels, so I've already forgotten that I went 3-1 ATS in Week 6. A good team stays hungry and focused even after a win and that's exactly what I intend to do this week with another round of solid plays.

The shortest of all the Breeders' Cup World Championships races, the BC Turf Sprint will be run at 5 furlongs for 2017 at Del Mar. In sharp contrast to the BC Turf, where European-based horses have dominated, the Turf Sprint has historically favored US-based runners.