Saturday's $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic highlights two days of racing. Here's what to know to bet the races.

The two-day global racing festival known as the Breeders’ Cup kicks off at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Southern California on Friday with five Grade 1 races worth a total of $7 million. Day 2 of the Breeders’ Cup on Saturday features nine Grade 1 races.

With Sovereignty out, Fierceness has inherited the role of the favorite, listed at 5-2 on the morning line. Sierra Leone (7-2), Forever Young (7-2), Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (5-1) and Mindframe (6-1) round out the top five choices in the nine-horse Classic field.

Here is everything you need to know about the Breeders' Cup schedule, including TV and streaming options for every race.

Whether Fierceness thinks he can win will steer his performance. We know what and how he has been doing, but nobody knows what he's thinking now.

SportsLine horse racing writer Gene Menez, who hit the late Pick 4 at last year's Breeders' Cup for $5,303 and will be competing in this year's Breeders' Cup Betting Challenge, has identified his pick

Brought us here to the Breeders’ Cup for three straight years. He’s given us some ride. He paid $35 in the Juvenile and won by 7. Last year he went off as the favorite. No matter what he does here I’m always going to say ‘His best career race was the time he was in Del Mar in the Breeders’ Cup race and went :22,

Handicapper Ed DeRosa makes his Breeders' Cup expert picks and offers betting tips for Saturday's races at Del Mar, including the Classic and Mile.

Forever Young, 7-2 on the morning line, looks poised to give Japan its first victory in America’s richest thoroughbred race Saturday at Del Mar.

Constitution colt may hold a slight edge in one of the most competitive Breeders' Cup Classic fields in history

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