2023 Breeders Cup Sprint Betting Odds at Santa Anita racecourse

Saturday, 04 November 2023

The Breeders’ Cup is the biggest horse racing festival in the USA, with this two-day extravaganza featuring the hottest races on Day Two of the meeting and that includes the Breeders’ Cup Sprint race.

The Breeders’ Cup Sprint is contested over six furlongs on a dirt track and it’s a real hammer and tongs affair, with a purse of around $2,000,000 available in total and any horse aged three or older can line up for their right to compete in the race.

Elite Power
Elite Power
2.88
Elite Power
Elite Power
Best Odds2.88
All Odds15/85/4
Tejano Twist
Tejano Twist
6.00
Tejano Twist
Tejano Twist
Best Odds6.00
All OddsSP5/1
Spirit Of Makena
Spirit Of Makena
8.00
Spirit Of Makena
Spirit Of Makena
Best Odds8.00
All Odds7/16/1
Straight No Chaser
Straight No Chaser
13.00
Straight No Chaser
Straight No Chaser
Best Odds13.00
All Odds12/18/1
Gunite
Gunite
11.00
Gunite
Gunite
Best Odds11.00
All Odds10/110/1
Drifaros
Drifaros
13.00
Drifaros
Drifaros
Best Odds13.00
All OddsSP12/1
Sibelius
Sibelius
15.00
Sibelius
Sibelius
Best Odds15.00
All Odds10/114/1
Wicked Halo
Wicked Halo
15.00
Wicked Halo
Wicked Halo
Best Odds15.00
All OddsSP14/1
Hopkins
Hopkins
17.00
Hopkins
Hopkins
Best Odds17.00
All Odds14/116/1
Sound Money
Sound Money
17.00
Sound Money
Sound Money
Best Odds17.00
All OddsSP16/1
C Z Rocket
C Z Rocket
41.00
C Z Rocket
C Z Rocket
Best Odds41.00
All Odds40/125/1
Diligent Harry
Diligent Harry
34.00
Diligent Harry
Diligent Harry
Best Odds34.00
All OddsSP33/1

Who Are the Favourites to Win the Breeders’ Cup Sprint?

The 2020 Breeders’ Cup Sprint racecard is packed with interesting names and Vekoma heads the current betting market, although the Dirt Mile favourite is likely to run in this race rather than the Sprint even if he’s capable of winning either.

If Vekoma doesn’t run in this race, then we might see Shancelot heavily backed for victory and the four-year-old has had a series of excellent races although a failure to win any of his last three races could give punters cause for concern.

There’s also the fact that we haven’t seen the horse make an appearance since finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint last season and connections will hope he can go one better than finishing second behind favourite Mitole.

Yaupon is another interesting runner who looks like he could make the frame in this Breeders’ Cup betting race, with the Steven Asmussen-trained charge winning the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes in Saratoga, with Joel Rosario expected to take this ride.

The History of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint

There are only fourteen runners that can line up in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint race, with five automatic berths made available for horses that qualify by winning certain elite races through the course of the season.

The current races for Breeders’ Cup Sprint qualification are as follows

John A. Nerud Stakes, a Grade 2 race run in July at Belmont Park in New York Bing Crosby Handicap, a Grade 1 race run in July at Del Mar racetrack in California Vosburgh Stakes, a Grade 1 race run in October at Belmont Park in New York Phoenix Stakes, a Grade 3 race at Keeneland in Kentucky Santa Anita Sprint Championship, a Grade 1 race at Santa Anita Park in California.

The race has been in operation since 1984 and Roy H was a back-to-back winner in 2017 and 2018, while Bob Baffert has been a serial winning trainer of this race with five successes.


The Breeders’ Cup World Championships is an annual series of races that take place at different race tracks and the 2019 version will occur at Santa Anita.

The Breeders’ Cup Sprint is highly popular and, as the name suggests, we get the exciting prospect of horses battling it out over six furlongs for a huge purse.

The race was first run in 1984 and the purse now stands at $2,000,000, with Roy H winning the past two renewals and going down in American racing folklore. The Peter Miller-trained charge won the race at ages 5 and 6 but won’t be back to defend his crown again.

Mitole and Imperial Hint Among Favourites

Mitole has burst on to the scene as a four-year-old and has run five times since April, with the horse triumphing on four occasions. Most recently, the charge landed the spoils at Saratoga when winning the Forego Stakes and that was an impressive Grade 1 success.

Back in July, Mitole was beaten when sent off as the 1/2 favourite, with the bookies toasting the fact that Imperial Hint was the winner on that occasion when the pair clashed in another Grade 1 race at Saratoga.

It looks likely that there will be a renewal of the rivalry in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, with Imperial Hint trading at a similar price and the horse was recently successful in a race at Belmont Park.

The six-year-old obliged at odds of 1/4 to beat Firenze Fire, with the runner now being primed for a big run at Santa Anita.

Perhaps the favourite will come from the front two in the betting, although this year’s Breeders’ Cup Sprint looks to be an open renewal and Shancelot is trading as third favourite at 9/2.

This horse is something of an unknown considering that he’s only aged 3 and fairly inexperienced, although it’s been a promising year for a charge who ran very recently at Santa Anita.

Having been sent off as odds-on favourite, the horse found one too good for him, with Omaha Beach landing the victory in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Championship Stakes.