Fort Larned Odds to Win Breeders Cup Classic 2013 Now 8-1

Fort Larned odds of winning the Breeders Cup Classic 2013 were made much longer Wednesday, now set at 8-1 compared to the 4/1 odds offered earlier in the week.  Claim Your Free $25 Bet PLUS 7 Percent Track Rebates (4 Percent Daily Rebates by Phone).  (you will not be required to provide a social security number unlike most stateside online racebooks)

At 8-1 odds, Fort Larned certainly has terrific value as last year’s Classic winner.

At Churchill Downs, Fort Larned worked five furlongs in 1:01.80 in his final prep for the Classic on earlier in the week. 

“Everything’s good. It was a nice work,” Ian Wilkes, who trains Fort Larned, said by telephone. “He came back happy. He wanted to do more.”

He was later flown out to California where he will run in the Breeders Cup Classic Saturday at Santa Anita.

The five-year-old has struggled somewhat in the early part of 2013, underperforming at both the Gulfstream Park Handicap and Oaklawn Handicap but would later go on to win the Stephen Foster Handicap by six lengths.   As if that were not impressive enough, the winning time of 1:47.45 was the second fastest in the history of the race.

Odds to Win the 2013 Breeders Cup Classic:

Game On Dude - EVEN

Mucho Macho Man +350

Declaration Of War 6/1 

Will Take Charge 8/1

Fort Larned 8/1

Palace Malice 10/1

Ron the Greek 12/1

Flat Out 14/1

Paynter 18/1

Moreno 20/1

Planteur 20/1

Last Gunfighter 25/1

- Ean Lamb, Gambling911.com