The 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic will take place on Saturday at Del Mar in San Diego with a field of 14. The Breeders' Cup Classic 2024 will be contested over 1 1/4 miles for horses aged 3 and older, and this year's race carries a $7 million purse. City of Troy, son of 2018 Triple Crown winner Justify, is the 5-2 favorite in the latest 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic odds, followed by Fierceness (3-1), who won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile last year. The latest 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic forecast is calling for cloudy skies and temperatures in the upper 60s. Other 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic contenders include Forever Young (6-1), Next (8-1), and Sierra Leone (12-1). Post time is 5:41 p.m. ET.

Before locking in any 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic picks, you NEED to see what our resident horse racing guru, Jody Demling, has to say.

A fixture in the horse racing world who has been writing about, talking about and betting on races for years, Demling enters the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic having nailed the Derby-Oaks double 11 of the last 16 years! He also predicted the winner of the Belmont Stakes four of the last seven years and called 10 of the last 20 Preakness winners, including 2023 when he hit the winner, exacta, trifecta and superfecta as well as the trifecta in 2024. He also nailed Flightline's win in the 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

For the 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic, we can tell you Demling is fading three-time Grade 1 winner Fierceness (3-1), one of the top favorites, who recently won the Travers Stakes! Another curveball: He's high on Ushba Tesoro, even though he's a hefty underdog at 12-1! He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. "He'll be running in the end," Demling told SportsLine.

Demling is also high on a MASSIVE double-digit underdog who "has a big chance to spring the upset!" He's including this horse in his 2024 Breeders' Cup Classic bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

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