2005 Breeders' Cup Distaff racing picks include 2004 Distaff defending champion Ashado, Dream of Summer, Hollywood Story, In the Gold, Island Fashion, Island Sand, Round Pond, Shadow Cast, Sis City, Smuggler, Society Selection, Spun Sugar, 2004 Distaff third placer Stellar Jayne, Summerly, Sweet Symphony, Tarlow, and Two Trail Sioux. Top Breeders' Cup racing selections are as wildly diverse as there are eight races on the championship day card: Breeders' Cup Classic, Distaff, Filly & Mare Turf, Juvenile, Juvenile Fillies, Mile, Sprint, Turf. Enjoy browsing some free picks for the Breeders' Cup Distaff, and have fun winning at the 2005 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships on October 29, Saturday, at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
Last year's Breeder's Cup Distaff champion Ashado returns this year as the big 3/1 favorite with trainer Todd Pletcher and top money jockey John Velazquez, both of whom account for another top Distaff racing pick, Spun Sugar, and also led Speightstown to victory at the 2004 Breeders' Cup Sprint. Velazquez additionally rode Roses in May, Film Maker, and Kitten's Joy all to second place at the Classic, Filly & Mare Turf, and Turf, respectively, last year.
Finishing third at the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Stellar Jayne returns as the 6/1 favorite with #10 top money trainer Saeed bin Suroor and #3 top money jockey Jerry Bailey, whose other top Distaff race contenders are 10/1 favorite Island Sand with trainer Larry Jones, Summerly with top money trainer Steve Asmussen, and 10/1 favorite Sweet Symphony with #2 top money trainer Bill Mott. Bailey rode Storm Flag Flying to second place at the Distaff, UAE's Balletto to second at the Juvenile Fillies, Kela to second in the Sprint, France's Six Perfections to third in the Mile, and Pleasantly Perfect to third in the Classic, all in 2004.
Other 10/1 favorites are Shadow Cast with trainer Neil Howard and jockey Robby Albarado, and Society Selection with trainer Allen Jerkens and jockey Eibar Coa. With top money trainer Wally Dollase, #1 top money jockey Pat Day is riding Two Trail Sioux. Sis City is with #4 top money trainer Bobby Frankel and top money jockey Edgar Prado, who is also riding Smuggler trained by #3 top money trainer Shug McGaughey. Dream of Summer is with trainer Juan Garcia and #10 top money jockey Corey Nakatani, who rode Sweet Catomine to championship at the 2004 Juvenile Fillies. Top money jockey Pat Valenzuela is riding Island Fashion trained by Marcelo Polanco, and Tarlow with trainer John Shireffs, whose other top Distaff race contender is Hollywood Story with top money jockey Victor Espinoza. The top money duo of trainer Nick Zito and jockey Gary Stevens are strong with In the Gold while Smarty Jones' trainer John Servis and jockey Stewart Elliot team up for Round Pond.