Japan will have a rooting interest in Saturday’s Breeders Cup 2010 Classic that will be telecast on ESPN with a post time of 6:45pm EST with the entry of Espoir City, who has opened at online racebooks as a +1600 horse betting longshot on the morning line. Espoir City is owned by the Yushun Horse Club, is trained by Akio Adachi and is going to be mounted 2010 Breeders Cup picks by jockey Tetsuzo Sato from gate number 11.

Whatever is said about defending Breeders Cup Classic champion Zenyatta, it is never adequate. The 8/5 morning line favorite in 2010 Breeders Cup betting odds at online racebooks to repeat as champion of the classic, is running the biggest race of her life on Saturday. Zenyatta will take off from post position number 8 in the attempt to retire undefeated and rank along Secretariat as the greatest horse of all time. Zenyatta is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moss, trained by John Shirreffs and will be mounted by hall of fame jockey Mike Smith.