Churchill Downs linemaker Mike Battaglia came close to making Dreaming of Anna the morning line favorite in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.
But when the undefeated filly owned by Chicago’s Frank Calabrese and trained by Wayne Catalano drew the inside post position, Battaglia decided to project Cash Included as the 3-1 favorite and Dreaming of Anna the 4-1 second choice.
California-based Cash Included will leave from post 3.
Bernardini is the heaviest favorite at even-money in the $5 million Classic.
The most competitive race figures to be the $2 million Distaff; 13 of the 14 contestants have won Grade I races.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has three favorites in the other races: Fleet Indian at 8-5 in the Distaff, Henny Hughes at 2-1 in the $2 million Sprint and Circular Quay at 5-2 in the $2 million Juvenile.
