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    2020 Breeders' Cup Classic odds, picks: Racing insider offers selections for Saturday's race

    Sharp handicapper Bob Weir has been on fire this year, and on Saturday he targets the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic.
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    The country's top dirt horses square off in North America's richest race when the gate opens on Saturday in the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. The Bob Baffert-trained Improbable is the 5-2 favorite. Post time is 5:18 p.m. ET.

    Before you make any 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic picks, you NEED to see what racing insider Bob Weir has to say.

    Based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Weir has been handicapping and following horse racing since reading Andy Beyer's landmark handicapping book "Picking Winners" in the late 1980s. Weir is highly invested in the Beyer Speed Figure, a number assigned to every race run by a horse that measures how fast the horse ran. He uses the figure as the backbone of his handicapping. In fact, thanks to his proficiency with speed figures and top-tier handicapping, he landed one of just eight spots on Beyer's figure-making team in 2017, a position he holds to this day.

    Weir's methodology has produced multiple five-figure days. In 2014, he hit a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar. The following year, he nailed a $31,000 Pick 6 at Gulfstream Park. In 2016 and 2017, Weir qualified for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas.

    And this year, his first for SportsLine, Weir has been on fire. In January he crushed the Pegasus World Cup, giving out an $8 exacta and a $1 trifecta, winning $757.60. On June 13 Weir hit a $2 superfecta in the Ogden Phipps Stakes that paid a whopping $1,039. He nailed the exacta and trifecta in the Forego Stakes in August for $1,134.50. And he hit the late Pick 4 at Belmont Park on June 18, June 19, June 25, July 2 and July 5 with the June 25 score returning a whopping $2,159.50. Those are just some of his hits this year.

    Anyone who has followed Weir this year is WAY UP.

    Now, Weir has handicapped the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic field, made his picks and constructed his bets. 

    One shocker: Weir is mostly fading Maximum Security, who is 7-2 on the morning line, behind only Improbable and Tiz the Law. "I'm just not convinced he's been the same horse since returning from Saudi Arabia," Weir tells SportsLine.

    Instead, Weir's top pick is a horse who "seems to match up well against this group." He's also high on a double-digit long shot who's "capable of hitting the board." These horses could light up the tote board on Saturday. Weir is including these horses in his wagers, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see which horses they are before locking in any picks!

    Who wins the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic? And how has Weir constructed his exactas and trifectas? ... Join SportsLine right here to get the top Breeders' Cup Classic picks and bets, all from the racing insider who has been on fire this year!

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    SportsLine Staff

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