2021 Calumet Turf Cup morning-line odds, picks: Racing insider offers bet strategy for Saturday's race

An automatic berth in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Turf will be on the line when a full field of 12 horses leaves the starting gate in the 2021 Calumet Turf Cup on Saturday at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ky. The Brad Cox-trained Arklow is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the 2021 Calumet Turf Cup odds. 

Before you make any bets, you NEED to see the latest picks from racing insider and Beyer Speed Figure maker Bob Weir. A two-time qualifier for the prestigious National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas, Weir has produced multiple five-figure days at the track over the years, including a $60,000 Pick 6 at Del Mar in 2014. This year, he has crushed the 3-year-old races. He hit the exacta in the Sam F. Davis Stakes, Tampa Bay Derby and Peter Pan Stakes, the trifecta in the Risen Star Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes and the superfecta in the Belmont Stakes. Those are just some of his scores in 2021.  

This year's Calumet Turf Cup has attracted a high class field of some of the country's top turf horses. The most accomplished is Arklow, a 7-year-old who has won more than $2.7 million in his career, the most in the field. Zulu Alpha, who is 6-1 on the morning line, has won the second most career earnings in the field, with more than $2.2 million.

Channel Cat is projected to be the early pace setter on Saturday; he won the Grade 1 Man o' War Stakes in May in frontrunning fashion. But he is expected to have some company up front. Like Channel Cat, Tide of the Sea does his best running when he goes to the lead. How the pace scenario plays out will have a huge impact on who wins on Saturday.

Now, Weir has handicapped the Calumet Turf Cup 2021 field, made his picks and constructed his bets.

One surprise: Weir is high on Ajourneytofreedom, who is a 10-1 long shot on the morning line. "Ajourneytofreedom has also not broken through against stakes company yet but has proven he belongs," Weir tells SportsLine. Weir will have Ajourneytofreedom prominent in his exacta tickets.

Also, Weir's top play is a double-digit long shot who "has finished well" in his recent starts. Weir is including this horse in his 2021 Calumet Turf Cup bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see his picks before locking in any of your own!

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