This is one hell of a field. The nine horses who will participate in the Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park have been announced, and Lawyer Ron is the slight favorite coming out of the 1-hole at 5-2.

If you believe the man who set the morning line at Monmouth, Lawyer Ron has the least value of the top contenders. “It was very difficult to separate the first three horses,” Brad Thomas told the Associated Press. The other two horses in question are Street Sense and Curlin, each at 3-1.

All of a sudden, Any Given Saturday has some value at 4-1. He was the cheval du jour after taking August’s Haskell Invitational at Monmouth, one of three straight wins heading into the Classic. But fifth favorite Hard Spun might be even more compelling at 8-1 after beating Street Sense at the Kentucky Cup Classic last month. There will be no easy choices among this quintet.

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