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Lawyer Ron the Favorite at Breeder's Cup

Heads for turf trial against Street Smart and Curlin

By Max Brallier, Newser User

Posted Oct 24, 2007 5:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – Whitney Handicapp and Woodward Stakes winner Lawyer Ron was made the slight favorite over Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Preakness winner Curlin yesterday for Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Monmouth Park.

"It was very difficult to separate the first three horses [but] Lawyer Ron was made the favorite because of his consistent excellence in his last three races," said the official oddsmaker. Lawyer Ron is a 5-2 choice, and 3-year-olds Street Sense and Curlin are the co-second picks at 3-1.

Lawyer Ron, jockey John Velazquez up, wins the Whitney Handicap horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in this July 28, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) (Associated Press)

In this photo released by the New York Racing Association, Curlin, left, ridden by Robby Albarado wins the The Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational horse race at Belmont Park in New York, on Sunday, Sept.... (Associated Press)

Trainer Todd Pletcher talks with reporters after Lawyer Ron and jockey John Velazquez won the Whitney Handicap horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in this July 28, 2007 file... (Associated Press)

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