Breeders Cup Classic favourite, Curlin, has seen his odds shorten with William Hill after avoiding the dreaded wide draw for the Breeders Cup Classic. Curlin will run the 1¼ mile Breeders Cup feature race from the 9th stall, priced at 2/1 by William Hill.

A number of foreign entries benefited from the draw, with Aidan’ O’Brien’s Duke of Marmalade seeing his odds contract from 8/1 to 7/1 after receiving the ideal draw of 4th stall. His stablemate, Henruthenavigator, drew the 5th stall, while Raven’s Pass will start the race next to Curlin in the 8th stall.

French raider Goldikova was the biggest beneficiary of the draw in the Breeders Cup Mile, where she will start in the 4th stall. Aidan O’Brien’s US Ranger also looks like a good bet for the event’s premier mile race, after drawing the 7th stall.

Another British trainer benefiting from the draw at the Breeders Cup was Jeremey Noseda, whose Sixties Icon was drawn in the 4th stall for the first running of the Breeders Cup Marathon. The draw saw Sixties Icon’s odds drop from 9/4 to 13/8 at William Hill.