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Post positions set for 23rd Breeders' Cup LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Bernardini will face the toughest race of his career as the definitive favourite. The Preakness and Travers winner was made the even-money choice for Saturday's US$5-million Breeders' Cup Classic, the showcase event at the $20 million, eight-race Breeders' Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs. A field of 13 - one less than an expected full field - was entered Wednesday, with Bernardini drawing the No. 3 post position. The three-year-old colt will be ridden by Javier Castellano. ''He looks really good,'' Castellano said after watching Bernardini's final workout at Belmont Park on Tuesday. ''I'm really looking forward to the challenge.'' Bernardini, a son of A.P. Indy, is owned by Sheik Mohammed's Darley Stable and trained by Tom Albertrani. Todd Pletcher, the leading trainer in the U.S., will send out longshots Flower Alley and Lawyer Ron in the Classic as 17 of his record 18 pre-entries got into races. Flower Alley is owned by Toronto businessman Eugene Melnyk. Pletcher has two of the morning-line favourites selected by Churchill's oddsmaker Mike Battaglia - Circular Quay, 5-2 in the $2-million Juvenile, and Fleet Indian, 8-5 in the $2-million Distaff. Whitney Handicap winner Invasor was the 5-1 second choice. Lava Man, the pride of the West Coast with a 7-for-7 mark this year, was 6-1. Invasor, trained by Kiaran McLaughlin, is owned Shadwell Stable's Sheik Hamdan, the older brother of Dubai's ruler Shiek Mohammed. Invasor, with Fernando Jara aboard, drew the No. 11 post; Lava Man, with Corey Nakatani up, leaves from the No. 8 post. Two European stars were at 10-1 - George Washington and David Junior. George Washington is Europe's leading three-year-old; the four-year-old David Junior won the Eclipse Stakes in his last start. There are three Canadian-owned horses in the Classic - Flower Alley, Brother Derek, owned by Calgary oilman Cecil Peacock and 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo, co-owned by Stronach Stables of Aurora, Ont. Other horses in the field are Lawyer Ron, Perfect Drift, Premium Tap, Suave and Sun King. Super Frolic was pre-entered in the Classic, but when final entries were taken the six-year-old was entered in the $2-million Mile. Bernardini comes into the Classic with six wins in a row by a combined 40 lengths but has never faced a field with so many accomplished challengers. Perfect Drift will be running in the Classic for a record fifth time - the six-year-old gelding was third last year. His trainer Murray Johnson has been impressed with Bernardini but says winning the Classic will be a tall order. ''He's a great horse with impeccable breeding and he's dominated the three-year-olds,'' Johnson said. ''He's going to have to step up. He's in the pros now and against the very best. All the other horses have been doing it for a long time against other good horses over the years. He's going to have to show that he can do it.'' Favourites for the others races: Cash Included, owned by J. Paul Reddam of Windsor, Ont., (3-1, Juveniles Fillies); Ouija Board (8-5, Filly & Mare Turf); Henny Hughes (2-1, $2 million Sprint); Gorella (4-1, Mile); and Hurricane Run (3-1, Turf). Pletcher has three second choices in Scat Daddy in the Juvenile, Wait a While in the $2-million Filly & Mare Turf and English Channel in the $3-million Turf. His Awesome Ashley was not among the full field selected for the $2 million Juvenile Fillies. Last year, two of eight favourites won - Saint Liam took the Classic and Folklore the Juvenile Fillies.