Jamie Spencer shares his views on four exciting Breeders Cup rides

I ride Wind Fire in the Breeders Cup Sprint but it’s a very difficult race. She’s well drawn if she breaks as fast as she can in England although where that leaves her here I don’t know. But she’s normally a quick breaker so if she can get out and go forward that will be a help and we’ll see where we go from there. I would be delighted if she ran well but I wouldn’t be saying that I fancy her to win. I spent a winter here and I spent a winter in New York with Todd Pletcher so I’ve ridden plenty of races on the dirt back then. On dirt it’s the horse that keeps going the longest that wins. Nothing really quickens up on dirt it’s just a grinding surface so you need to stay well. On turf her best form is over five furlongs so there has to be a doubt about the trip but because of where she’s drawn you have to be open minded and ride her as if she stays forever, go forward and see where that takes her.

In the Breeders Cup Mile I ride Trade Storm. A lot of his form ties in with Kaigun who ran against Wise Dan last time which is encouraging. With Obviously in the race you know there’s going to be a helter skelter pace. Toronado is the key horse for the race. He’s got a nice draw and they’ve been riding him slightly differently this year, more positively, so he looks the one to beat. My horse is what he is. He runs to 115 basically every time. He’s fresh coming in here, he felt good this morning and he’s got an each way chance. Freddy Head has a brilliant record coming here so with Anodin you’d have to say he has a squeak too. It’s an interesting race and I’d be delighted if I get in the top three.

With Toronado when a horse has had well documented wind issues you don’t want to have to take him out of his comfort zone in a race, squeeze him to get a position and then try and hold that position. Horses that have had wind problems want everything to happen smoothly in a race so they can maximise how they use the air they take in over the first six furlongs. If you have to use them, squeeze them, and then try and fill their lungs up it can be a little bit harder. Look, he’s the best horse in the race on form and on figures but there is a doubt about him and given his draw he can’t just jump out and travel smoothly as he did at Ascot or in France last time. Hughsie will have to use him a bit early because the outside horses will be coming in on him and he’ll want to hold his position. At the end of the day he doesn’t want to drop out because he’s been ridden forward this year and they’ll want to do that here. Obviously is going to set a fast pace. Talamo lets him rip. It will be a very interesting race to watch.

Just The Judge is my best chance. Yes it’s a short time since she won in Canada. But number one, when she arrived here she weighed 495 and now she’s 504 kilos now and that was her racing weight when she won the EP Taylor. And number two, she’s eating. That’s the big thing about travelling. She wouldn’t be a huge grubber at home, she has two, two and half bowls of feed, but out here she’s having three and a half bowls of feed, and last night the guy came back to put her rug on and she had another half a bowl of feed. She’s thriving on the travelling. When you get horses that do that it’s a big advantage. She’s very fresh. She’s coming here on the back of a win.