ARCADIA, Calif. -- California Chrome was made the early even-money favorite Monday in a field of 10 for the $6 million Breeders Cup Classic, in which the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will try to close the year with an undefeated record.Chrome is 6-0 so far in 2016 and is already the richest horse in North American history with career earnings of $13.4 million. He will break from the No. 4 post on Saturday at Santa Anita under Victor Espinoza.This horse is ready, 79-year-old trainer Art Sherman said. Hes better now than hes ever been.Arrogate drew the far outside post and is the 5-2 second choice for the 1 1/4-mile race against older horses. The late-developing 3-year-old colt stunned the racing world in August when he won the Travers at Saratoga by 13 1/2 lengths. Arrogate will try to deliver a record third straight Classic victory for trainer Bob Baffert, who won last year with Triple Crown champion American Pharoah and in 2014 with Bayern at Santa Anita.Arrogate will be ridden by Mike Smith, whose 22 victories make him the leading jockey in the 32-year history of the event.I just hope all America is watching this race because its going to be a great race, Baffert said.The Classic will be shown live in primetime on NBC.Post positions were drawn Monday for the 13 races worth $28 million to be run during the world championships on Friday and Saturday.Whitney winner Frosted was installed as the 5-1 third choice in the Classic.Effinex, last years Classic runner-up, is one of two 15-1 shots in the Classic, along with Hoppertunity, Bafferts other entry.Also in the Classic field are Keen Ice, Melatonin, Shaman Ghost, War Story and Win the Space.The $2 million Distaff highlights Fridays four Cup races. The 1-1/8-mile race for fillies and mares pits three champions against each other: undefeated Songbird, Stellar Wind and Beholder.Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Songbird is 11-0, with five of her victories coming on her home track at Santa Anita. She is the 6-5 favorite ridden by Smith. They drew the No. 1 post in the field of eight.Shes going to run well, Smith said. Shes ready for something like this.Stellar Wind is the co-second choice at 5-2 with Beholder, who will be making the last start of her career. Last year at Keeneland, Beholder was scratched because of a fever that kept her out of the Classic against male horses.Stellar Wind landed in the No. 5 post while Beholder will break from the eighth spot.Its nice to get off the rail, said Richard Mandella, who trains Beholder, but I am a bigger believer in good luck and a good post, so we are hoping for good luck.Also in the Distaff field are Argentina-bred Corona Del Inca, Curalina, Forever Unbridled, Im a Chatterbox and Land Over Sea.In the $2 million Juvenile, Not This Time drew the No. 10 post in a field of 11 and is listed as the 7-2 favorite. Trained by Dale Romans, Not This Time is 2 for 3 and a victory on Saturday would position the 2-year-old as the early favorite for next years Kentucky Derby.Last years Juvenile winner Nyquist went on to win the Derby. He was set to run in the Classic, but came up with a puffy ankle and was retired Monday.The Juvenile field includes two Todd Pletcher-trained colts: Theory and Syndergaard, named for New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard.In the $1 million Turf Sprint on Saturday, Pure Sensation is the 4-1 favorite. Also in the field is Undrafted, owned by former NFL star receiver Wes Welker. The 6-year-old gelding finished fifth in the race last year and third in the 2014 edition.In Fridays races, Oscar Performance is the 4-1 favorite in the $1 million Juvenile Turf; Gun Runner is the 6-5 favorite in the $1 million Dirt Mile; and Roly Poly is the 4-1 favorite in the $1 million Juvenile Fillies Turf.Among Saturdays other races, the Baffert-trained Noted and Quoted is the 9-2 favorite in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies; Lady Eli is the 5-2 favorite in the $2 million Filly & Mare Turf; Masochistic is the 2-1 favorite in the $1.5 million Sprint; Britain-bred Flintshire is the 5-2 favorite in the $4 million Turf; Haveyougoneaway is the 3-1 favorite for the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint; and Tepin is the 3-1 favorite for the $2 million Mile. Wholesale Nike Shoes NZ . Pert has formerly spent time as an assistant coach with Cardiff City, Coventry City, and Bahrain mens national team. 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The duo that totaled 204 RBI in the regular season is a combined 2 for 45 through six games in the postseason.Kershaw only underscored their struggles during Los Angeles 1-0 win Sunday night that tied the NL Championship Series at a game apiece.Kershaw held Chicago to two hits over seven innings and Kenley Jansen finished with two perfect innings, but that 1-2 punch could quiet Murderers Row.The other Cubs have done plenty of damage, with six players getting a hit in an 8-4 Game 1 victory. Rizzo and Russell, however, were a combined 0 for 9 Saturday night before going hitless in six at-bats in Game 2.Rizzo said changing his plate approach at this point in the series would be foolish. While it sounds counterintuitive, hes learned that patience is the quickest way to end a slump.I dont think its fair to everyone trying to get six, seven, eight hits at one time. Ive done that before in my career, he laughed ruefully, and it doesnt work.You just keep going through the process, he added. Keep battling, keep grinding.Rizzo and Russell were key contributors for baseballs best regular season team, but both have made every pitcher look unhittable in October, even as Chicago rolled past San Francisco in four games during an NL Division Series.Weve been taking some good hacks, said Russell, whose tailspin actually began at the end of the regular season. Theyre just not falling.Rizzo batted .292 with 32 homee runs and 109 RBI during the regular season.dddddddddddd Hes gone 1 for 23 in the playoffs with just a single and three walks, including the only one Kershaw issued in seven innings.When Rizzo got to 3-0 in that at-bat, he was bristling for a pitch to hit.No doubt, he said. Its a 1-0 game at that point. One swing changes that.He nearly did that in the fourth inning, turning a 1-1 fastball from Kershaw into a towering shot that cleared the outfield wall in right by plenty -- it landed on Sheffield Avenue, behind Wrigley Field -- but hooked just outside the foul pole. Kershaw threw high and tight on the next pitch, then coaxed Rizzo into grounding out.Rizzo was hoping for a second bite at the long ball in the seventh. But Kershaw walked him on the next pitch.Anytime you can get on, Rizzo said, his voice trailing off.Russell hit only .238 in the regular season, but contributed plenty of power, with 21 homers and 95 RBI. Yet, like Rizzo, hes got only a single in his 22 at-bats. He sat out the Cubs playoff run last year due to an injury, but he said that lack of experience wasnt an excuse.He got ahead early and he throws strikes, Russell said. He had his stuff tonight. ... Ive got to learn to grind out the at-bats better, extend the pitchers more.Kershaw yielded only two hits in seven innings. Tough as he was on Rizzo, the left-hander dominated Russell, who grounded out in his first at-bat then produced a pair of routine flyouts.Rizzo said neither he nor Russell had a reason to hang their heads, at least on this night.We just faced the best pitcher on the planet, he said. ' ' '