2007 Breeders' Cup could be dirtier than Barry Bonds, Bill Belichick, and that betting NBA Referee

Well, without the horseshit coming from them horses of course. That would be too obvious to write about.

As the clock ticks for the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic, we are somewhat in the middle of all these controversies surrounding the world of sports lately.

Confused? Let me remind you. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick used a spying cameraman to read the New York Jets' defensive hand signals to start the NFL season after Barry Bonds became the all-time home run leader with performance enhancing drugs.

Oh yeah, it didn't end there. A few months earlier, NBA referee Tim Donaghy was found guilty of betting on the NBA games he worked, therefore giving him the privilege to let a team cover any spread depending on where his money was riding with. Sounds like the perfect handicapper eh?

And don't get me started with the Tour de France and all its doping scandals.

As the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic draws near, we're may be looking at a sporting event even dirtier than Barry Bonds, Belichick and all them cheating sonsabitches combined. Why? How? Read on.

Trainers of the three biggest stables in horse racing, that's Todd Pletcher, Steve Asmussen and Doug O'Neill were all serving suspensions for medical infractions. Pletcher and Asmussen wound up winning two-thirds of the Triple Crown when Rags to Riches won the Belmont Stakes after Curlin won the Preakness.

And speaking of Curlin, two of the horse's owners, that's William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham, Jr., is in prison for allegedly robbing a whopping $46 million from their clients.

There's also this ongoing investigation in Kentucky revolving around trainer Patrick Biancone, regarded as one of the top-class trainers in thoroughbred racing. The trainer's vet, Dr. Rod Stewart (no, not the singer...) has been suspended for five years by the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for possession of cobra venom.

Biancone trained about a half-dozen contenders for the coming 2007 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships.

Who will win the 2007 Breeders' Cup Classic? Bodog has the odds.

Any Given Saturday 7/1

Lawyer Ron 7/2

Rags to Riches 20/1

Street Sense 4/1

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2007 Breeders' Cup Classic Horse of the Year