A high-class older mare seeking her second victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff for trainer Brad Cox will battle an outstanding 3-year-old filly making her first start against older for trainer Kenny McPeek. It’s like 2020 all over again in the BC Distaff, only better. Idiomatic, the 5-year-old Cox trainee who won the BC Distaff last year, will face Thorpedo Anna, the 3-year-old McPeek trainee with four Grade 1 wins. Idiomatic and Thorpedo Anna top the 12 fillies and mares pre-entered in the $2 million BC Distaff scheduled for Nov. 2 at Del Mar. Cox and McPeek met four years ago with top contenders in the same race. Cox’s even-money favorite Monomoy Girl, a 6-year-old, won for a second time while McPeek’s 3-year-old Swiss Skydiver finished seventh as the 2-1 second choice. :: ON SALE NOW: DRF Breeders' Cup Packages! Get everything you need to win and save 41% off the retail price. The odds order for the trainers is the same this year, with less separation. Idiomatic is the 8-5 early favorite by Daily Racing Form; Thorpedo Anna is 2-1. Those prices are likely to drop, because Idiomatic and Thorpedo Anna seemingly tower over the 10 remaining Distaff pre-entrants. Idiomatic, bred and owned by Juddmonte Farms, has won 12 races, including a recent romp in the Spinster Stakes, her fifth Grade 1. Florent Geroux is her rider. Cox and Geroux each have won the Distaff three times – Monomoy Girl in 2018 and 2020, Idiomatic last year. Thorpedo Anna, a $40,000 yearling purchase, won her fourth Grade 1 in the Cotillion. McPeek is seeking his first Breeders’ Cup victory; Thorpedo Anna’s jockey, Brian Hernandez Jr., won the 2012 BC Classic with Fort Larned. As for Thorpedo Anna, her best race this year was the one she lost – runner-up to the colt Fierceness in the Travers Stakes while earning a 111 Beyer Speed Figure. Fierceness is among the BC Classic favorites. Raging Sea, 6-1 third choice on the Distaff early line by DRF, won the Grade 2 Beldame with an 86 Beyer last out. She earned a 97 upsetting Idiomatic two starts back in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign. Raging Sea’s trainer, Chad Brown, is seeking his first Distaff victory with his 11th starter. Raging Sea’s rider, Flavien Prat, seeks his first Distaff with his seventh mount. :: BREEDERS’ CUP DISTAFF: See DRF’s special section with top contenders, odds, comments, news, and more Awesome Result, 7 for 7 in Japan, will try to replicate the Distaff feat of Japan shipper Marche Lorraine the last time the Breeders’ Cup was at Del Mar, in 2021. Marche Lorraine paid $101.80; Awesome Result is the early 8-1 fourth choice by DRF. The early odds for the remaining Distaff pre-entrants are double digits. The 3-year-old filly Candied, third by more than seven lengths to Idiomatic in the Spinster, is 15-1. Honor D Lady, fifth by more than 18 lengths in the Spinster, also is listed at 15-1. Last-out Grade 2 winners Sugar Fish and Musical Mischief are 20-1, same as last-out Grade 2 runner-up Batacuda. Japan shipper Alice Verite, a turf filly whose first preference is the BC Filly and Mare Turf, is 30-1. Che Evasora and Miss New York are currently 50-1. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.