US legend Bob Baffert with his view on how the Classic draw will play out

Legendary US trainer Bob Baffert, who trained the winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2014, 2015 and 2016, give his thoughts on the challenge facing the British and Irish-trained runners in this year's $6 million Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

It is a tough challenge from the inside stalls, because American dirt horses are fast and quick – quicker away. Unless they hassle Thunder Snow and Roaring Lion hard away from the gate and use them up, it’s going to be tough. That dirt kicks them in the face and you just don’t know how turf horses are going to respond to it.

I don’t think they are going to be quick enough to take the lead, so they are going to have to face the cover. Mendelssohn will probably be fighting for the lead early with one of mine so we’ll see what happens. He is a very fast and tough horse and he has a nice draw.