This was Rags to Riches’ year. She became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in over a century. But she came up short to Lear’s Princess at last month’s Gazelle Stakes and will miss the Breeders’ Cup with a hairline fracture.

Despite her victory, Lear’s Princess is in the second tier of favorites at 8-1 for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Monmouth Park. The top chalk goes to Ginger Punch at 7-2. You won’t find too many arguments there – Ginger Punch won three straight races before finishing third at last month’s Beldame Stakes. The top two fillies from that event are tied at 9-2: Unbridled Belle and Indian Vale, both trained by Todd Pletcher.

The hottest filly out there, though, might be another member of Pletcher’s army: uddmonte Spinster Stakes Panty Raid. But what Cup race will she run? Panty Raid is currently 10-1 to win the Distaff and 15-1 for the Filly and Mare Turf.

There are 11 races on tap at next month’s Breeders’ Cup. The Classic is easily the main event, but there will be plenty of talent on the undercard.

The Distaff, for example, will see the world’s best fillies and mares, ages 3 and up, racing over 1 1/8 miles with a cool $2 million going to the victor. Ginger Punch has already qualified after winning the Go For Wand Handicap as part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge; the next qualifier will be named after the Beldame Stakes on Sept. 30 at Belmont.

Past winners of the Distaff include Dance Smartly, who completed the Canadian Triple Crown in 1991, and two females who would go on to take the prestigious Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year: Lady’s Secret (1986) and Azeri (2002). Belmont Stakes champion Rags to Riches could be the next; trainer Todd Pletcher has her pointed at the Distaff for now instead of the Classic.