Just went through the Sheets archives for the Breeders Cup Turf for a pattern analysis of winners and extremely close runners up. Began in 2001 and the sample included 32 horses. The most repeated patterns in the 3 preceding races that resulted in a Top or Pair in the BC Turf are:

* Pair-Pair-Pair(5 times)
* Top-Pair-Pair (3)
* Off-Pair-Pair (3)
* Pair-Pair-Top (2)
* Pair-Top-Pair (2)
* Pair-Pair-Off (2)

Having a Pair at least twice in the preceding 3 races is a great pattern, but I have to imagine that’s not unusual with world class turf runners coming to the Breeders Cup.