DEL MAR — The last time Fierceness raced at Del Mar, he broke from the rail and almost immediately made a left turn … nearly three furlongs before that was required.

The 4-year-old colt nearly veered into a temporary rail that leads horses out of the 1¼-mile chute at the head of the stretch. Jockey John Velazquez got him straightened out and Fierceness went on to win the Pacific Classic, but it wasn’t an experience anyone was eager to relive.

So it was that in the hours before Monday’s post-position draw for the 14 Breeders’ Cup races set for this weekend at Del Mar, one of which, the $7 million Classic, will feature Fierceness, trainer Todd Pletcher was asked about the prospect of again starting from the No. 1 post.

“I absolutely don’t want to draw the rail,” Pletcher told FanDuel TV w

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