who do i bet in the classic

[Gander]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

gander, i totally agree. the pace could be crawling with regal ransom in the lead. its the perfect set up for the two horses you mentioned. give summer bird and quality road a slow moving target like this and one of them will get first jump at the lead. the poly is the question, will these two like it? looking at QR breeding, i think he will. mine that birds only shot is if this race collapses, which i don't see. add the fact that zenyatta is going to be overbet and you have a nice number. after seeing that jockey gold cup, i'm convinced that the 3 yo's are better than these older horses. i might be wrong but after seeing richards kid win the pacific classic and place in the goodwood. my feeling is most of the older division has no shot in this race. you could not find macho again within a pole of the top two when he raced them. i think quality road and summer bird are this countries best shot at the best price that will be given.

I agree. Its not like Quality Road is a proven poly hater and they are just running him in the hopes of his one or two bad poly races were an aberration. Nobody knows how he'll like it. But with his talent and his high cruising speed, at about 10/1, I'll take my shot. I dont believe that this distance is too far for him either, especially going at a slow pace. Look at how he finished up in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. He lost by a small margin to a very good horse. He hasnt run a bad race ever. Maybe he will here and I lose my money, who knows. Playing this race hoping that his talent just gets him there.

Although I dont believe the pace will be strong, Mine that Bird just really scares me for some reason...I will be using him on pick 3's and pick 4's.

This is not the kind of race I would ever tell anybody how to play or how not to play, thats for sure.

Good luck!