Breeders Cup Classic Form

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Run backs:

Haynesfield 2nd to 35/1 shot Jersey Town in Cigar Mile
Musket Man 8th beaten many behind Jersey Town at 7/2 in Cigar Mile
First Dude 4th at 4/5 odds behind Tackleberry in Sunshine's Million Classic
Fly Down 5th at 5/2 odds behind Giant Oak in the Donn.


The only horse to run halfway respectable was Haynesfield - and he blew the break in the Classic - and was rank on a pace that badly collapsed. Basically, hands down the worst trip in the race especially considering his form is always better when he's on the lead.


The BC Classic did somehow manage to go slightly faster than the 2yo boys in the Juvenile - but if you look at the Ragozin variant - even the wind direction aided the Classic final time versus that race... hence Uncle Mo running clearly a faster Ragozin figure than Blame and Zenyatta.

Last years Classic just keeps looking more and more horrid all the time - but at least we are seeing monsters like Jersey Town, Tackleberry, Soaring Empire and Giant Oak rising from the ashes.

If Nafgzer kept ole Street Sense around - he'd probably have collected 25 Grade 1 wins by now. Remember the hardest title to win on Gallop Racer - the "every year" - where you have to win a Gr 1 race every year from age 2 to age 8? I think Street Sense would have done what I couldn't even do on "easy" mode in a video game.