Tips/Thoughts on Breeders' Cup tickets this year?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Stall Mucker

If you're talking about Crist?? Capital OTB gave him a $5000 bankroll to play the pic-6. Don't know how many people qualified but, during the week there were 200+ people that qualified. You had to be present at Teletheater to win.

From Crist Blog:

I'm told there were 41 patrons at the Albany teletheatre who sliced up the (second) $55k ticket. To be in the pool, you had to wager over $2500 through Capitol OTB during September and October, and then show up today at the teletheatre and register.

[Cannon Shell]

Midnight Lute ran great and it was a tremendous training job to have him ready after all his issues but counting these times as stakes records is crazy.

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Midnight Lute ran great and it was a tremendous training job to have him ready after all his issues but counting these times as stakes records is crazy.

Why is it crazy?

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Why is it crazy?

The track was freaking conveyor belt?

[Cannon Shell]

maybe for xmas Shiekh Mo can buy Casino Drive for number 1 wife to use as a rabbit for her good horses?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Why is it crazy?

Because the track is obviously about 3 seconds faster than a normal track and it is totally different surface.

your a dam cocky joke

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

The track was freaking conveyor belt?

A "converyor belt" condition on a race track is when there is a speed favoring bias. That was not the case today....

Your analogy makes no sense.

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Because the track is obviously about 3 seconds faster than a normal track and it is totally different surface.

Are you sure it was 3 seconds faster? What is a normal track nowadays anyway??

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pba1817

A "converyor belt" condition on a race track is when there is a speed favoring bias. That was not the case today....

Your analogy makes no sense.

The conveyor belt just happened to be in the 5 path

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Are you sure it was 3 seconds faster? What is a normal track nowadays anyway??

Not the one they ran over today or yesterday

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by hrfan

your a dam cocky joke

You dont think casino Drive would make a nice rabbit or you dont believe Sheikh Mo celebrates Xmas?

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The conveyor belt just happened to be in the 5 path

Except for Curlin, right?

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Not the one they ran over today or yesterday

Was it a normal track earlier this year when Bob Black Jack set the 6f record?

[TheSpyder]

Thanks as I don't have days like these often.

Had a pick 3: 1 (Midnight Luke) x 2 (Conduit/Eagle Mountain) x all, so watched the Classic knowing I won no matter what happened and was happy with Ravins Pass.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Except for Curlin, right?

He had no excuses

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Was it a normal track earlier this year when Bob Black Jack set the 6f record?

No that is a joke too. If you want to believe that the tracks at Santa Anita are normal or have any relation to what has been run over for the last 100 or so years fine. I am not a synthetic track hater either but thinking that any track or stakes records set at Santa Anita this year has much validity is silly.

[Seattleallstar]

I don't know what it is but I thought this guy was a brillant rider, after this weekend its apparent that he might of cost alot of Coolmore horses a win. I don't know what the hell this was thinking on his rides today. They would of been better off having one of the Hefferman brothers ride first call. I hammered all of their runners and I am the one who got hammered.

[letswastemoney]

It's a third surface. How can it be compared to past SA records?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by letswastemoney

It's a third surface. How can it be compared to past SA records?

good question.

my big question was how do these graded races they've been having retain their status? one requirement of keeping their status is that the conditions be the same from year to year, that obviously is no longer the case on tracks with AWT surfaces.