2009 Breeders' Cup

[-BT-]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Regal Ransom and Girolamo a go for the Classic.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/108624.html

best news i done heard all day, thanks nicole


-bt-

[CSC]

Even with RR declared for the Classic, it doesn't look like this race will be run in a strong gallop. What QR does or does not do in this race could have a strong bearing on how this race will be run and won.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Regal Ransom and Girolamo a go for the Classic.

Damn. . . was hoping they'd spread the no shot money takers out a bit between the Classic and Dirt Mile.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Damn. . . was hoping they'd spread the no shot money takers out a bit between the Classic and Dirt Mile.

Don't worry, they're still running Pyro in the Pro-Ride Mile.

NT

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Don't worry, they're still running Pyro in the Pro-Ride Mile.

True, but I have a little more faith in mankind than to expect him to get bet.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Regal Ransom and Girolamo a go for the Classic.

http://www.drf.com/news/article/108624.html

Too bad. I'm still hoping Girolamo doesn't get in..........

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Too bad. I'm still hoping Girolamo doesn't get in..........

If he won the race, would you be disappointed that it was the Classic and not the Cigar Mile?

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

If he won the race, would you be disappointed that it was the Classic and not the Cigar Mile?

Course not, but I don't really think he has a prayer here. As Mettee said in the DRF article, he's got a lot to overcome.......I guess it shows confidence in him that he's here, but he's so lightly raced and inexperienced......I'm really not sure why they are doing this. They can't possibly think he can win. I would be the most shocked person in the world.......

[Kasept]

NEARLY FINAL FIELDS & RIDER ASSIGNMENTS

$5 million Breeders' Cup Classic

1. Awesome Gem (Dollase/D. Flores)
2. Colonel John (Harty/Gomez)
3. Einstein (Pitts-Blasi/Leparoux)
4. Gio Ponti (Clement/R. Dominguez)
5. Mine That Bird (Woolley/Borel)
6. Quality Road (Pletcher/J. Velazquez)
7. Regal Ransom (bin Suroor/Migliore)
8. Richard's Kid (Baffert/Solis)
9. Rip Van Winkle (O'Brien/Murtagh)
10. Summer Bird (Ice/Desormeaux)
11. Twice Over (Cecil/Queally)
12. Zenyatta (Shirreffs/M. Smith)
13. Girolamo (bin Suroor/A. Garcia)


$3 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf

1. Allegre (Chambers/J. Velazquez)
2. Conduit (Stoute/R. Moore)
3. Dar Re Mi (Gosden/Dettori)
4. Monzante (Mitchell/Bejarano)
5. Precious Passion (Hartman/Trujillo)
6. Red Rocks (Meehan/Dettori)
7. Spanish Moon (Stoute/Fallon)
8. Telling (Hobby/Razo Jr.)


$1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile

1. Bullsbay (Motion/Rose)
2. Chocolate Candy (Hollendorfer/Rosario)
3. Crown of Thorns (Mandella/TBA) Leaning towards Sprint
4. Mambo Meister (Gleaves/M. Cruz)
5. Mastercraftsman (O'Brien/Murtagh)
6. Midshipman (bin Suroor/Gomez)
7. Pyro (bin Suroor/Velazquez)
8. Mr. Sidney (Mott/Desormeaux)
9. Ready's Echo (Pletcher/Borel)
10. Furthest Land (Maker/Leproux)
11. Neko Bay (Shirreffs/M. Smith)
12. Cherokee Artist (Motion/R. Dominguez)


$2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Mile

1. Courageous Cat (Mott/Gomez)
2. Court Vision (Dutrow/Albarado)
3. Cowboy Cal (Pletcher/J. Velazquez)
4. Delegator (Meehan/Delegator)
5. Ferneley (Cecil/Bejarano)
6. Gladitorius (bin Shafya/Ajtebi)
7. Goldikova (Head/Peslier)
8. Justenuffhumor (McLaughlin/A. Garcia)
9. Karelian (Arnold/Maragh)
10. Whatsthescript (Sadler/Desormeaux)
11. Zacinto (Stoute/R. Moore)


$2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile

1. Aikenite (Pletcher/Garcia)
2. Alfred Nobel (O'Brien/Murtagh)
3. Aspire (Kenneally/Leparoux)
4. Beethoven (O'Brien/Moore or Murtagh)
5. Eskendereya (Pletcher/Castellano)
6. D' Funnybone (R. Dutrow/Prado)
7. William's Kitten (Maker/R. Dominguez)
8. Lookin at Lucky (Baffert/Gomez)
9. Noble's Promise (McPeek/W. Martinez)
10. Piscatelli (Sacco/Desormeaux)
11. Pulsion (Biancone/M. Smith)
13. Radiohead (Meehan/Dwyer)
14. Vale of York (bin Suroor/TBA)


$2 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Sprint

1. Capt. Candyman Can (Wilkes/Castellano)
2. Cost of Freedom (Sadler/T. Baze)
3. Dancing in Silks (Gaines/Rosario)
4. Fatal Bullet (Baker/DaSilva)
5. Fleeting Spirit (Noseda/Dettori)
6. Gayego (bin Suroor/Gomez)
7. Join in the Dance (Pletcher/J. Velazquez)
8. Zensational (Baffert/Espinoza)
9. Crown of Thorns (Mandella/TBA) Leaning here v. Dirt Mile


$1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

1. California Flag (Koriner/Talamo)
2. Cannonball (Ward/Dominguez)
3. Delta Storm (Mitchell/Gomez)
4. Desert Code (Hofmans/Migliore)
5. Diamondrella (Penna/Maragh)
6. Gotta Have Her (Sahadi/T. Baze)
7. El Gato Malo (Dollase/Flores)
8. Lord Shanakill (Jarvis/J. Crowey)
9. Noble Court (Sadler/Rosario)
10. Silver Timber (C. Brown/Leparoux)
11. Strike the Deal (Noseda/Fallon)
12. Canadian Ballet (Rice/A. Garcia)
13. Square Eddie (O'Neill/Dettori)
14. Get Funky (Sadler/Bejarano)


$1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf

1. Becky's Kitten (Ward/Leparoux)
2. Bridgetown (McPeek/R. Landry)
3. Buzzword (bin Suroor/Ajtebi)
4. Awesome Act (Noseda/R. Moore)
5. Codoy (Hubley/TBA)
6. Gallant Gent (C. Lewis/TBA)
7. Interactif (Pletcher/Desormeaux)
8. King Ledley (Prendergast/McDonough)
9. Pounced (Gosden/R. Moore)
10. Kera's Kitten (Maker/Maragh)
11. Viscount Nelson (O'Brien/Murtagh)
12. Zip Quik (Biancone/M/. Smith)


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$2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff

1. Careless Jewel (J. Carroll/R. Landry)
2. Cocoa Beach (bin Suroor/R. Dominguez)
3. Life is Sweet (Shirreffs/M. Smith)
4. Mushka (Mott/Desormeaux)
5. Music Note (bin Suroor/TBA)
6. Proviso (Frankel/TBA)
7. Rainbow View (Gosden/TBA)
8. Lethal Heat (Abrams/Solis)


$1 million Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

1. Ventura (Frankel/Gomez)
2. Evita Argentina (Sadler/Rosario)
3. Free Flying Soul (Headley/M. Smith)
4. Game Face (Pletcher/Prado)
5. Informed Decision (Sheppard/Leparoux)
6. Only Green (Head/Peslier)
7. Sara Louise (bin Suroor/Dettori)
8. Seventh Street (bin Suroor/Maragh)
9. Silver Swallow (Headley/Solis)


$2 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf

1. Visit (Frankel/J. Velazquez)
2. Dynaforce (Mott/Desormeaux)
3. Forever Together (Sheppard/Leparoux)
4. Magical Fantasy (Gallagher/Solis)
5. Maram (C. Brown/Lezcano)
6. Midday (Cecil/Queally)
7. Pure Clan (Holthus/Gomez)
8. Rutheriene (Clement/Garcia)


$2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

1. Always a Princess (Baffert/Gomez)
2. Beautician (McPeek/Albarado)
3. Bickersons (Breen/Rosario)
4. Biofuel (Baker/DaSilva)
5. Blind Luck (Hollendorfer/T. Baze)
6. Champagne d'Oro (Guillot/TBA)
7. Connie and Michael (McPeek/Desormeaux)
8. Devil May Care (Pletcher/J. Velazquez)
9. Ms. Vanenzza (Vasquez/J. Rocco Jr.)
10. Negligee (Terranova/Maragh)
11. She Be Wild (Catalano/Leparoux)
12. Zilva (Motion/Rose or Dominguez)


$1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

1. Elusive Galaxy (Cecil/Bejarano)
2. Hatheer (McLaughlin/Garcia)
3. House of Grace (McPeek/Luzzi)
4. Jungletale (Asmussen/Bridgemohan)
5. Junia Tepzia (Schiergen/Fallon)
6. La Nez (Kruljac/Smith or Espinoza)
7. Lillie Langtry (O'Brien/Murtagh)
8. Lisa's Kitten (Maker/Leparoux)
9. Potosina (Shuman/J. Velazquez)
10. Smart Seattle (Motion/Rose)
11. Tapitsfly (Romans/Albarado)
12. Rose Catherine (Pletcher/Castellano)


$500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon

1. Black Astor (L. Lewis/Talamo)
2. Cloudy's Knight (Sheppard/TBA)
3. Eldaafer (Alvarado/TBA)
4. Father Time (Cecil/Queally)
5. Gangbuster (K. Desormeaux/Desormeaux)
6. Man of Iron (O'Brien/Murtagh)
7. Mastery (bin Suroor/Dettori)
8. Muhannak (Beckett/R. Moore?)
9. Nite Light (Pletcher/TBA)
10. Sir Dave (Carava/Rosario)

[Scav]

Thanks Steve, thats awesome

The Dirt Mile looks very weak now compared to what it looked like earlier, at least when it is 'shown' that way instead of the pre-entries. Maybe I am wrong...

[Cannon Shell]

Why exactly is there a Breeders Cup race that is run at 1 3/4 again?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why exactly is there a Breeders Cup race that is run at 1 3/4 again?

They were hoping Hacker Craft would get entered...!!!

Personally I'll be getting my first round of bloody mary's during the race, and should still be able to get back to see the finish

[Scav]

Originally Posted by philcski

They were hoping Hacker Craft would get entered...!!!

Personally I'll be getting my first round of bloody mary's during the race, and should still be able to get back to see the finish

Start of the P6 man....

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Scav

Start of the P6 man....

No chance I put any money into that thing, even on the "easier" of the two days. It's hard enough to hit a pick 3 on BC day let alone the pick 6. Hell, I've only hit the pick 4 once on BC day as it is and that was with two absolute stone cold singles (Ouija Board and Ghostzapper) and the "all" button in the other two legs.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why exactly is there a Breeders Cup race that is run at 1 3/4 again?

So Barry Abrams can run a gelding that is still eligible for the N1X condition.

[cakes44]

That F & M Turf sucks.

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by cakes44

That F & M Turf sucks.

Just single Midday

[NTamm1215]

I know she was probably a cut below but I was really hoping Criticism would be given a chance in the F&M Turf solely because there was no speed pointing to it and none appeared after the pre-entries came out.

She's a complete money-burning pig who can't ever find the wire but methinks Visit is going to run a bang-up race. Her best turf races have come at SA and the dimension she showed last time by stalking the pace was a welcome addition. I thought from a race flow perspective she ran well in the Yellow Ribbon. Might be worth a look at > 10-1.

NT

[Scav]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I know she was probably a cut below but I was really hoping Criticism would be given a chance in the F&M Turf solely because there was no speed pointing to it and none appeared after the pre-entries came out.

She's a complete money-burning pig who can't ever find the wire but methinks Visit is going to run a bang-up race. Her best turf races have come at SA and the dimension she showed last time by stalking the pace was a welcome addition. I thought from a race flow perspective she ran well in the Yellow Ribbon. Might be worth a look at > 10-1.

NT

We are in alot of trouble Nick, we keep on thinking alike. I like her in this spot and she is a must use for me

[Gander]

[quote=NTamm1215]I know she was probably a cut below but I was really hoping Criticism would be given a chance in the F&M Turf solely because there was no speed pointing to it and none appeared after the pre-entries came out.

I agree, Criticism would have been very intriguing in the BC. I thought the day she ran 2nd in the rain, Castellano should have had her up on the lead. I think she would have been able to hold off Pure Clan and win that race. With that pace, there is no reason a horse who has been proven to be most effective on the lead should have been rated off the lead.

Her race this weekend was a paid workout. Cant blame them for going for the easy money, but I think they may have second guessed themselves. This BC F&M Turf field isnt all that.