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**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:09 AM

BC - The Distaff

October 25, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Distaff

Distance: 1 1/8 miles
Purse: $2,000,000
Age: Fillies and Mares, 3-Year-Olds and Up
Date: Friday, Nov. 1
Time: 7:35 p.m. EDT

The History

In what could be considered the most memorable moment in the history of the Breeders’ Cup, Personal Ensign gunned down Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors in THE final stride of the 1988 running at Churchill Downs. Bayakoa won back to back runnings the following two years. Inside Information won it in 1995 by 13 ½ lengths, the largest winning margin in Breeders’ Cup history. Before tackling the boys twice, Zenyatta graced this race with her presence when she won it in 2008.

Favorites: 13 for 29 (45%)
Shortest: $2.80 (Life’s Magic Entry, 1985)
Highest: $113.80 (Spain, 2000)
The champ is here? Yes, the winner of the last TWO is here as Royal Delta will look to join Goldikova as the only three time winners in B.C. history.

The Scenario

Front Runners: Beholder, Royal Delta
Mid-pack: Authenticity, Close Hatches
Closers: Princess of Sylmar, Street Girl

The Best

How do you not start with the two time defending champ, ROYAL DELTA? After winning this last year, in surprising gate-to-wire fashion as a four-year-old, trainer Bill Mott decided on the same, exact, six-race campaign to get her back here this season. That would mean starting the season in the Sabin at Gulfstream where she rolled to a five length score and another disastrous trip to the Dubai desert as Royal Delta managed to beat just two in the Dubai World Cup while taking on colts over a synthetic course.

She ran into a buzz-saw over a speed biased Churchill strip in her return, the Fleur de Lis, when Funny Proposition shook loose and won easily by five. It made many wonder if the Dubai trip took more out of her this year than it did last year, with neighsayers pointing to the fact that last years’ Fleur de Lis actually signaled her return to top form. Royal Delta wasted little time in getting back to her winning ways, drowning the competition in a pair of G1s, the Delaware Handicap and Personal Ensign at Saratoga, by 10 ¾ lengths and 4 ½ lengths.

But last out in the Beldame, things did not go as expected. Royal Delta didn’t make the early lead and though she was in front approaching the far turn, she never appeared to be 100 percent, carrying her head a bit lower than usual and offered little to no resistance when PRINCESS OF SYLMAR sidled up and right on by her. Mott has been tightening the screw since the Beldame defeat and one would have to think the REAL Royal Delta will show up on Friday.

The word “doubt” and Princess of Sylmar went hand in hand for the better part of the past two months just after her 2 ½ length Alabama score, especially when you spoke to her connections about her participation in the Distaff. After all, she had done little wrong in her three-year-old season, as she was already a three time G1 winner with the Kentucky and CCA Oaks both under her belt as well, and the Eclipse for her division all but locked up.

Then rumors surfaced that she’d take on her elders in the Beldame, and after a couple of works that were more than satisfactory to her trainer Todd Pletcher, she was in the Beldame. She rewarded his decision with her aforementioned victory and it was widely assumed, with seemingly nothing left to accomplish, she’d be put away for the year.

But her connections apparently couldn’t satisfy that Distaff itch and have decided to forge ahead and supplement her to the race. Could it be the fact that she’s already defeated Royal Delta and they figure they might as well do it again? Depending on how the rest of the weekend unfolds, could this fifth G1 win help them make a strong case for Horse of the Year? Or, are they worried another filly, say BEHOLDER, could snatch the divisional Eclipse out of their hands with a Distaff score while they sat idly with their filly? I don’t have the answer, and frankly it doesn’t concern me too much because we get what we want: a rematch of the best in each female division.

Speaking of Beholder, do you think she likes this Santa Anita surface? We, of course, know the answer is a resounding “YES” as she has won five of six starts over the course for Dick Mandella including four G1s in races like the Santa Anita Oaks, last years’ B.C. Juvenile Fillies and the Zenyatta last out in her first try against her elders.

Beholder gets another crack at Princess of Sylmar as well as she Beholder was second in the Kentucky Oaks this season, duking it out early with Midnight Lucky on the front end where she was softened up just enough for Princess of Sylmar to run her down by just a ½ length. She returned from a four month layoff to win a minor stakes at Del Mar two back before her Zenyatta victory. While she figures to have some company on the front end in Royal Delta, I think the lead is hers if she really wants it.

The Rest

Should CLOSE HATCHES pull off a Distaff upset, she could possibly be named champion three-year-old filly as well. After winning the first three starts of her career, including a win over Princess of Sylmar at this distance in the Gazelle, the normally speedy Close Hatches was taken well off the pace in the Kentucky Oaks and never seemed comfortable, trudging home a well beaten seventh before finishing a distant second to Midnight Lucky in the Acorn.

Close Hatches returned to her winning ways in emphatic fashion, galloping home over seven lengths ahead of Dreaming of Julia in the Mother Goose before a myriad of minor ailments kept her from the races for most of the summer. Close Hatches returned from a three month layoff in the Cotillion at Parx last out and came from just off the pace to win by a workmanlike two lengths.

The only other mare in the field, AUTHENTICITY has put together one heck of a resume this year after missing close to eighteen months of action coming into 2013. She hasn’t missed the board in eight starts, won a pair of graded stakes and finished second in the Ogden Phipps, Personal Ensign and Zenyatta, all grade 1s, behind Tiz Miz Sue, Royal Delta and Beholder, respectively. In the Zenyatta last out, she trailed early before grinding her way patiently to that runner-up award while finishing up nicely.

STREET GIRL has just two wins from a baker’s dozen starts in her career, a $65K maiden claiming score and a win in the Calder Oaks back in July over a sloppy track. She was flying last out when third to Close Hatches but is seemingly up against it in this spot.

The Strategy

The betting figures to be two-tiered in this, with Royal Delta, Beholder and Princess of Sylmar getting the bulk of the money followed by the rest. I personally don’t think the race is just between those three so I’m looking for value. With all of that said, I think one would be remiss to leave out the two-time champion.

The Bomb

Close Hatches should work out a perfect trip right in behind the speed. She’s not going to be double digit odds but a juicy 7-1 isn’t out of the question.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:10 AM

BC - Marathon

October 24, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Marathon

Distance: 1 ¾ miles
Purse: $500,000
Age: 3-Year-Olds & Up
Date: Friday, Nov. 1
Post-time: 4:45 p.m. EDT

The History

Run at 1 ½ miles in its first year before stretching out to this distance. European shippers won the first two runnings over the synthetic surface at Santa Anita. This event is best known altercation between jockeys Javier Castellano and Calvin Borel at the scales after the 2010 race.

Favorites: 0 for 5 (0%)
Shortest: $14.80 (Man of Iron, 2009)
Highest: $85.20 (Afleet Again, 2011)
The champ is here? No

The Scenario

Front Runners: Blueskiesandrainbows, Commander, Ever Rider
Mid-pack: Cease, London Bridge, Old Time Hockey, Suns Out Guns Out, Worldly
Closers: Indian Jones, Pool Play

The Best and the Rest

Normally, these two categories each have their own section but if I’m being honest there just isn’t enough information, or talent, frankly, to separate this bunch. So, everyone gets equal time, in alphabetical order.

The connections of BLUESKIESANDRAINBOWS are hoping his affinity for Santa Anita will make up for his possible distance limitations as he has hit the board in six of his seven starts over the course. To go along with his two wins here, Blueskiesandrainbows finished third in the Santa Anita Derby last year behind eventual Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I’ll Have Another. Blueskiesandrainbows won a minor stakes two back and was third in the 1 ½ miles Cougar II at Delmar this past summer.

Two seasons ago, CEASE turned for home in this event two in front while making just the seventh start of his career. He finished off the board that day but is back for another crack this season while making his third start off of a recent claim. Cease in for a claiming tag was a bit surprising when you recall that just last year he was finishing third and second in races like the Woodward at Saratoga and Hawthorne Gold Cup. Cease won an allowance/optional claimer going seven furlongs at Belmont last out in his first start with blinkers.

Since finishing far, far back in last years’ Marathon, COMMANDER has had a pretty solid 2013 campaign, winning half of his eight starts since returning to the races at the end of April. In fact, Commander is four for five routing this year, with his biggest score coming in gate-to-wire fashion last out in the Premier at Hastings Park going 1 3/8 miles.

South American import EVER RIDER is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his Argentinean countryman Calidoscopio, last years’ upset winner, by annexing the event this season. Unlike Calidoscopio, who came from the clouds, Ever Rider does his best running on or close to the lead as the words “close up” and “led throughout” litter the comment lines on his PPs. Ever Rider will be making his first start in over four months.

INDIAN JONES has raced 34 times in his career. Just one of those starts has come at a distance farther than 1 1/8 miles and it was two races back when he came flying late in the 1 ½ mile Greenwood Cup, a race he eventually lost by a nose to former Marathon winner Eldaafer but one that stamped him a contender for this.

Euro import LONDON BRIDGE is actually a New York bred son of Arch who will be making his conventional dirt debut in here. London Bridge had little luck in the first two starts of his career over synthetic surfaces before winning three in a row on the grass, including a 1 ½ mile event. He’ll be making his first start since mid-August.

Winless in his last eight starts since taking the La Jolla at Del Mar in August 2012, OLD TIME HOCKEY has raced exclusively on grass since the third start of his career. He has shown some life in his last pair while gaining ground late against better going 1 3/8 miles and 1 ¼ miles, respectively, and is by all means bred to handle the dirt.

POOL PLAY is tried the Classic last season to no avail and will be looking for his first win since last season’s Hawthorne Gold Cup. Winless in seven tries this year, Pool Play finished second in the Hal’s Hope at Gulfstream to start the season then didn’t come close until he finished third in the Greenwood Cup two back.

SUNS OUT GUNS OUT arguably ran the best race of his life in start number 22 last out, his first with the addition of blinkers, in an optional claiming/allowance contest at Parx. Two starts back, Suns Out Guns Out was fourth in the Greenwood Cup over a muddy strip. The “P” word, pedigree, hasn’t come up yet in regards to going this crazy distance but I would say his is best to handle the trip.

WORLDLY will be looking for his first victory in over two years in the Marathon but has been rounding in his last three starts since a March layoff. He was second three back to Dirt Mile contender and 2012 Travers winner Golden Ticket before missing by just a neck to multiple graded stakes winner Prayer for Relief two back. Last out in the Homecoming Classic at Churchill, Worldly finished third, beaten just 3 ¾ lengths to defending Classic winner Fort Larned. Though he’s never raced past 1 ¼ miles, he has won at that distance and is by 1992 Belmont winner A.P. Indy.

The Strategy

Between the distance question marks and a lack of serious talent, this figures to be a wide open betting race. I doubt the favorite will be less than 7-2 or 4-1, so boxing a few horses and spreading a bit in multi-race exotics would be the smart move.

The Bomb

There is a chance the lone G1 winner in the field, Pool Play, will be the longest shot on the board. Give him a whirl at 12-1 or better.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:12 AM

BC - Juvenile

October 26, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Juvenile

Distance: 1 1/16 miles
Purse: $2,000,000
Age: 2-Year-Old colts and geldings
Date: Saturday, Nov. 2
Time: 5:45 p.m. EDT

The History

Is It True upset the great Easy Goer in 1988. Unbridled’s Song out-dueled Hennessy to win the 1995 running in just his third start. Johannesburg shipped in from across the pond and halted Officer’s winning streak in 2001. Street Sense took the first step in breaking the Juvenile/Kentucky Derby jinx by winning it in 2006. Uncle Mo capped off a sensational three race run, from maiden to Juvenile champion, in 2010. And of course, Arazi put on his amazing display in the 1991 renewal at Churchill.

Favorites: 11 for 29 (37%)
Shortest: $3.40 (Chief’s Crown, 1984)
Highest: $63.20 (Vale of York, 2009)

The Scenario

Front Runners: Conquest Titan, Diamond Bachelor, Havana, Strong Mandate
Mid-pack: Dance With Fate, Medal Count, Mexikoma, New Year’s Day, Rum Point, Smarty’s Echo, We Miss Artie
Closers: Bond Holder, Cleburne, Tap It Rich

The Best

The speedy HAVANA will look to follow in the footsteps of a former Todd Pletcher trainee, Uncle Mo, with a Juvenile Score just year as their careers have been carbon copy’s up to this point. After a breathtaking, front running maiden win at Saratoga in August, Pletcher opted to wait for the Champagne and stretch Havana out.

Some six weeks later at Belmont, he did just that. Locked on some cheaper early speed in the early stages, Havana was dueling for the lead less than halfway to the wire and opened up turning for home, taking a four length lead into deep stretch. Then, amazingly, the highly regarded Honor Code came with a furious eight wide rally to just miss a bit of a leg weary Havana by a neck in a stirring stretch drive.

There is little doubt that Havana aided by a rail bias and was getting tired at the end of the mile but he was stretching out from 5 ½ furlongs, and set pretty fast fractions, with company, most of the way. There seems to be some other speed in here for him to deal with early on and he’ll have to negotiate an extra sixteenth of a mile and two turns for the first time.

One who disappointed in the Champagne was the Wayne Lukas trained STRONG MANDATE. Strong Mandate broke his maiden in the second start of his career in gate-to-wire fashion when adding blinkers then parlayed a perfect, just off the pace trip into a daylight score in the Hopeful on closing weekend at the Spa.

In the Champagne, it wasn’t lost on Lukas that the front end and the rail was the place to be and he instructed Jose Ortiz to have Strong Mandate forwardly placed like he usually is. Inexplicably, Strong Mandate was taken off the pace, kept on the worst part of the track and beat just two horses. A livid Lukas fired Ortiz immediately and will replace him with Joel Rosario for this.

I don’t care how often it happens, and with juveniles it happens enough, but I’m always impressed when a horse breaks their maiden against winners and that’s exactly what BOND HOLDER did last out, in a grade 1 stakes no less, for trainer Doug O’Neill.

Bond Holder made his first four starts on synthetic surfaces and while he hit the board in three of those starts he didn’t give the impression that he’d improve that much on dirt when you consider his off-the-pace running style is what you want on the synthetics. But he did, rallying from well off the pace to draw away to a 2 ¼ length win in the Front Runner over this course.

Speaking of impressive Santa Anita maiden scores, they don’t get better than TAP IT RICH. I get goose-bumps every time I watch the replay. Trained by Bob Baffert, Tap It Rich broke slow and hopped at the start before dropping over briefly to the inside. Going into the first turn he was immediately taken four wide and kept clear of any further trouble.

He made forward progress every step of the way down the backside before really starting to roll approaching the far turn. He made the lead, in the four path or so, on the turn and opened up under a hand ride through the stretch. Though the race was less than a month ago and this is obviously a HUGE step up in class, I wouldn’t be surprised if this colt pulled it off.

The Rest

CLEBURNE broke his maiden on the turf first out from far back at Ellis Park before making a similar run in the Iroquois last out when he got up by a neck at 34-1. He should be plenty fit with a pair of two turn races, as well as a stakes win at this distance, already under his belt.

CONQUEST TITAN broke his maiden in a minor stakes at Woodbine two starts back off of a two month layoff before an off the board finish in the Breeders’ Futurity at Keeneland last out, both run on synthetics.

DANCE WITH FATE comes into the Juvenile off a pair of runner-up finishes in G1 races, the Del Mar Futurity and Front Runner, a race in which he actually had the lead in turning for home.

DIAMOND BACHELOR will try the dirt for the first time having gone two for three on the turf so far. He won the first two starts of his career before tiring after a re-rally in a minor stakes last out. He’s been training well on the dirt for this.

MEDAL COUNT overcame a troubled trip in his Ellis Park debut at a mile to win impressively in an off the turf race before racing in traffic in the off the turf Bourbon last out. Another already with two races around two turns and this guy is bred to run all day.

MEXIKOMA didn’t raise a leg in his debut going long on the turf at Saratoga but exploded to break his maiden by almost 15 lengths when adding blinkers, switching to dirt and shipping to Delaware Park last out, coming home his final quarter in a sharp :24 1/5, an especially impressive feat for a young horse going long.

NEW YEAR’S DAY has been tearing up the track at Santa Anita in the morning for what will be his dirt and stakes debut. New Year’s Day finished third in his debut sprinting before stretching out to a mile to win last out in a race where he squandered a much bigger lead in mid-stretch to win by 1 ¾ lengths.

RUM POINT is another who’s raced exclusively over synthetics in four starts at Hollywood, Del Mar and Keeneland, where he finished fourth in the Breeders’ Futurity in his latest when adding blinkers.

SMARTY’S ECHO, second in the Breeder’s Futurity, encountered a bit of trouble early in the race and was six wide in the lane. He’ll be making his dirt debut in the Juvenile.

WE MISS ARTIE finished second in his debut on dirt then immediately broke his maiden when stretching out and switching to turf. We Miss Artie came from out of the clouds to take the Breeders’ Futurity last out after an off the board finish in the With Anticipation on turf.

The Strategy

When you consider that nine of the fourteen in here are eligible for an entry level allowance race and only half the field has won on dirt, you almost have to cover yourself in multi-race exotics with a spread unless you have a really strong opinion on something. I happen to think that while he’s certainly a contender to win, I think Havana, who’s your likely chalk, is vulnerable, so spreading out a bit, for me, is a no-brainer.

The Bomb

Mexikoma impressed me in his maiden score. I normally am not impressed with final times and fractions but that’s a really good race for that track. Take a flyer at 15-1.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:13 AM

BC - Juvenile Fillies

October 27, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Juvenile Fillies

Distance: 1 1/16 miles
Purse: $2,000,000
Age: 2YO fillies
Date: Saturday, Nov. 2
Time: 3:05 p.m. EDT

The History

Open Mind, Go For Wand, Meadow Star and Silverbulletday are some of the fantastic young ladies to have captured this event. My Flag splashed home in the mud to win in 1995 before her daughter Storm Flag Flying took the 2002 renewal at Arlington Park. With favorites winning at a 60% clip, it is by far the chalkiest Breeders’ Cup event.

Favorites: 17 for 29 (60%)
Shortest: $2.40 (Meadow Star, 1990) *Shortest price in history of the Breeders’ Cup*
Highest: $96 (Caressing, 2000)

The Scenario

Front Runners: Artemis Agrotera, Scandalous Act, She’s a Tiger
Mid-pack: Ria Antonia, Secret Compass, Untapable
Closers: Concave, Designer Legs, Rosalind, Sweet Reason

The Best

The two major preps that figure to have the biggest impact on this race are the Frizette at Belmont and the Chandelier at Santa Anita. Luckily, we have the one two finishers from both races to duke it out in here.

The complexion of the Frizette changed just after the start when SWEET REASON swerved in towards the break in the rail of the mile chute at Belmont and was left even further behind than she normally is. Amazingly she managed to gather herself and come running through the stretch to finish second for trainer Leah Gyarmati.

Before the Frizette debacle, her first on a dry track, Sweet Reason broke her maiden from far back, and then won the Spinaway by daylight. Both races were run at Saratoga over a sloppy track.

While Sweet Reason was overcoming a ton of adversity, including an inside speed biased course, ARTEMIS AGROTERA took serious advantage of it all.

Making her first start since galloping in her debut by almost a dozen lengths against New York breds at Saratoga for trainer Mike Hushion, Artemis Agrotera sat just off the early pace in the Frizette, made the lead approaching the far turn, then dug in gamely when Sweet Reason came calling to win by a 1 ¼ lengths.

Now, both fillies will need to go past a mile and handle two turns for the first time, a pair of issues neither SECRET COMPASS nor SHE’S A TIGER have to worry about, as they both contested the 1 1/16 miles Chandelier last out.

She’s a Tiger entered the Chandelier off a gutsy score in the Del Mar Debutante and had won three of four starts overall while Secret Compass, fourth in the Del Mar Debutante, owned just a maiden win from three starts

The two sat just off the early pace and raced in tandem most of the way until Jeff Bonde trained She’s a Tiger grabbed a narrow lead turning for home. But Bob Baffert’s Secret Compass kept on coming and eventually wore She’s a Tiger down to win by a head.

The Rest

CONCAVE will be making her two turn and dirt debut coming off a third place finish in the Del Mar Debutante run over a synthetic course. Concave won on turf at first asking at Hollywood Park before coming from just off the pace to win the Sorrento, also at Del Mar.

DESIGNER LEGS started her career with three straight victories, including one via DQ in the Adirondack at Saratoga but hasn’t come close in her last two in the Spinaway and Alcibiades run over a sloppy track and synthetic surface, respectively. She’s perfect in two starts on dry dirt, though those races were at Canterbury Park and Prairie Meadows.

RIA ANTONIA broke her maiden in the second start of her career against the boys while sprinting over the Woodbine Polytrack but hasn’t come close against the gals in her other three starts, all stakes, including the Frizette last out where she finished fifth.

ROSALIND has hit the board in all three starts, all run over different surfaces. She broke her maiden in her debut on the grass at Ellis Park, closed well to finish third in the Pocahontas then finished a fast closing second in the Alcibiades when adding Lasix. It’s worth noting her success without Lasix since it is not allowed in any of the four Juvenile races.

SCANDALOUS ACT has taken the Awesome Feather route, the one by way of the Florida Stallion Series, to the race this season. Scandalous Act split the first two decisions of her career before adding blinkers to win those three restricted stakes of Florida breds by a combined 22 lengths, including the two turn My Dear Girl by 5 ¾ lengths last out.

UNTAPABLE will be making her first start in 54 days in the Juvenile Fillies and has only worked a handful of times since her last race, an off the pace score in the Pocahontas. Prior to that start, Untapable broke her maiden in her debut sprinting on the lead in late June while racing on the lead.

The Strategy

I’m very curious to see how the wagering plays out in here. It’s tough for me to separate the top four and I think it’ll be tough for the public to as well. I think it’s going to come down to a good old East Coast/West Coast decision because using all four is foolish for your bankroll.

The Bomb

Scandalous Act has already won four times and around two turns impressively. She should be on or near the lead over a course that historically plays kindly to speed. Take a flyer at 12-1 or higher.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:14 AM

BC - Filly & Mare Sprint

October 28, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Filly & Mare Sprint

Distance: 7 furlongs
Purse: $1,000,000
Age: Fillies and Mares, 3-Year-Olds and Up
Date: Saturday, Nov. 2
Time: 4:21 p.m. EDT

The History

Run at six furlongs in 2007 because Monmouth Park isn’t configured for the intended distance.

Favorites: 1 for 6 (17%)
Shortest: $3.40 (Groupie Doll, 2012)
Highest: $42.40 (Musical Romance, 2011)
The champ is here? Yes, Groupie Doll is back to defend her crown.

The Scenario

Front Runners: Ismene, Sweet Lulu, Teddy’s Promise
Mid-pack: Dance to Bristol, Great Hot, Judy the Beauty, Starship Truffles, Summer Applause
Closers: Book Review, Dance Card, Groupie Doll, Renee’s Titan

The Best

Though she has one just once in three starts this year, the defending champ GROUPIE DOLL is back to try and become the first two time winner of this event. Groupie Doll flew home through the stretch to win this by 4 ½ lengths last year, one of only a handful of horses to make up any serious ground over the course of the championship weekend over a course that was very kind to speed and front running types. It was her fifth win from eight tries to that point.

She finished the year with a gallant, tough beat second behind Stay Thirsty in the Cigar Mile against the boys before being put away for the year. A few infirmaries kept her out of the entry box until August, when she finished third going a two turn mile at Ellis Park in the Gardenia.

Groupie Doll returned to the winners’ circle in the Presque Isle Masters, a race she won last year before finishing third in the TCA last out, another event she won handily in 2012. In this years’ running, Groupie Doll was forced to chase the pace early and never kicked in the latter stages for trainer Buff Bradley.

While it appears Groupie Doll has regressed a bit this past year, DANCE TO BRISTOL has certainly come into her own. She finished second in the first start of the year and last out, when she was on the worst part of the race track on the outside as the speedy, undefeated Cluster of Stars gunned from a golden rail to comfortably win the Gallant Bloom.

Sandwiched in between those two loses, however, are seven consecutive win streak that has seen her win at five different tracks going three different distances for trainer Ollie Figgins. She won races like the Bed of Roses, Honorable Miss and the Ballerina, her first G1 score, going this distance, by a head over BOOK REVIEW.

Speaking of Book Review, she’s won or placed in all five starts since being transferred to trainer Bob Baffert’s stable late last season. She made her SoCal debut a winning one over this course going this distance in the La Brea, her first G1 tally, by a neck over a talented field that included multiple stakes winners Reneesgotzip and 2011 two-year-old filly champ My Miss Aurelia.

After finishing second in a pair of stakes going two turns, Book Review won the A Gleam over the Hollywood Cushion track before that narrow defeat in the Ballerina in her most recent start some ten weeks ago.

SWEET LULU is a perfect three for three in sprints and suffered the first loss of her career when finishing second to Distaff contender Close Hatches in the Cotillion going 1 1/16 miles at Parx most recently. Two starts back, Sweet Lulu won her only other start on dirt, the Test, at Saratoga going this trip by a head after alternating on the lead through wicked early fractions for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

After winning the first two starts of her career sprinting, Sweet Lulu won a second level allowance contest going a two turn mile before the Test, so she’s already proven that she can successfully handle a cut back in distance.

The Rest

DANCE CARD had a tremendous three-year-old season last year, winning four in a row including the Gazelle at Aqueduct on Thanksgiving weekend, before being laid up until last September when she finished third in the Gallant Bloom after brushing the gate at the break and racing wide on the aforementioned inside biased speed track.

GREAT HOT comes into this off of four straight losses, including her last two in sprints. Her lone win in six starts this year came when she stole away to an easy lead against Book Review in the Santa Maria. While second to Teddy’s Promise last out, she’s just one for five at this distance and appears to prefer routes to sprints.

ISMENE won the first three starts of her career, including two over this course and one at the distance, back in 2011 but is winless in her six starts this year after missing all of 2012. She shed blinkers in late April and while she has finished second in three of her last four without them she continues to get run down in the latter stages of her races.

JUDY THE BEAUTY upset Groupie Doll in the TCA last out over the synthetic course at Keeneland, a surface she is perfect in three starts over. In fact Judy the Beauty’s five career wins have come over synthetics and on the turf as she is winless in five starts on dirt, having finished second in each of those starts. Earlier this year she was the runner-up in the Princess Rooney at Calder, arguably her best conventional dirt effort.

RENEE’S TITAN is the only filly to have beaten Distaff contender Beholder this year in what was her only win and board placing this season. Since that upset of the Santa Ynez at 20-1 to begin the year, Renee’s Titan has finished off the board in four straight, beaten a combined 63 lengths in the process on all three surfaces.

Princess Rooney winner STARSHIP TRUFFLES ships in from Calder off of a pair of sub-par efforts in the Ballerina and last out in a minor stakes at Gulfstream. A winner of 14 starts from 26 outings, Starship Truffles was claimed for $6,250 last July and has earned close to $400K since.

SUMMER APPLAUSE will sprint for the first time in nearly two years having raced exclusively around two turns for the past 23 months. She’s kept good company, having run against the likes of F&M Turf runner Emollient, Distaff favorite Royal Delta and G1 winner Tiz Miz Sue but has done her best against the lower tiers of her division. Perhaps the cut back in distance will help.

TEDDY’S PROMISE has won four times since finishing a well beaten eighth in last years’ renewal of this, including wins in the Santa Monica earlier this year and the L.A. Woman last out from just off the pace. Overall, she’s won five of her nine tries over this course and three of eight at the distance. Two starts back she finished second to Book Review in the A Gleam.

The Strategy

If Groupie Doll was the same horse she was last year coming into this, it would be a forgone conclusion but I doubt that’s the case here. Of course, she can win the race but I have to think she’s vulnerable. You have a couple of salty fillies new to the scene this year and it should make for an exciting running of this event. I’d use the champ but think you MUST protect yourself with a few others, especially in the multi-race wagers.

The Bomb

Dance Card had the look of a fine filly in the making last year and could still fulfill that promise, especially if she shows up here. 10-1 or better is a great price on a filly that may very well be the most talented of this bunch.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:16 AM

BC - Filly & Mare Turf

October 28, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Facts and Figures

The Filly & Mare Turf

Distance: 1 ¼ miles on turf
Purse: $2,000,000
Age: Fillies and Mares, 3-Year-Olds and up
Date: Saturday, Nov 2
Time: 3:43 p.m. EDT

The History

Ouija Board won it in 2004 and 2006 and was stopped by Intercontinental in 2005 when she was second. Her trainer Ed Dunlop and the late Bobby Frankel each won two runnings while Kieran Fallon and Jerry Bailey have each ridden a pair of winners.

Favorites: 4 for 14 (31%)
Shortest: $3.80 (Ouija Board, 2004)
Highest: $94.00 (Shared Account, 2010)
U.S based: 9/Foreign based: 5
The champ is here? No

The Scenario

Front Runners: Laughing,
Mid-pack: Alterite, Dank, Emollient, Marketing Mix, Romantica, Tiz Flirtatious
Closers: Kitten’s Dumplings, Lady of Shamrock, Qushchi

The Best

Should she be able to overcome the fact that her connections admitted that she is a notoriously bad shipper, LAUGHING appears to hold a tactical edge over this field as she appears to be loose on the lead when you study the PPs.

An underachiever coming into this season as she was nothing more than a G3 stakes winner, Laughing has really turned it around, winning all four of her starts in 2013. She sat just off the pace to win the Eatontown at Monmouth to start the season before going gate-to-wire in her next three starts, the Diana and Ballston Spa at Saratoga, and the Flower Bowl going this trip, last out.

Perhaps more importantly, she won those three starts while setting fast, moderate and dawdling fractions, which shows her versatility on the front end for trainer Alan Goldberg.

Last years’ F&M Turf runner-up MARKETING MIX seems to have lost a step, in this her five-year-old season, but is still a dangerous foe on her best day. She started the season with a pair of victories in the Gamely and the Sunset going 1 ½ miles against the boys.

But in her two starts since she hasn’t looked like herself. She sat a perfect trip as the even money favorite in the Beverly D. at Arlington but failed to fire when trudging home fourth then couldn’t parlay another great trip in the Rodeo Drive into a victory last out when TIZ FLIRTATIOUS ran by her in the final yards Trainer Tom Proctor has to be hoping her affinity for the distance and course will help her find that extra punch she’ll need to win this.

Speaking of Tiz Flirtatious, her trainer Martin Jones has to be tickled to death with the season his filly is having and how she’s coming into this. Four for five overall this season, her lone blemish is a head defeat in the Gamely to Marketing Mix, a loss she avenged last out with her Rodeo Drive score.

Earlier this year, Tiz Flirtatious won both the Santa Ana and Mabee and overall has won four of five starts and finished second in here career over this course. In twelve career starts, she has never missed the board and has won or placed in all eight turf tries.

With The Fugue opting to take on the boys and the 1 ½ miles of the Turf, Beverly D winner DANK has to be viewed as Europe’s best hope to win this event for the sixth time. Racing on Lasix for the first time in the Beverly D, Dank raced in midpack most of the way, went wide on the final turn, then powered by the field like they were standing still to win by a going away 4 ¼ lengths.

This will be Dank’s first start since the Beverly D, run 10 weeks ago, but I doubt that’s a concern for her trainer Sir Michael Stoute, one of the best on the planet, especially when you consider Dank has already won off of a pair of seven month layoffs and a similar nine week layoff in her career.

The Rest

ALTERITE made her U.S. debut a winning one two starts back in the Garden City with an impressive final quarter mile to win by 1 ½ lengths before missing by just a neck in the QEII Cup at Keeneland last out. Earlier this year, Alterite faced Europe’s top sophomore fillies in such races as the French 1000 Guineas and French Oaks. This will be her third start in just seven weeks and her first against older horses.

EMOLLIENT came flying home through the stretch to take the Spinster over the Polytrack at Keeneland last out in her first start against her elders. It was her second G1 score at Keeneland this season having won the Ashland this past spring in gate-to-wire fashion. In her two turf starts, she won the American Oaks at this distance at Hollywood in July before finishing off the board when bottled up inside for most of the trip in the Garden City.

Another three-year-old trying older for the first time is KITTEN’S DUMPLINGS. She’s won four of her eight starts this season, including victories in the Edgewood and Regret at Churchill, the Lake George at Saratoga and in the QEII Cup last out. All of her wins have come by way of her patented, last-to-first sweep to the lead in the final stages, so she should appreciated the added distance in here as she’s never raced past 1 1/8 miles.

LADY OF SHAMROCK was beaten just 2 ½ lengths in this even last year when she scored in multiple graded stakes but is just one for six this season with her lone victory coming via DQ in the Santa Barbara this past winter. She’s finished behind Marketing Mix and Tiz Flirtatious numerous times this season but just can’t seem to make up the handful of lengths she needs to in order to beat the top tier.

QUSHCHI is just one for six since making her stateside debut earlier this year, and is just 4 for 27 overall. Save her maiden tally at seven furlongs, all of her other victories have come going 1 ½ miles and she failed to do any real damage when fourth in the Flower Bowl last out, her first start against G1 foes.

ROMANTICA ships in from Europe for the powerful Fabre stable sporting three wins and a second place finish from four starts at the distance. She’s already handled firm ground in Europe and tallied the first G1 of her career two starts back when making her first start off of a near three month layoff. Her dam, Banks Hill, won the 2001 running of this then finished second in the race in 2002.

The Strategy

Laughing is loose on the lead. There is no denying that. The question is can she finish the job against the best field she’ll face all year? If you think she can, then she is your key horse. If you don’t, then you have to decide if you’re taking the Euros, the older Americans, or one of the young ladies representing the states.

The Bomb

Emollient figures to get lost in the wagering shuffle. I love the fact that she won her lone turf start in SoCal and think you’ll get 12-1 or more on her.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:18 AM

Ranked by Earnings

Horses with at least one N. A. start,

through 10/27/2013
HORSE EARNINGS

Animal Kingdom $6,060,000
Orb 2,557,566
Game On Dude 2,470,000
Will Take Charge 1,733,200
Wise Dan 1,651,972
Verrazano 1,556,300
Princess of Sylmar (f) 1,539,000
Palace Malice 1,419,135
Departing 1,380,100
The Apache (SAF) 1,374,245
Lines of Battle 1,210,549
Oxbow 1,146,000
Ron the Greek 1,138,094
Close Hatches (f) 1,007,300
Royal Delta (f) 987,275
Revolutionary 950,000
Up With the Birds 948,953
Laughing (IRE) (f) 930,000
Big Blue Kitten 902,800
Emollient (f) 852,100
Dance to Bristol (f) 821,430
Silver Max 789,193
Graydar 780,000
Beholder (f) 760,000
Sahara Sky 740,000
Goldencents 718,000
Fiftyshadesofhay (f) 708,057
Dandino (GB) 704,684
Itsmyluckyday 704,500
Overanalyze 702,000
Cross Traffic 687,967
Real Solution 675,500
Trade Storm (GB) 675,400
Joshua Tree (IRE) 672,327
Justin Phillip 671,275
Moreno 663,090
Flat Out 658,000
Authenticity (f) 634,492
Midnight Aria 630,625
Forty Tales 627,589
Power Broker 623,012
Side Glance (GB) 608,000
Discreet Marq (f) 607,500
Sweet Lulu (f) 603,600
Dank (GB) (f) 597,867
Kitten's Dumplings (f) 581,514
Clubhouse Ride 581,374
Joyful Victory (f) 579,600
Tannery (IRE) (f) 562,872
Hunter's Light (IRE) 556,397

Updated Mon Oct 28 6:00 AM EDT

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:25 AM

Ranked by Earnings through 10/27/2013

RIDER EARNINGS

Castellano J J $20,872,499
Velazquez J R 19,100,441
Rosario Joel 18,041,343
Bejarano Rafael 12,400,788
Napravnik Rosie 11,653,979
Ortiz, Jr. Irad 11,597,098
Lezcano Jose 11,577,129
Alvarado Junior 11,042,328
Smith Mike E. 10,939,445
Ortiz Jose L. 10,269,026
Saez Luis 10,120,308
Velasquez C 9,321,440
Leparoux Julien R. 8,998,489
Talamo Joseph 8,516,264
Contreras Luis 7,980,001
Da Silva Eurico Rosa 7,839,393
Garcia M 7,432,839
Maldonado E 7,123,768
Maragh Rajiv 7,114,826
Gomez G K 6,393,715
Bridgmohan S X 6,385,302
Prado E S 6,288,627
Albarado R J 6,256,714
Stevens G L 6,180,988
Carmouche Kendrick 5,837,820

Ranked by Wins through 10/27/2013

RIDER MTS WINS 2NDS 3RDS

Castellano J J 1414 302 269 192
Baze R A 911 257 176 150
Rosario Joel 1106 246 192 164
Napravnik Rosie 1047 226 180 139
Paucar Edgar 829 212 175 130
Bejarano Rafael 955 209 198 127
Montano Jose 862 198 152 118
Lopez Paco 866 191 119 115
Ortiz Jose L. 1153 188 177 135
Eramia Richard E. 1024 185 180 148
Parker D L 1102 184 171 163
Acosta J D 968 182 149 141
De La Cruz Fernando 1106 179 173 142
Velazquez J R 921 178 160 133
Ortiz, Jr. Irad 1247 175 165 218
Franklin Malcolm 941 175 120 119
Hernandez Rafael Manuel 690 174 111 95
Maldonado E 1032 172 133 132
Alvarado Junior 943 172 119 111
Velasquez C 1008 169 171 147
Zayas Edgard J. 855 164 112 122
Birzer A E 907 163 140 125
Carmouche Kendrick 757 158 149 99
Saenz Diego 645 158 112 93
Houghton T D 1267 157 186 171
Contreras Luis 892 157 143 128

Updated Mon Oct 28 6:00 AM EDT

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:26 AM

Ranked by Earnings through 10/27/2013

TRAINER EARNINGS

Pletcher Todd A $21,827,076
Baffert Bob 11,956,050
Chad C. Brown 11,500,541
Asmussen Steven M 10,326,415
Mott William I 9,898,124
Hollendorfer Jerry 8,802,910
Maker Michael J 7,489,873
Casse Mark 7,090,562
Sadler John W 6,761,582
McGaughey III Claude R 6,318,467
O'Neill Doug 5,881,392
McLaughlin Kiaran P 5,739,453
David Jacobson 5,590,790
Catalano Wayne M 5,369,054
Motion H Graham 5,170,259
Clement Christophe 5,088,664
Amoss Thomas 4,925,424
Lukas D Wayne 4,661,463
Rudy R. Rodriguez 4,581,536
McPeek Kenneth G 4,364,973
Romans Dale 4,347,880
Rice Linda 4,077,890
Albertrani Thomas 3,721,491
Ness Jamie 3,662,324
Ward Wesley A 3,599,851

Ranked by Wins through 10/27/2013

TRAINER STS WINS 2NDS 3RDS

Asmussen Steven M 1227 266 183 187
Karl Broberg 779 210 147 100
Hollendorfer Jerry 868 201 141 130
Ness Jamie 761 199 131 101
Maker Michael J 817 191 146 113
Pletcher Todd A 761 182 150 112
Amoss Thomas 489 155 98 69
Englehart Chris 609 141 112 99
Evans Justin 633 140 121 92
Hugh I. McMahon 560 140 118 85
David Jacobson 631 137 114 97
Brueggemann Roger 470 134 73 67
Chad C. Brown 469 129 91 73
Lake Scott A 683 128 100 106
Catalano Wayne M 571 120 82 69
Jeffrey A. Radosevich 584 119 94 78
Runco Jeff C 515 118 94 83
Motion H Graham 592 114 100 95
Dominguez Henry 525 114 89 77
Casse Mark 579 112 81 64
Diodoro Robertino 502 110 101 65
Pish Danny 528 110 80 90
O'Neill Doug 678 109 96 102
McLean Robertson 513 109 86 82
Baffert Bob 482 109 76 57

Updated Mon Oct 28 6:00 AM EDT

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:29 AM

All Runners, Ranked by Earnings through 10/27/2013

SIRE PERFS WINS EARNINGS

Kitten's Joy 213 169 9,676,454
Malibu Moon 238 205 9,015,520
Harlan's Holiday 232 212 7,766,956
Speightstown 194 205 7,754,982
Tapit 230 149 7,588,529
Awesome Again 147 144 7,501,004
Giant's Causeway 235 150 7,331,150
Unbridled's Song 159 127 7,314,367
Stormy Atlantic 205 165 6,759,211
Medaglia d'Oro 176 122 6,115,591
More Than Ready 201 133 6,077,515
Candy Ride*Arg 210 155 5,986,859
Empire Maker 145 114 5,893,965
Tale of the Cat 222 158 5,893,088
Ghostzapper 131 127 5,850,971
Pulpit 140 109 5,585,116
City Zip 232 201 5,440,660
Smart Strike 164 129 5,399,505
Lemon Drop Kid 194 137 5,390,598
War Front 109 98 5,319,163
Broken Vow 211 181 5,276,554
Street Sense 135 104 5,180,414
Lion Heart 209 172 5,172,591
Langfuhr 237 204 5,139,122
Tiznow 199 151 5,102,451

Juvenile Runners, Ranked by Earnings through 10/27/2013

SIRE PERFS WINS EARNINGS
Harlan's Holiday 50 23 1,224,919
Artie Schiller 19 11 1,138,089
Roman Ruler 36 20 945,551
Stormy Atlantic 21 10 926,812
Sky Mesa 29 15 921,294
Malibu Moon 30 10 891,394
Yes It's True 37 21 883,154
Tale of the Cat 26 15 880,257
Tapit 37 11 849,789
Kitten's Joy 35 9 765,380
With Distinction 29 17 748,997
Street Sense 25 9 747,166
Discreet Cat 21 14 699,593
Pulpit 29 14 691,114
Tiz Wonderful 29 16 677,855
Dunkirk 32 11 666,095
Stroll 21 10 665,036
City Zip 44 19 650,453
Street Boss 27 16 635,565
Rockport Harbor 31 14 631,714
Flatter 30 14 614,667
Broken Vow 40 11 610,403
Jump Start 22 11 603,995
Lemon Drop Kid 33 13 603,685
More Than Ready 34 11 599,341

Turf Runners, Ranked by Earnings through 10/27/2013
SIRE PERFS WINS EARNINGS

Kitten's Joy 557 86 7,443,784
Giant's Causeway 462 58 3,454,384
Stormy Atlantic 367 63 3,426,597
Unusual Heat 335 57 2,848,647
War Front 211 45 2,795,358
English Channel 311 55 2,757,115
Harlan's Holiday 348 51 2,682,409
Lemon Drop Kid 365 51 2,539,335
Medaglia d'Oro 305 36 2,477,479
Smart Strike 312 40 2,459,511
Freud 281 40 2,385,957
More Than Ready 340 52 2,350,238
Dynaformer 276 31 1,987,446
Tapit 335 42 1,939,200
Dansili*GB 32 11 1,939,003
City Zip 321 38 1,863,064
Arch 237 39 1,861,023
Wiseman's Ferry 47 12 1,846,887
Langfuhr 398 53 1,836,121
Ghostzapper 141 16 1,801,382
Scat Daddy 226 30 1,700,802
Unbridled's Song 227 38 1,624,750
Artie Schiller 296 37 1,561,485
Bernstein 321 53 1,550,252
Distorted Humor 208 24 1,546,944
Updated Mon Oct 28 6:00 AM EDT

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:33 AM

Main Track: up to one mile through 10/27/2013

HORSE TRK DATE DIST BEYER FIGURE

Cross Traffic BEL 27 Apr 1M 116
Flat Out BEL 27 Apr 1M 116
Paynter (A) BHP 14 Jun 7F 114
Delaunay FG 09 Mar 6F 111
Big Screen AQU 23 Mar 1M 110
Cross Traffic BEL 27 May 1M 110
Delaunay FG 26 Jan 6F 110
Fast Bullet BEL 08 Jun 6F 110
Points Offthebench SA 05 Oct 6F 110
Sahara Sky BEL 27 May 1M 110
Alsvid PRM 18 Jul 6F 109
Comma to the Top (A) BHP 27 May 6F 109
Delaunay CD 04 May 7F 109
Goldencents SA 05 Oct 6F 109
Justin Phillip SAR 04 Aug 6F 109
Let Em Shine (A) BHP 11 May 7F 109
Centralinteligence (A) BHP 29 Jun 7F 108
Clearly Now BEL 26 Oct 7F 108
Immortal Eyes LRL 21 Sep 6F 108
Private Zone BEL 28 Sep 6F 108
Star Harbour SAR 29 Aug 6 1/2F 108
Gentlemen's Bet CD 17 May 6F 107
Gentlemen's Bet PRM 28 Jun 6F 107
Justin Phillip BEL 28 Sep 6F 107
Pants On Fire CD 07 Sep 1M 107
(A) denotes race on all-weather surface

Main Track: more than one mile through 10/27/2013

HORSE TRK DATE DIST BEYER FIGURE

Game On Dude SA 02 Mar 1 1/4M 117
Game On Dude SA 03 Feb 1 1/8M 116
Verrazano MTH 28 Jul 1 1/8M 116
Fort Larned CD 15 Jun 1 1/8M 115
Ron the Greek GP 19 Jan 1 1/8M 115
Dreaming of Julia (f) GP 30 Mar 1 1/8M 114
Game On Dude (A) BHP 06 Jul 1 1/4M 114
Ron the Greek BEL 28 Sep 1 1/4M 114
Game On Dude (A) DMR 25 Aug 1 1/4M 113
Kettle Corn (A) BHP 06 Jul 1 1/4M 112
Delegation (A) WO 01 Jul 1 1/4M 110
Mucho Macho Man SA 28 Sep 1 1/8M 110
Alpha SAR 31 Aug 1 1/8M 109
Flat Out SAR 31 Aug 1 1/8M 109
Graydar GP 09 Feb 1 1/8M 109
Take Charge Indy CD 03 May 1 1/16M 109
Cross Traffic SAR 03 Aug 1 1/8M 108
Cyber Secret OP 13 Apr 1 1/8M 108
Joyful Victory (f) SA 16 Mar 1 1/8M 108
Manando (A) BHP 03 May 1 1/16M 108
Silver Max (A) KEE 05 Oct 1 1/16M 108
Flat Out BEL 06 Jul 1 1/8M 107
Fort Larned CD 28 Sep 1 1/8M 107
Liaison (A) BHP 04 May 1 1/16M 107
Moreno SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 107
Palace Malice SAR 27 Jul 1 1/8M 107
Successful Dan SAR 03 Aug 1 1/8M 107
Will Take Charge SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 107
(A) denotes race on all-weather surface

Turf: all distancesthrough 10/27/2013

HORSE TRK DATE DIST BEYER FIGURE

Good Deed (f) CD 07 Jun 5F 110
Point of Entry GP 09 Feb 1 1/8M 109
Wise Dan WO 15 Sep 1M 109
Obviously (IRE) BHP 25 May 1M 108
Dank (GB) (f) AP 17 Aug 1 3/16M 107
Obviously (IRE) BHP 29 Jun 1M 107
Tightend Touchdown PEN 01 Jun 5F 107
Varsity GP 02 Feb 5F 107
Wise Dan SAR 10 Aug 1M 107
Animal Kingdom GP 09 Feb 1 1/8M 106
Wise Dan CD 04 May 1 1/8M 106
Bright Thought SA 16 Mar 1 1/2M 105
Chips All In SA 23 Feb 6 1/2F 105
No Jet Lag SA 05 Oct 1M 105
Point of Entry BEL 08 Jun 1 1/4M 105
River Seven WO 19 Oct 1M 105
Unbridled's Note SA 23 Feb 6 1/2F 105
Big Blue Kitten BEL 28 Sep 1 1/2M 104
He Be Fire N Ice SA 05 Oct 1M 104
King Kreesa BEL 04 Jul 1M 104
King Kreesa SAR 10 Aug 1M 104
Little Mike BEL 28 Sep 1 1/2M 104
Silver Max SAR 31 Aug 1 1/16M 104
Ben's Cat PRX 05 Jul 5F 103
Indy Point (ARG) DMR 24 Jul 1M 103
Kid Dreams HAW 05 Oct 1 1/8M 103
Something Extra GP 02 Feb 5F 103
Unbridled Command GP 09 Feb 1 1/8M 103
Wise Dan CD 29 Jun 1M 103

3-year-olds: male or female through 10/27/2013

HORSE TRK DATE DIST BEYER FIGURE
Verrazano MTH 28 Jul 1 1/8M 116
Dreaming of Julia (f) GP 30 Mar 1 1/8M 114
Goldencents SA 05 Oct 6F 109
Let Em Shine (A) BHP 11 May 7F 109
Clearly Now BEL 26 Oct 7F 108
Manando (A) BHP 03 May 1 1/16M 108
Moreno SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 107
Palace Malice SAR 27 Jul 1 1/8M 107
Will Take Charge SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 107
Beholder (f) SA 28 Sep 1 1/16M 106
Orb SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 106
Oxbow PIM 18 May 1 3/16M 106
Palace Malice SAR 24 Aug 1 1/4M 106
Uptown Boy PEN 01 Jun 6F 106
Forty Tales BEL 26 Oct 7F 105
Goldencents SA 06 Apr 1 1/8M 105
No Jet Lag SA 05 Oct 1M 105
Princess of Sylmar (f) BEL 28 Sep 1 1/8M 105
Princess of Sylmar (f) SAR 20 Jul 1 1/8M 105
River Seven WO 19 Oct 1M 105
Verrazano GP 02 Feb 1M 105
Wedding Toast (f) BEL 11 Sep 1M 105
Will Take Charge SAR 27 Jul 1 1/8M 105
Declassify (A) BHP 08 Jun 6F 104
Departing LAD 07 Sep 1 1/8M 104
Itsmyluckyday GP 26 Jan 1 1/16M 104
Orb CD 04 May 1 1/4M 104
Tiz the Truth SA 27 Sep 1 1/16M 104

(A) denotes race on all-weather surface

2-year-olds: male or female through 10/27/2013

HORSE TRK DATE DIST BEYER FIGURE

Havana SAR 23 Aug 5 1/2F 102
Sweet Reason (f) SAR 01 Sep 7F 98
Big Sugar Soda SAR 22 Jul 5 1/2F 94
In Trouble BEL 29 Sep 6F 94
Kendall's Boy SAR 23 Aug 5 1/2F 94
Havana BEL 05 Oct 1M 93
Honor Code BEL 05 Oct 1M 93
Wired Bryan FL 28 Sep 6F 93
Lunarwarfare GP 14 Jul 4 1/2F 92
Strong Mandate SAR 17 Aug 6 1/2F 92
Aarons Orient RP 29 Sep 6F 91
Bahnah (f) CD 06 Jun 4 1/2F 91
Bobby's Kitten BEL 06 Oct 1 1/16M 91
Burning Warrior LAD 17 Aug 6F 91
Our Amazing Rose (f) SAR 25 Jul 5F 91
Ride On Curlin ELP 13 Jul 5 1/2F 91
Cool Cowboy (A) AP 14 Sep 5 1/2F 90
I Got It All HAW 17 Oct 6F 90
Pablo Del Monte (A) KEE 13 Oct 6 1/2F 90
Ride On Curlin BEL 05 Oct 1M 90
Tea Time (f) BEL 15 Sep 6F 90
That's the Idea (f) ZIA 27 Oct 6F 90
Candip RP 02 Sep 5 1/2F 89
Honor Code SAR 31 Aug 7F 89
Tap It Rich SA 12 Oct 1M 89
Wired Bryan BEL 19 Oct 7F 89
(A) denotes race on all-weather surface

Updated Mon Oct 28 6:00 AM EDT

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:35 AM

Breeders' Cup Forecast

October 18, 2013

Breeders’ Cup Countdown

Welcome to Stabile’s Breeders’ Cup Countdown. In the weeks leading up to the 30th annual Breeders’ Cup, to be held this year Friday, November 1st and Saturday, November 2nd at Santa Anita in Arcadia, CA. VegasInsider.com handicapper Anthony “the Big A” Stabile will cover the major prep races in almost every Breeders’ Cup division, culminating with his annual Breeders’ Cup Breakdowns, an extensive look at the contenders in each event, talk about how the race should set-up and provide some strategies on how to get the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to betting on the race.. If you want to know what “the Big A” will be betting on both Breeders’ Cup days, make sure to check back on Friday and Saturday to purchase Stabile’s Breeders’ Cup Picks and Plays of the Day, a look at how he’ll wager on each and every race, available EXCLUSIVELY at VegasInsider.com.

With all the major preps now in the books and less than three weeks until Breeders’ Cup weekend, the fields are starting to take shape. And while they will change a bit in the coming fortnight, we pretty much know who’ll be running where on two of racings’ biggest days. We’ve covered the ten races for older horses below.

As a reminder, pre-entries for all 14 races close on Monday, Oct. 21 and will be announced Wednesday Oct. 23. As for this space, we’ll use it here to update the fields and then begin our Breeders’ Cup Breakdowns on Friday, Oct. 25. The four juvenile races omitted from this piece will each have a Breakdown as well.

The Classic
We’re in for a rare treat this year as the first four finishers from last years’ Classic – Fort Larned, Mucho Macho Man, Flat Out and Ron the Greek – as well as the beaten favorite last year/probable favorite this year Game On Dude will go at it again. Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice, along with Will Take Charge and Moreno, the one-two finishers in both the Travers and Pennsylvania Derby winner lead the three-year-old contingent while miracle horse Paynter will try to cap off his rollercoaster season with for his trainer Bob Baffert, who also conditions “The Dude.”

The Distaff
Restored to its original name after being called the Ladies’ Classic for the past few seasons, two-time defending champ will look to join the great Goldikova as the only three time Breeders’ Cup winners. Now a five-year-old, perhaps it’s fitting that a trio of sophomore lassies figure to her biggest obstacles on the road to a three-peat. It appears as if Princess of Sylmar, who upset Royal Delta in the Beldame last out, will now be supplemented to the Cup and comes in with four consecutive G1 scores under her belt. Mother Goose and Cotillion winner Close Hatches, who like Royal Delta is trained by Bill Mott, and local speedster Beholder, a multiple G1 winner in her own right who defeated older in the Zenyatta last out, should provide an honest pace.

The Turf
Trainer Shug McGaughey, who won the Kentucky Derby earlier this season with Orb, is looking to pull off an even more improbable win should he get Point of Entry, second in this race last year and unraced since Belmont day of this year when he came out of his win in the Manhattan with a condylar fracture, in the starting gate for this. He’s been working well but will have plenty of stiff competition as Arlington Million winner Real Solution, Sword Dancer winner Big Blue Kitten and defending Turf champ Little Mike, who defeated the previous two in the Joe Hirsch last out, will all be waiting, along with local hope and John Henry winner Indy Point. The connections of Euro filly The Fugue are still deciding between this and the F&M Turf.

Filly & Mare Turf
Whether The Fugue runs here or takes on the boys, the Euros, led by Beverly D winner Dank, hold a strong hand in here as most of the American hopes have glaring holes. Laughing may be a perfect four for four this season but she is an admittedly terrible shipper and may want less ground. Marketing Mix has obviously lost a step or two and Tiz Flirtatious had to run her eyeballs out to beat her last out. Euro three-year-olds Winsili, who’s been pointed to this race since the summer and Flotilla, winner of the Juvenile Fillies Turf over the course last year, could offer some value. Three time G1 winning three-year-old Emollient is on the fence while Kitten’s Dumplings, winner of the QEII for the Ramseys will be running off just three weeks rest.

The Mile
I guess you can’t hold Wise Dan’s defeat against him in the Shadwell Turf Mile since heavy rains forced it to be run at 1 1/16 miles over the Keeneland Polytrack. He had won his previous nine starts, all on turf, including last years’ renewal of this. Silver Max got loose on Wise Dan and managed to pull off the mild upset last out on a day in which Obviously appeared to have his field over a bigger barrel than Wise Dan did but blew up as well in the City of Hope, who’s winner No Jet Lag leads a slew of three-year-old possibles with him being the lone American. The connections of Toronado, Dawn Approach and Olympic Glory are all still taking a wait-and-see approach.

Dirt Mile
With Graydar all but officially confirmed for the Classic, a couple of three-year-olds, the Pletcher trained Verrazano and local hope Goldencents from the Doug O’Neill barn, figure to vie for favoritism at the betting windows. They lead a deep cast which also includes G1 winners Fed Biz, Hymn Book, Golden Ticket and Power Broker along with multiple graded stakes winners Pants On Fire and Last Gunfighter, who is a perfect three for three at the distance.

The Sprint
Unfortunately, this is the event that has suffered the most of the past few years since a bunch of new races, namely the Filly and Mare Sprint and Turf Sprint, came into play. Still, this years’ renewal seems to have all the major players currently in the division. The first two finishers from the Vosburgh, Private Zone and Justin Phillip, Santa Anita Sprint Championship victor Points Offthebench, Phoenix winner Sum of the Parts, the speedy Fast Bullet and the one-two finishers from last years’ Sprint, Trinniberg and the Lumber Guy, both of whom are looking to regain their form of last year, are all set to duke it out for six panels.

Turf Sprint
Last year’s champ Mizdirection will defend her crown while making her first start since a failed run in the Big Apple back in June while returning to the scene of some of her biggest scores. Another filly in the fast Reneesgotzip figures to take plenty of action coming off an August layoff of her own. The first four finishers from the Eddie D – Chips All In, Boat Trip, Unbridled’s Note and Caracortado- the local prep for this, return and are joined by Woodford winner Havelock, Europe’s Lethal Force and a couple of former claimers shipping in from N.Y. in Spring to the Sky and the speedy Tightend Touchdown.

Filly & Mare Sprint
Groupie Doll roared into this event last year and won it with breath-taking ease, especially when you recall that she was one of the only horses to make up an inch of ground over a speed-biased course, to put it mildly. Things are different this season, however, as she’s one just once in three starts and was a lackluster third in the TCA last out behind fellow runner Judy the Beauty. The Baffert pair of Book Review and Executiveprivilege will be running late as L.A. Woman winner Teddy’s Promise figures to be cutting it up pretty good on the front end. Win machines Sweet Lulu and Dance to Bristol are both coming into this off losses but should love the distance and sit great trips.

Marathon
Frankly, there is not much to say about this bunch since most are unproven at this odd 1 ¾ mile distance. As of press time, the following runners were listed as probable for the event: Blueskiesandrainbows, Ever Rider, Indian Jones, London Bridge, Oilisblackgold, Percussion, Pool Play, Sky Kingdom, Suns Out Guns Out and Worldly. The field lost Take Control earlier in the week when he was hurt in a workout and had to be euthanized.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:37 AM

Game On Dude made early favorite for Breeders' Cup

October 28, 2013

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Game On Dude was made the early 8-5 favorite in an impressive field of 12 for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, a race he has failed to win in two previous tries for trainer Bob Baffert. For the second straight year, the gelding will be running on his home track, where he is 8-1.

Game On Dude's only loss at Santa Anita came in last year's 1 1/4-mile Classic, where he finished seventh behind winner Fort Larned.

''I'm just hoping he runs like an 8-5 shot,'' Baffert said Monday.

Baffert is winless in the Classic, but he has trained Game On Dude to a 5-0 record this year heading into Saturday's race. Joe Torre, the former Dodgers and Yankees manager, co-owns the gelding, which will be ridden by Mike Smith. The 48-year-old Hall of Fame jockey has mounts in 13 of 14 Breeders' Cup races.

Baffert sent Game On Dude out for his final workout Monday.

''He's not the same horse that ran here last year, thank God,'' he said. ''He's bigger, he's filled out and he's a happy horse. I've spaced his races out and that's allowed me to keep his weight on.''

Fort Larned, who won last year's Classic by three-quarters of a length over Mucho Macho Man, is back to defend his title. Mucho Macho Man returns, too, with Gary Stevens in the saddle.

Game On Dude drew the No. 9 post.

''I didn't want him to be buried on the inside,'' Baffert said. ''The field is strong. It's so competitive. All these horses are back from last year.''

Baffert also will saddle Paynter, who will start from the No. 2 post at 12-1 odds.

Fort Larned drew the No. 7 post and was listed at 6-1 odds.

''Seven's a lucky number for me and looks good,'' said Ian Wilkes, who trains Fort Larned.

Mucho Macho Man will break from the No. 6 post at 5-1 odds.

''It's very good. I'm happy with it,'' trainer Kathy Ritvo said.

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has Will Take Charge in the Classic. The Travers winner drew the No. 10 post and was listed at 12-1 odds. Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice is 10-1 and drew the No. 8 post.

The Irish father-son duo of trainer Aidan O'Brien and jockey Joseph O'Brien team up with 10-1 shot Declaration of War in the Classic.

Reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan drew post position eight in a field of 10 and was made the even-money favorite for the $2 million Mile, where the 6-year-old gelding will try to improve to 6-0 on the turf this year.

Wise Dan will be ridden by John Velazquez, who was aboard for the gelding's only loss in his last nine starts earlier this month at Keeneland, where the race was moved from the turf to the synthetic surface.

Wise Dan will face nine rivals in the 30th Breeders' Cup.

Cleburne and Havana - both 2-0 - will put their undefeated records on the line in the $2 million Juvenile, which drew a full field of 14. Velazquez will ride Havana, the 5-2 morning-line favorite; Cleburne was listed at 12-1.

Stevens, who launched a successful comeback earlier this year at 50, has nine mounts over the two days of racing.

Trainer Todd Pletcher won't have Graydar, who had been pre-entered in both the Classic and the Dirt Mile. The Kelso winner has a quarter crack in his left front hoof.

''We're disappointed,'' Pletcher said. ''Graydar had been training extremely well and I thought we got the perfect comeback effort from him in the Kelso.''

The two-day, $25 million championships open Friday with five races, including the Distaff, which has reverted to its original name after being called the Ladies' Classic since 2008.

Two-time defending champion Royal Delta was made the early 8-5 favorite among a heavyweight field that includes 9-5 second choice Princess of Sylmar, who has won six stakes this year, and last year's BC Juvenile Fillies winner Beholder, third choice at 5-2.

''It is a heck of a race and she's going to have to be at her best for it,'' said Richard Mandella, who trains Beholder.

Royal Delta will break from the No. 4 post. Beholder and Princess of Sylmar will be next to each other in the No. 5 and 6 slots, respectively.

Rosie Napravnik and Chantal Sutherland-Kruse each have one mount on Saturday, and will try to join Julie Krone as the only women to win a Breeders' Cup race in the event's history. Napravnik rides 5-1 shot Untapable in the $2 million Juvenile Fillies; Sutherland-Kruse is aboard 20-1 longshot Great Hot in the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint.

Saturday's nine races include the $1 million Turf Sprint, with defending champion and 4-1 favorite Mizdirection among the 14-horse field. She's co-owned by sports talk radio host Jim Rome, and will be ridden by Smith.

**StarDust Bum** · 10-29-2013, 01:40 AM

Breeders' Cup Odds

October 28, 2013

1. Old Time Hockey Lezcano 8-1

2. Cease Cohen 8-1

3. Commander Gryder 6-1

4. Ever Rider (ARG) Stevens 7-2

5. Suns Out Guns Out Leparoux 10-1

6. Indian Jones Castillo 5-1

7. London Bridge Smith 8-1

8. Blueskiesnrainbows Pedroza 6-1

9. Pool Play Da Silva 8-1

10. Worldly Flores 6-1

1, Thomas Proctor. 2, David Jacobson. 3, Troy Taylor. 4, Marcia C. Munoz. 5, Dale Romans. 6, Philip Aristone. 7, Jo Hughes. 8, Jerry Hollendofer. 9, Mark Casse. 10, Brendan Walsh.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. All Cash Saez 30-1

2. Giovanni Boldini Moore 7-2

3. Got Shades Stevens 30-1

4. Outstrip (GB) Smith 4-1

5. Bobby's Kitten Castellano 5-2

6. Home School (IRE) Bejarano 30-1

7. Aotearoa Nakatani 12-1

8. Bon Accord Rosario 20-1

9. Wilshire Boulevard (IRE) Buick 8-1

10. Ontology Gutierrez 30-1

11. Poker Player Hill 12-1

12. Shamshon (IRE) Hughes 12-1

13. Bashart Velazquez 6-1

1, D. Wayne Lukas. 2, Aidan P. O'Brien. 3, Danny Pish. 4, Charlie Appleby. 5, Chad C. Brown. 6, Doug F. O'Neill. 7, Leonard Powell. 8, Antonio Sano. 9, Aidan P. O'Brien. 10, Simon Callaghan. 11, Wayne M. Catalano. 12, Richard Hannon. 13, Todd A. Pletcher.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Taptowne Hernandez Jr. 15-1

2. Golden Ticket Rosario 12-1

3. Hymm Book Castellano 15-1

4. Brujo de Olleros (BRZ) A.Garcia 8-1

5. Fed Biz M.Garcia 6-1

6. Broadway Empire Walcott 12-1

7. Alpha Bravo 8-1

8. Holy Lute Smith 20-1

9. Centralinteligence Espinoza 15-1

10. Verrazano Velazquez 3-1

11. Pants On Fire Lopez 6-1

12. Goldencents Bejarano 4-1

AE. Easter Gift Rosario 15-1

1, Tim Glyshaw. 2, Kenneth G. McPeek. 3, Claude R. McGaughey III. 4, Richard C. Mettee. 5, Bob Baffert. 6, Robertino Diodoro. 7, Kiaran P. McLaughlin. 8, James M. Cassidy. 9, Ronald W. Ellis. 10, Todd A. Pletcher. 11, Kelly Breen. 12, Doug F. O'Neill. 13, Chad C. Brown.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Nesso M.Garcia 20-1

2. Al Thakhira (GB) Moore 6-1

3. Colonel Joan Talamo 20-1

4. Kitten Kaboodle Velazquez 12-1

5. Granny Mc's Kitten Castellano 20-1

6. Vorda (FR) Peslier 4-1

7. Street Sailing A.Garcia 15-1

8. Chriselliam (IRE) Hughes 6-1

9. Dancing House Smith 20-1

10. Clenor (IRE) Bejarano 8-1

11. Ready to Act Rosario 8-1

12. Testa Rossi (FR) Lezcano 8-1

13. Sky Painter Saez 15-1

14. My Conquestadory Da Silva 9-2

1, Vann Belvoir. 2, Marco Botti. 3, Eoin G. Harty. 4, Chad C. Brown. 5, Chad C. Brown. 6, Philippe Sogorb. 7, Richard C. Mettee. 8, Charles Hills. 9, Kiaran P. McLaughlin. 10, Doug F. O'Neill. 11, Chad C. Brown. 12, Chad C. Brown. 13, Kiaran P. McLaughlin. 14, Mark E. Casse.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Street Girl Castillo 30-1

2. Authenticity Velazquez 8-1

3. Close Hatches Rosario 6-1

4. Royal Delta Smith 8-5

5. Beholder Stevens 5-2

6. Princess of Sylmar Castellano 9-5

1, Manuel J. Azpurua. 2, Todd A. Pletcher. 3, William I. Mott. 4, William I. Mott. 5, Richard E. Mandella. 6, Todd A. Pletcher.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Artemis Agrotera Lezcano 3-1

2. Rosalind Rosario 8-1

3. Designer Legs Talamo 30-1

4. Secret Compass Velazquez 6-1

5. Ria Antonia Castellano 30-1

6. Concave Gutierrez 15-1

7. Untapable Napravnik 5-1

8. Scandalous Act Nunez 8-1

9. Sweet Reason Solis 5-2

10. She's a Tiger Stevens 6-1

1, Michael E. Hushion. 2, Kenneth G. McPeek. 3, Dallas Stewart. 4, Bob Baffert. 5, Jeremiah C. Englehart. 6, Doug F. O'Neill. 7, Steven M. Asmussen. 8, Kathleen M. Connell. 9, Leah Gyarmati. 10, Jeffrey L. Bonde.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Dank (GB) Moore 5-2

2. Romantica (GB) Guyon 6-1

3. Tiz Flirtatious Leparoux 7-2

4. Alterite (FR) Velazquez 10-1

5. Lady of Shamrock Espinoza 20-1

6. Marketing Mix Stevens 7-2

7. Laughing (IRE) Lezcano 8-1

8. Emollient Smith 12-1

9. Qushchi (GB) Prado 20-1

10. Kitten's Dumplings Rosario 10-1

1, Sir Michael R. Stoute. 2, Andre Fabre. 3, Martin F. Jones. 4, Chad C. Brown. 5, John W. Sadler. 6, Thomas F. Proctor. 7, Alan E. Goldberg. 8, William I. Mott. 9, H. Graham Motion. 10, Michael J. Maker.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Renee's Titan Gutierrez 30-1

2. Book Review Bejarano 6-1

3. Starship Truffles Stevens 15-1

4. Dance Card Rosario 8-1

5. Teddy's Promise Espinoza 6-1

6. Ismene Smith 20-1

7. Summer Applause Castellano 12-1

8. Dance to Bristol Perez 5-1

9. Judy the Beauty Velazquez 6-1

10. Great Hot (BRZ) Sutherland 20-1

11. Groupie Doll Maragh 5-2

12. Sweet Lulu Leparoux 8-1

1, Doug F. O'Neill. 2, Bob Baffert. 3, Martin D. Wolfson. 4, Kiaran P. McLaughlin. 5, Ronald W. Ellis. 6, William Spawr. 7, Chad C. Brown. 8, Ollie L. Figgins III. 9, Wesley A. Ward. 10, Antonio C. Avila. 11, William Bradley. 12, Jerry Hollendorfer.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Jeranimo Espinoza 12-1

2. Rock Me Baby Talamo 30-1

3. Chips All In Leparoux 5-1

4. Reneesgotzip Maldonado 5-1

5. Caracortado Stevens 8-1

6. Boat Trip Bejarano 8-1

7. Tightend Touchdown Castellano 12-1

8. Handsome Mike Gutierrez 30-1

9. Capo Bastone Rosario 8-1

10. Havelock Graham 10-1

11. Spring to the Sky Velazquez 30-1

12. Mizdirection Smith 4-1

13. Dimension (GB) Moran 12-1

14. Unbridled's Note Nakatani 8-1

1, Mike Pender. 2, Craig Dollase. 3, Jeff Mullins. 4, Peter Miller. 5, Michael Machowsky. 6, Mike Pender. 7, Jason Servis. 8, Doug F. O'Neill. 9, Todd A. Pletcher. 10, Darrin Miller. 11, Bruce Brown. 12, Mike Puype. 13, Conor Murphy. 14, Steven M. Asmussen.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Smarty's Echo Baird 20-1

2. Dance With Fate Bejarano 8-1

3. Mexikoma A.Garcia 12-1

4. New Year's Day M.Garcia 8-1

5. Bond Holder Gutierrez 8-1

6. Tap It Rich Smith 6-1

7. Cleburne Nakatani 12-1

8. Conquest Titan Da Silva 30-1

9. Rum Point Maldonado 30-1

10. We Miss Artie Castellano 8-1

11. Medal Count Albarado 20-1

12. Diamond Bachelor Leparoux 12-1

13. Havana Velazquez 5-2

14. Strong Mandate Rosario 6-1

1, Anne P. Smith. 2, Peter A. Eurton. 3, Richard C. Mettee. 4, Bob Baffert. 5, Doug F. O'Neill. 6, Bob Baffert. 7, Dale L. Romans. 8, Mark E. Casse. 9, Doug F. O'Neill. 10, Todd A. Pletcher. 11, Dale L. Romans. 12, Patrick L. Biancone. 13, Todd A. Pletcher. 14, D. Wayne Lukas.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Vagabond Shoes (IRE) Espinoza 15-1

2. Teaks North M.Garcia 30-1

3. Twilight Eclipse Laparoux 20-1

4. Little Mike Smith 6-1

5. Skyring Saez 30-1

6. Tale of a Champion Talamo 30-1

7. The Fugue (GB) Buick 3-1

8. Point of Entry Velazquez 4-1

9. Indy Point (ARG) Stevens 9-2

10. Big Blue Kitten Bravo 6-1

11. Magician (IRE) Moore 8-1

12. Real Solution Castellano 8-1

1, John W. Sadler. 2, Eric J. Guillot. 3, Thomas Albertrani. 4, Dale L. Romans. 5, D. Wayne Lukas. 6, Kristin Mulhall. 7, John H.M. Gosden. 8, Claude R. McGaughey III. 9, Richard E. Mandella. 10, Chad C. Brown. 11, Aidan P. O'Brien. 12, Chad C. Brown.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Justin Phillip velazquez 4-1

2. The Lumber Guy Luzzi 12-1

3. Gentlemen's Bet Castellano 8-1

4. Majestic Stride Maldonado 20-1

5. Sum of the Parts Goncalves 12-1

6. Bahamian Squall Saez 10-1

7. Private Zone Pedroza 3-1

8. Fast Bullet Rosario 6-1

9. Secret Circle M.Garcia 4-1

10. Wine Police Gomez 30-1

11. Trinniberg Maragh 8-1

12. Laugh Track Smith 20-1

1, Steven M. Asmussen. 2, Michael E. Hushion. 3, Ron Moquett. 4, Jeffrey L. Bonde. 5, Thomas M. Amoss. 6, David Fawkes. 7, Doug F. O'Neill. 8, D. Wayne Lukas. 9, Bob Baffert. 10, Henry Dominguez. 11, Shivananda Parbhoo. 12, Mark E. Casse.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. No Jet Lag Smith 8-1

2. Silentio Bejarano 20-1

3. Silver Max Albarado 5-1

4. Obviously (IRE) Talamo 10-1

5. Olympic Glory (IRE) Hughes 4-1

6. Bright Thought Leparoux 20-1

7. He Be Fire N Ice Espinoza 15-1

8. Wise Dan Velazquez 1-1

9. Cristoforo Colombo Moore 15-1

10. Za Approval Rosario 15-1

1, Simon Callaghan. 2, Gary Mandella. 3, Dale L. Romans. 4, Mike R. Mitchell. 5, Richard Hannon. 6, Jorge Gutierrez. 7, John W. Sadler. 8, Charles Lopresti. 9, Aidan P. O'Brien. 10, Christophe Clement.

Horse Jockey Odds

1. Last Gunfighter Castellano 20-1

2. Paynter M.Garcia 12-1

3. Planteur (IRE) Moore 20-1

4. Moreno Talamo 15-1

5. Declaration of War O'Brien 10-1

6. Mucho Macho Man Stevens 5-1

7. Fort Larned Hernandez Jr. 6-1

8. Palace Malice Velazquez 10-1

9. Game On Dude Smith 8-5

10. Will Take Charge Saez 12-1

11. Ron the Greek Lezcano 8-1

12. Flat Out Rosario 12-1

1, Chad C. Brown. 2, Bob Baffert. 3, Marco Botti. 4, Eric J. Guillot. 5, Aidan P. O'Brien. 6, Kathy Ritvo. 7, Ian R. Wilkes. 8, Todd A. Pletcher. 9, Bob Baffert. 10, D. Wayne Lukas. 11, William I. Mott. 12, William I. Mott.

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The Bum's 2013 Breeders’ Cup Breakdown at Santa Anita in Arcadia, CA. Plus my Picks !

The Bum's 2013 Breeders’ Cup Breakdown at Santa Anita in Arcadia, CA. Plus my Picks !

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