Breeders Cup

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Cree
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Re: Breeders Cup

Postby Cree » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:05 am

F&M Sprint:

Marley's Freedom
Selcourt
Shamrock Rose
Finley'sluckycharm

Turf Sprint :

Hembree
Stormy Liberal
Rainbow Heir
Bucchero

Dirt Mile - Awesome Slew scratched

City of Light
Firenze Fire
Trigger Warning
Catalina Cruiser

F&M Turf (battle of the Prix Longines winners, and 1/2 of Brown's stable :-) ):

Wild Illusion
Sistercharlie
Fourstar Crook
Magic Wand

Sprint (this has got to be one of the toughest races to handicap, I think all 4 of the horses I picked have serious chances, and I should probably not ignore Promises Fulfilled):

Roy H
Whitmore
Imperial Hint
Limousine Liberal

Mile - Polydream and Hunt scratched

Oscar Performance (unless it's wet and/or he scratches)
Expert Eye (see above)
Mustashry
Analyze It

Distaff:

Abel Tasman
Wow Cat
Midnight Bisou
Wonder Gadot

Turf:

Enable
Robert Bruce
Waldgeist
Channel Maker

Classic:

Thunder Snow
Accelerate - it's a shame about that post and I am rooting for him to pull it off
West Coast
Catholic Boy

Cree
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Re: Breeders Cup

Postby Cree » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:20 am

Winners:

F&M Sprint: (Hey, I did not do great! Shamrock Rose was very courageous in her win)

Shamrock Rose
Chalon
Anonymity
Marley's Freedom

Turf Sprint:

Stormy Liberal (wow, is he ever a tough, competitive horse)
World Of Trouble
Pure Sensation
Ruby Notion

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Re: Breeders Cup

Postby erins isle » Sat Nov 03, 2018 2:18 pm

What a wonderful evening!

Great program, for the first time ever we can watch it on TV, casting from the computer.
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Aug27
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Re: Breeders Cup

Postby Aug27 » Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:24 am

I had horrible results. A few "1st and 3rd" near-misses, including Stellar Agent, but no luck.

With their wins, both Accelerate and Monomy Girl entered rarified territory of runners with 5 or more Grade 1 wins.
It's a relatively short list, in recent times (since 2006):

ABEL TASMAN 6
ACCELERATE 5
AMERICAN PHAROAH 8
BEHOLDER 11
BLIND LUCK  5
CALIFORNIA CHROME 7
CLOSE HATCHES 5
CURLIN  6
EINSTEIN (BRZ)  5
ENGLISH CHANNEL  6
GAME ON DUDE 7
GINGER PUNCH  6
GIO PONTI  6
GUN RUNNER 6
INDIAN BLESSING  5
INVASOR (ARG)  5
LADY ELI 5
LAVA MAN  6
LOOKIN AT LUCKY  5
MONOMOY GIRL 5
MUSIC NOTE  5
NYQUIST 5
POINT OF ENTRY 5
RACHEL ALEXANDRA  5
ROYAL DELTA 5
SHARED BELIEF 5
SONGBIRD 9
STARDOM BOUND  5
STELLAR WIND 6
STEPHANIE'S KITTEN 5
TEPIN 5
UNTAPABLE 5
WISE DAN 11
ZENYATTA  13

Among this list, I'd have to say Gio Ponti and Zenyatta are/were my favorites.