Emirates Airline Breeders Cup

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:05 am

Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup
Filly & Mare Turf (Grade I)
Total Purse $2,000,000
Three-Year-Olds and Up, Fillies & Mares
1 1/4 Miles (Turf)
Friday, October 24, 2008

Post Horse Jockey Odds
1 Sealy Hill Patrick Husbands 15-1
2 Vacare Jose Valdivia Jr. 10-1
3 Forever Together Julien Leparoux 6-1
4 Visit (GB) Ryan Moore 15-1
5 Wait a While John Velazquez 3-1
6 Dynaforce Alan Garcia 6-1
7 Mauralakana (FR) Kent Desormeaux 5-1
8 Halfway To Heaven (IRE) John Murtagh 4-1
9 Folk Opera (IRE) Frankie Dettori 10-1
10 Pure Clan Edgar Prado 15-1

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:27 am

i've come to the conclusiont hat the F and M Turf is not a playable race.

DDT · Postby **DDT** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:01 am

At 3 for 3 over the course and showing signs of top form I think Wait A While is the horse to beat here. The Euros may find the turf a little hard and may not take kindly to it. I think Pure Clan will be flying late and may get up.

DDT

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:14 am

you know, if i had to make a bet, right now it would actually prob be either folk opera or wait a while, but there are soo many unknowns, and i'm not staking all that to bet a fav.. again, it's not playable at least to me

Playwithfire · Postby **Playwithfire** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:01 pm

To me Halfway to Heaven looks pretty tough with 3 Gr. 1's including one at 10f this year. Ran third to Zarkava at 41-1 earlier this spring, has improved since then. Appears to be a stalker/close to pace runner which i think this turf course favors. She's my pick, unless of course i hear Together Forever by Rick Astley tomorrow on the drive over to Santa Anita, then i'll take Forever Together on a hunch bet.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:43 am

i just can't get dylan thomas's perforamnce last year out my head. Arc winner comes in what.. last?
it's not the talent. it's the trip, the turf, the turns, the speed

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:25 am

Hello

I’m kind of reaching on a few of these, but here are my top picks for each race.
I will be playing pick three’s and some other exotics and will be using these horses in conjunction with others (including Curlin).
Gallant Son is a sentimental pick (even though I think he has a real shot). Back in the late 60’s and early 70’s the father of Gallant Son’s trainer, Frank Lucarelli, had a horse (Neutralizer) that was trained by the same trainer I was using at the time, and Frank and his brother, just little guys at the time, were often hanging around the backstretch taking it all in. Now, Frank has grown up to be a very good trainer, and I am going to do my best to root Gallant Son home.

Filly and Mare Sprint: #3 Intagaroo
Juvenile Fillies Turf: #6 Freedom Song
Juvenile Fillies: #4 Sky Diva
Filly & Mare Turf: #8 Halfway To Heaven
Ladies Classic: #1 Zenyatta
Marathon: #8 Cedar Mountain
Turf Sprint: #10 California Flag
Dirt Mile: #5 Two Step Salsa
Mile: #5 Daytona
Juvenile: #2 Gallant Son
Juvenile Turf: #8 Paddy the Pro
BC Sprint: #1 Cost of Freedom
BC Turf: #9 Conduit
Classic: #8 Raven’s Pass

Bill

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:33 am

of all those reaches you have, the most ovbious one you don't have? Fatel bullet int he sprint. has been running lights out the last two races.

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:56 am

Hi bdw

I agree that Fatal Bullet is in top form right now, and I will be using him in the exotics. I leaned toward Cost of Freedom because of his undefeated Oak Tree record, and his 5 wins in 5 starts at the distance. A horses for courses play.

Bill

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:57 am

to think that what.. 4 months ago, you coul dhavce clamed cost of freedom for 40k. now he's one of the top legit choices for the breeders cup sprint

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:15 pm

So far I have been blanked except for a small trifecta in the last race. Hope to turn things around with Half Way To Heaven, and a 2-5-6-8 superfecta box.

Bill

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:42 pm

3-1-5-8. Still shut out.

bdw0617 · Postby **bdw0617** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:54 pm

well you got your go to player coming up to bat

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:28 pm

Well Zenyatta did it. I am thinking the word "great" might be in order for this filly. She was my lone single of the day in the pick 6 (probably on most tickets). I'm still alive for 5 of 6 to Black Mamba and Valbenny (blown out of the pick 6 in the 6th race).

Bill

Bill from WA · Postby **Bill from WA** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:14 pm

Well I had nice win bets on Conduit and Raven's Pass, plus a $20 exacta hit on the last race (boxed Curlin, Raven's Pass and Henrythenavigator) so I came out ahead for the day. Hats off to Curlin and his connections for bringing the horse back this year, and having the guts to run him today. Great sportsmanship.

Bill