11/26-27 (CD): Falls City H. (G2); Clark (G2); River City (G3)
 

11th (4:24) Falls City H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Best Lass Desormeaux K J 114 LA
2 Morena (PER) Bridgmohan S X 115 LA
3 Copper State Albarado R J 116 LA
4 Swift Temper Garcia Alan 122 LA
5 Unbridled Belle Dominguez R A 122 LA
6 Serenading Leparoux J R 116 L

9th (3:29) River City H. (G3)

1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 Banrock Desormeaux K J 119 LA
2 Wheels Up At Noon Borel C H 115 L
3 Wicked Style Albarado R J 116 LA
4 Rahy's Attorney Landry R C 121 LA
5 Simmard Bridgmohan S X 115 LA
6 Rahystrada Goncalves L R 114 L
7 Pleasant Strike Decarlo C P 116 LA
8 Brave Tin Soldier Garcia Alan 117 LA
9 Karelian Maragh R 122 LA
10 Cryptolight Tolentino P 114 L



11th (4:29) Clark H. (G2)

1 1/8 Miles | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $400,000

1 You and I Forever Valdivia J Jr 115 L
2 Macho Again Albarado R J 121 LA
3 Giant Oak Bridgmohan S X 115 LA
4 Demarcation Castanon J L 116 LA
5 Blame Theriot H J II 117 LA
6 Anarko (CHI) Goncalves L R 113 L
7 Anak Nakal Bravo J 116 L
8 Etched Garcia Alan 120 LA
9 Bullsbay Rose J 119 LA
10 Kiss the Kid Lopez P 118 L
11 Timber Reserve Desormeaux K J 114 LA
12 Misremembered Espinoza V 116 L
13 Dubious Miss Borel C H 116 L
14 Einstein (BRZ) Maragh R 123 LA

Wow, love that Clark field.

The Clark is awesome. :tro:

Fantastic field! This weekend is going to be way better than the BC.

Every Thanksgiving weekend I think about what it would be like to have the Breeders' Cup on Friday/Saturday. Yeah, it's kinda cold at times, but oh well. The benefits of it spacing out the fall races, eliminating the pinch on many racetracks and races, and giving everyone more flexibility in terms of where/when to run their horses is a good thing. It pinches the Euros a bit, but ultimately, seems like a good idea.

jock change on Einstein?? for his last race? :confused:

Leparoux committed to ride in Japan Friday and Saturday before Einstein was pointed for this.

Is it going to be wet THIS WEEKEND in New York, Kentucky, or SoCal? Yep. It's a bad idea. People bitch about the synthetic, but slop n' watery spinach turf aren't great either (tons of bias involved.)

Very odd race.

Misrembered aint much horse and almost won.

Where was Macho Again, he is only a length of RA's form?

I was actually speaking about how the Falls City was run.

Macho Again needs a wet track and/or a pace collapse to matter.

I love arguments like this. That's like saying Zenyatta is only a nose better than Anaaba's Creation. Sound right?

Some people are beyond help. Don't try.

It was made here for months, dont you remember..........just do a search for Drugs posts he must have mentioned it 50 times.

Its not an argument but a statement of fact.

Didnt it fall apart?

The top pace horses finished 14, 13, 12 and 10.

Out of curiousity since you seem unable to drop the topic - do you really believe Rachel does not deserve HOTY at all?

Its a toss up but I think RA did more when given the chance....who the better horse is, now that is a better question. I don't think Zenyatta was ever really tested, ever, her closest win was when her rider left her way to much to do when every other horse in the world would have been beaten.

While the punchline to a joke, this Anabaals Creation....it was actually the best effort Zenyatta had in her career, she should have been beat.

Reminds me of a race on poly

Those pace horses were: 112-1 Anarko, 9-2 Etched, 32-1 Timber Reserve and 42-1 Kiss the Kid. Really only one of those horses figured to do much better. You also neglect to mention that Misremembered and Einstein were close to the lead and finished up just fine.

This is a debate I've had with TFM, but where the pace horses finished doesn't make it a pace collapse. The fractions have to be quick as well, and they weren't. They were average, maybe slightly above. Far from the kind of setup MA needs, especially on a dry track.

Macho Again looked terrible in the stretch. He looks like he needs a vacation.

true, true

Though HP has been the opposite, not all that easy to close there

I think we all know the transitive property does not apply in horse racing.

If we are going to apply it anyways, what about the filly Rachel soul-crushed in the Mother Goose by a country mile, Flashing, coming back to win the Test and the Gazelle in hand? Or the multitude of other horses she dominated that have won graded stakes since, such as Summer Bird?