11/3-4 (BC): POST DRAWN ~ Sprint, F&M Sprint, T/Sprint, D/Mile
 

Updated

Love Dick in the Sprint. For 2nd to Drefong.

As much as I love you buddy never say you love Dick 😎

Is Mor Spirit alive? who comes into the mile race off a layoff like that.

Byk thinks there is nothing unusual about his absence since the Met Mile.

Har, har.. Baffert has explained how much trouble he's had getting him back from the Met effort. Here's his work from last Thursday:

http://www.xbtv.com/video/workout/mo...ber-28th-2017/

well either way he is shaping up to take a lot of money and be a great bet against in that case.

Why? He crushes that field with a anything close to his Met. Look what the runner up has done since.

What is a proper futures price on this horse right now? Future meaning you lose in the wildly unlikely event he doesn't run.

Mor Spirit is HARDLY anything close to resembling a lock in a field that looks to have Pavel, Practical Joke, and a few other quality horses lining up in the gate.

I was hoping Reddam and O'Neill took a swing in the Classic with Pavel. Thought for sure they'd be doing so after the injury to Irap.

For all of the negativity I see posted towards the Breeder's Cup and some of the schedules that trainers are taking leading up to that weekend, I'm pumped up as can BE to wager on these sets of races.

Dew, SethCarter, and myself are going to have a field day. A bonafide BONANZA if you will!

I dont know.

Im no workout expert, but that looked strong.

You have opinions on everything...so share one here. You're not an "I don't know" kind of guy.

Im not a fan of the other major players as much as others. Practical Joke belongs in the Sprint. Im not sure about Pavel at all, his Dandy was good, but he beat nothing at Parx.
3-1 I guess. The layoff is an obvious concern though.

3:1 seems like a horrendous price given you lose if he doesn't run. I'll believe it when I see it, but I don't underestimate Baffert. Anyone else, and I would book him at 8:1.

You're not the only one that thinks that about Joke.

Agreed on Practical Joke.

So if you've got a fair futures bet at 3-1 on MS, what would you take on Arrogate?

I dont play futures.
Arrogate is under 5-2 @ post time though and im sure hes running.

Practical Joke in the mile is frustrating, "the mile" is frustrating, perhaps around 1 turn but these phony mile races at tracks that arent big enough to run a 1 turn mile are silly. The whole year at so many tracks they run 1 1/16, 1 70yd , 1 40yds they get to Nov and they just start the clock 12 seconds into the actual race. I really dont get why its necessary to deceive people

You can never be "sure" a horse is running.

I 100% disagree, but maybe thats because a mile has always been two turns that the tracks I have played.

For better or worst I'm standing with Arrogate. He wires this field.

What does that have to do with you saying you are "sure" he is running in a race a month from now?

El Deal bypassing Sprint..

no, no, please stay we need pace :rolleyes:

-bt-

Like anyone was beating Drefong.

I've seen three really good works (thank you XBTV) from possible sprint horses.

I think I'm priced in to Takaful in the Sprint(guessing PJ goes in the Dirt Mile).........of course I'll carry Drefong on the multi's.

http://www.xbtv.com/video/wokout/mor...ber-16th-2017/

http://www.xbtv.com/video/workout/ta...ber-19th-2017/

http://www.xbtv.com/video/practical-...ber-14th-2017/

Does anybody know for sure which barn Constellation is in these days ?
Looks like she's no longer in the Hollendorfer barn.....

Imperial Hint particularly benefits from El Deal's departure and should be strongly considered as a B.

Bob Baffert is the current trainer.

yea, Baffert picked up a number of horses and so did Baltas, think it was LXFoxwoods or something like that, I know Tapped left Hollendorfer for Baltas.

I'm interested in Tribalist in the Turf Sprint. Think the 6.5 at Santa Anita is a touch far for him. And he loves Del Mar. His 3rd today hopefully will leave him with nice odds if he runs. Does anyone know if he is a definite (if healthy) starter in the BC?

I dont get why they ran him today, was baffling to me. Gotta think 3 races in 5 weeks is probably a bit much for him.

Thought the same thing

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BAL A BALI out of Mile and retired to Calumet..

That gets HOME OF THE BRAVE in and as discussed with Marcus Hersh today, expect more movement which will find KARAR, OM, MR. ROARY & FRANK CONVERSATION into field too.. (Big Score likely in Saturday's Twilight Derby; Churchill likely to Classic; Roly Poly likely to F&M Turf; Senga to F&M Turf)

MILE

1. Ballagh Rocks (Mott)
2. Blackjackcat (Glatt)
3. Heart to Heart (Lynch)
4. Lancaster Bomber (O'Brien) ~ Dirt Mile//
5. Ribchester-IRE (Fahey)
6. Suedois-FR (O'Meara)
7. World Approval (Casse)
8. Zelzal (Rouget)
9. Churchill (AO'B) ~ Classic/
10. Home of The Brave (Palmer)

11. Big Score (Yakteen) ~ TWILIGHT DERBY
12. Decorated Knight-GB (Charlton) ~ TURF
13. Senga (Bary) ~ FM TURF
14. Roly Poly (O'Brien) ~ FM TURF

11. Karar (Graffard)
12. Mr. Roary (Papaprodromou) ~ Turf//
13. Om (Hendricks)
14. Frank Conversation (O'Neill) ~ Turf//

DIRT MILE: Cupid officially in; Imperative out with hairline pelvic fracture..

Current projected field..

DIRT MILE

Giant Expectations (Eurton)
Mor Spirit (Baffert)
Accelerate (Sadler)
Awesome Slew (Casse)
Battle of Midway (Hollendorfer)
Cupid (Baffert)
Iron Fist (Asmussen)
Midnight Storm (D'amato)
Sharp Azteca (Navarro)
Gato Del Oro (Baltas)
Practical Joke (C. Brown)

Does that mean Practical Joke is going to give it a go in the Sprint?

Oops.. No. Lost him in translation.