Super Saturday
 

I'll be at Belmont for it this year.

Inspired partially by a long rant about the importance of Super Saturday at this time last year when we first started dating... my girlfriend got me two tickets to the 49ers at Jets tickets on Sunday, the day after.

Obviously this years Jockey Club Gold Cup is a farcry from a Skip Away VS Cigar match-up as an event ... but the race has produced the last 3 Breeders Cup Classic winners when the Classic has been run on dirt.

Five Grade 1's and a Grade 2 at Belmont that day -- and five Grade 1's at Santa Anita as well (The Awesome Again, The Zenyatta, The Chandelier, The Rodeo Drive, and The Frontrunner Stakes ... nice job renaming your races SA :rolleyes: )

Obviously the other major racing day is the following Saturday, October 6th.

Of course the Breeders Cup was always the biggest and best betting day of the year -- but it's an action day and a lot of the horses that run in it are laid off afterwards.

Generally speaking, the two most important days of the entire year for a horse bettor are Super Saturday and the following Saturday. That's when the vast majority of BC entrants make their final prep. If you do a good job breaking down those races after they have been run and if you've paid any attention to the sport at all during the year -- you will do at least a good job betting over the course of the Breeders Cup.


My other birthday gifts from my girlfriend included a Randy Moss jersey (I gotta say, the 49ers have perhaps the best unis in all of pro sports. Simple, clean, sharp. Regal.) and a fancy looking razor blade (I've been using the same razor to shave with for 5 straight years) She also bought me a bunch of socks (because I never wear two that match at the same time)

Anyway, I look forward to being at Belmont Saturday and watching the game Sunday. Hopefully I don't die on the drive into NYC.

You're living large! What a great weekend, and Happy Birthday.







She got you . . . um . . . socks?

Yeah, I told her it would have been a more clever gift if she had her face customly put on them.

I don't get the big deal about matching socks. I just pick 2 the same color that look close enough in size.

Sounds like a great time............best of luck on the day. Will be interested in your post race analysis of the card. I'm heading to SA for my first Breeders Cup and the homework will begin after Super Saturday.

As for the sock thing, well.....................

Santa Anita's card will be very interesting as well...especially with the BC itself being held there.

The only real annoying and frustrating thing with the two days is that Keeneland is polytrack and getting a read on the 2yo stakes over synthetic is tough when they're coming back on dirt.

My Breeders Cup trip is being funded by my duties as a high school volleyball referee. (insert your spandex joke here) I'm reffing an all day tournament on the 29th so it will I will be placing a few pick 3's early in the day and enjoying the replays later that evening. Keeneland grass races have value to me but I don't pay that much attention to the main track races. Very happy SA is back to conventional dirt.

We only had female high school volleyball here in PA.

The true degenerates would be the ones who show up to watch high school female volley ball and high school female swimming ... and don't have a daughter playing either sport.

Camel Toe...could you name a horse that?

I suppose you might be able to sneak it by. I remember a plodder at Charles Town named Oh She Hit.

Amen...........:tro:

Do NOT wear the Niners jersey to the game...

This is excellent advice, the fans are less than friendly.

For some reason, Jet fans don't share the love for Randy Moss:zz:

Have fun, Doug. Should be a good game. As for wearing your jersey, it depends on where you're sitting.

Or if you are going to get dropped into your seat from a helicopter. Why bother.

...and how he acts at the game. Jump up and down and make the first down sign everytime Moss makes a catch at your own peril. Respectfully root for your boy without aggravating those around you and most will leave you alone.

If his internet personality is to be believed, Doug strikes me as the former.

Pretty much the rule at any stadium I've been to except Oakland Coliseum and old Veterans Stadium in Philly.

I know. I was trying to be optimistic.

I've seen many confrontations between fans. Almost everyone was started by the person rooting for the visiting team acting like a douche.

Go to the game, wear the jersey, don't respond to the verbal taunts and you'll be fine.

This is good advice. I've all seen a lot of confrontations at Jets games and they started similar to what you're saying.