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Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane
This race is a tough call.Smooth Performer appears to be at a pace disadvantage but the #3 is stretching out beyond 6f for the first time which could provide a fast enough pace.#1,#4 and #5 have experience over the surface yet the #2 and #3 are the only two that have worked over it recently.Bejarano is 4 for 4 on Annie and even though she is the most reliable horse in the race the surface switch makes me pause.If it ain't broke don't fix it.
I'll be waiting 1:25 before Gomez gets the #4 past the 4th place horse if he does at all.Risky Race.
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Makes me nervous, too. I took the #5. With the #1 scratched, I only have to beat a single horse, but with 20 min to post, my horse is the longest odds.
--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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