D. Wayne Wins!!!

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by cakes44

You seriously think the ride on Atigun was worse than the ride on Jaycito. Clearly the horse had no shot, but WTF was that abortion?

Jaycito was being urged into the race early and wouldn't settle after he engaged the Canadian speed horse. I have to think the jockey was riding to Baffert's instructions. I agree -- the ride made no sense.

Mike Smith was insanely aggressive on Atigun. He Made a wide sweeping move and put the unsettled leaders totally away with 7 furlongs out. Those are the kind of moves you can get away with on freight trains like Skip Away going 10 furlongs. On plodders like Atigun, going 14 furlongs, they won't work.

Mike Smith's aggressiveness on Royal Delta helped save my day. So I'm personally thankful for that. Love And Pride got nailed for 4th in the final jumps by Grace Hall. Include Me Out running 3rd saved my bacon today.

Coming into this years Breeders Cup Distaff -- Southern Cal based females had won 7 of the 8 BC Distaff's run in the state of California and were 2nd to Bill Mott's Ajina the one time they didn't win. A lot of nice eastern fillies have X'd in that race -- Questing and Awesome Feather were the latest examples. My Miss Aurelia getting blocked for so long almost allowed for Include Me Out to sneak in 2nd and ruin my day.

Royal Delta won that race despite being taken out of her game. Royal Delta is really something special when she wants to be.