Breeders' Cup Sprint

ELA · #1 10-14-2008, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Linny

Lute worked like a shot before his one race this year and he finished...uh...did he finish. He was dreadful.

He got hurt again during the race.

Eric

jpops757 · #2 10-14-2008, 11:45 PM

Sing Baby Sing interest me. Was running against Euroears early in the year and was competative. SBS appears to be rounding into form and will be a big price. If Euroears was fit he would probably be one of the top entrys in either the dirtmile or sprint ,

letswastemoney · #3 10-15-2008, 12:00 AM

I doubt you can win the Sprint off of one race. Midnight Lute's best days are over.

AeWingnut · #4 10-15-2008, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by letswastemoney

I doubt you can win the Sprint off of one race. Midnight Lute's best days are over.

My first thought is that horses that have been running all year don't do squat. The layoff horse is the way to go. Not endorsing anyone just looking at the history of the race.

Linny · #5 10-15-2008, 10:00 AM

What horse in the last 10 years of the BCSprint had not been "running all year" apart from Lute which had a strange season and went from the Forego to the Sprint? I don't recall the "fresh horse" winning. Nowadays the horse coming off 6 weeks or even 8 weeks is no longer considered a "layoff horse."

AeWingnut · #6 10-15-2008, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Linny

What horse in the last 10 years of the BCSprint had not been "running all year" apart from Lute which had a strange season and went from the Forego to the Sprint? I don't recall the "fresh horse" winning. Nowadays the horse coming off 6 weeks or even 8 weeks is no longer considered a "layoff horse."

Thor's Echo 2nd start off of a long layoff
probably a few more. I could do the research but who cares