Breeders Cup Handicapping Thoughts.

[parsixfarms]

Not too keen about Stopshoppingmaria in Fillies Turf. While I love More Than Ready as a turf sire, the female side of her family looks like "sprint" to me. The best siblings, including Sand Ridge, were all sprinters. While the mare produced a few minor winners on turf, none of the six horses out of the second dam that tried the grass won over that surface. This is a non-confident placement for a filly that could win a championship with a win in the dirt counterpart.

If I am going to use a horse who hasn't tried turf, I'd be inclined to look at Glen Hill's Customer Base. After a good-looking, well-bet maiden win, they tried to get pricey daughter of Lemon Drop Kid to the turf, but race was washed off. Tough post is biggest knock, but price should be right.

Well-drawn Dayatthespa looks like the horse to beat off good second in Natalma, in which she was the only horse near the strong pace who was around at the finish. Flattered when third-place finisher returned to win Alcibiades.