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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Turf
The Euro's will dominate this race. It's inevitable.
Classic
Quality Road has several races that win this. His last two performances at Saratoga aren't among them however. I expect him to win.
Blame seems very certain to get a piece. He would rank among the all-time worst BC Classic winners ever if he's somehow able to pull this off...but a simple combo of QR running to his Saratoga form, Haynesfield getting softened up enough by QR and Zenyatta failing to adjust to the pace - would figure to make Blame the most likely winner.
I'm not going to use Zenyatta in the trifecta or superfecta. I don't like her chances of winning - especially in relation to her odds - and I hate her chances of running like 3rd or 4th - or maybe even 2nd to any horse outside of Quality Road.
If Zenyatta is able to run 12 to 15 lengths faster early than she's been running - and is still comfortable with going that fast early - and doesn't lose her final kick ... she'll probably absolutely blow the doors off of this field. Forget about a narrow win .. it will be a good margin. I'll believe it when I see it. I expect her to look way flatter than she's ever looked and hopefully she's unable to grind it out for 4th. She's a true wildcard at best in there - and is going to be bet like a horse who has several recent races on her form that put her in the winners circle with a repeat.
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I caught the late double - but not exactly for that much.
Chalk this years Breeders Cup up as a stalemate and put one in the tie column.
Had Champ Pegasus actually won the Breeders Cup Turf - I would have been skinned alive and lost everything in a certain account. I'd be in need of the suicide hotline number at the least. I took a position placing everything against him in a market.