Tips/Thoughts on Breeders' Cup tickets this year?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by CSC

You were right Phil, Dynaforce ran poorly yesterday. The only consolation for me was she was 14/1 overlay.

ground was too firm for her. i said in a selections thread that she wouldn't like it.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by Danzig

ground was too firm for her. i said in a selections thread that she wouldn't like it.

I'm not going to make any excuses, it was dissapointing. I did think she could be closer to the pace. But who knows, her race in the Diana was on firm ground I might add.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by CSC

I'm not going to make any excuses, it was dissapointing. I did think she could be closer to the pace. But who knows, her race in the Diana was on firm ground I might add.

not making an excuse for her, turfers can be pretty picky about their ground. i think a lot of people tend to ignore whether it was firm, good etc. and my pps show the diana was on good. the new yorker was on firm-but i don't know that a firm belmont surface is = to a firm santa anita surface. and a good sara to me would not equate to a good santa anita surface. i read somewhere that firm on all tracks isn't necessarily interchangable. it's why i took a stand against her.

[CSC]

Originally Posted by Danzig

not making an excuse for her, turfers can be pretty picky about their ground. i think a lot of people tend to ignore whether it was firm, good etc. and my pps show the diana was on good. the new yorker was on firm-but i don't know that a firm belmont surface is = to a firm santa anita surface. and a good sara to me would not equate to a good santa anita surface. i read somewhere that firm on all tracks isn't necessarily interchangable. it's why i took a stand against her.

You are correct the form did list The Diana as good that day, which is why I look at the final times and not just listings, I find the rating of turf courses very subjective. Let's agree that the final time of 1:46 and change for 1 1/8 indicates there was not much cut in the ground that day.