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Breeders' Cup Saturday

Curlin sired 3 winners!
7 favourites won.
Plenty debate as to Horse of the Year and in divisional honours in some categories.


Dirt Mile       Cody's Wish   Curlin — Dance Card, by Tapit
Filly & Mare Turf     Inspiral (GB)  Frankel (GB) — Starscope (GB), by Selkirk    
Filly & Mare Sprint Goodnight Olive  Ghostzapper — Salty Strike, by Smart Strike  
Mile          Master of The Seas (IRE)  Dubawi (IRE) — Firth of Lorne (IRE), by Danehill
Distaff      Idiomatic     Curlin — Lockdown, by First Defence
Turf            Auguste Rodin (IRE)     Deep Impact (JPN) — Rhododendron (IRE), by Galileo (IRE)
Classic     White Abarrio   Race Day — Catching Diamonds, by Into Mischief    
Turf Sprint      Nobals Noble Mission (GB) — Pearly Blue, by Empire Maker    
Sprint     Elite Power     Curlin — Broadway's Alibi, by Vindication
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Cody's Wish ?  Is that the horse named by the handicapped boy who follows him everywhere, and the horse responds to him ?
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How good is that Thumbs Up  How exciting for the boy.  Cody .  Thats brilliant news.
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Originally posted by acacia alba acacia alba wrote:

How good is that Thumbs Up  How exciting for the boy.  Cody .  Thats brilliant news.


Cody's Wish won his second Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and retires with a chance to win the Horse of the Year honors. His lone loss this year was a 3rd to Breeders' Cup Classic winner White Abarrio in the G1 Whitney Stakes over 9 furlongs at Saratoga. It will depend on the voters how they value the 3 G1 wins by Cody's Wish versus the 2 G1 wins White Abarrio had. Also Cody's Wish defeated White Abarrio in the G1 Metropolitan at Belmont Park over a mile so I think it will be fairly close.
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Is Cody,s Wish a stallion or gelding ?
I remember seeing Curlin somewhere in my travels ?   Always followed him when he raced.   Lanes End maybe ?
He did well this Breeders Cup Clap
That is such a wonderful story around that horse.  A real tear jerker.
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From BloodHorse last night:

BC Dirt Mile Winner Cody's Wish to Stand for $75,000 at Darley America at Jonabell Farm near Lexington, Kentucky, the farm announced Nov. 5.

Godolphin bred Cody's Wish out of the grade 1-winning Tapit  mare Dance Card , who won the Gazelle Stakes (G1) and was third in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1). She also is the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Endorsed, by Medaglia d'Oro and stakes-placed winner Bocephus, by Medaglia d'Oro.

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2 Notable retirements

2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike -  will be offered as a stallion prospect at Keeneland's HORA Sale Nov. 17.

2021 Preakness Stakes winner Rombauer - will stand for $6,000at War Horse Place in Central Kentucky
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Opening day at Santa Anita's Winter Meeting tomorrow...

But California Racing is in trouble and its not getting better.

Over the years the best OZ/NZ horses would end up looking for riches there.


Then tracks started disappearing. Bay Meadows in Northern California closed in 2008, Hollywood Park, at the location that is now SoFi Stadium, stopped racing in 2013, and the L.A. County Fair Meet at the Fairplex in Pomona ended in 2014 and moved to Los Alamitos.
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There's been alot of talk about this performance in the US.

Crimson Light, on debut at Aqueduct, NY on January 7...



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What an effort Clap

Once I saw it bucking out of the gates I knew which one would win but even with 100 to go I’m thinking, “surely not”
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100 to go he was barely in the video...

Equibase has him giving ~20 lengths start after he rodeo-ed out of the gate!


Edited by Gay3 - 09 Jan 2024 at 9:05am
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Three months to the Kentucky Derby!

Four qualifying events this Saturday!

G3 Southwest  Stakes   1 1⁄16 miles     $800,000  Oaklawn  Park         
G3 Holy Bull Stakes    1 1⁄16 miles     $250,000    Gulfstream Park                 
G3 Robert B. Lewis      1 mile     $150,000   Santa Anita Park                  
G3 Withers     1 1⁄8 miles     $250,000     Aqueduct    

Champion 2YO Fierceness resumes in the Holy Bull. He has been the overwhelming favorite in the early books.

Bob Baffert is still banned from entering his trained horses so they will not earn any qualification points and his owners have not moved their horses from him so basically they have indicated that their horses will not be pointed to the Kentucky Derby.


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Lets look at the winners for the 4 events from yesterday - (actual Sunday morning here in OZ)

G3 Southwest  Stakes   1 1⁄16 miles     $800,000  Oaklawn  Park  

The winner Mystic Dan (11/1 - and breeding describe by furious   since he has some OZ blood) blew by his rivals after a patient ride  by Brian Hernandez Jr to win by 8 lengths on a muddy track.  Moves into third place with 21 points.
       
G3 Holy Bull Stakes    1 1⁄16 miles     $250,000    Gulfstream Park  

All eyes were on 1/2on champ Fierceness but he came up very short after being ridden 3 wide all the way.  Winner Hades (9/1) led all the way and found plenty in the straight to win by 2 lengths.   Hades is in 4th place in the qualification.        
            
G3 Withers     1 1⁄8 miles     $250,000     Aqueduct    

Longest event of the day was won by the Pennsylvania-bred Uncle Heavy (9/1) who finished from mid-pack by four lengths in 1:53.79 on a muddy track. Uncle Heavy is in 5th place.

G3 Robert B. Lewis  1 mile     $150,000   Santa Anita Park 

The Baffert quinella of Nynos and Wine Me Up  was simply too strong for this field but they wont get any qualification points for the derby. Nynos is clearly a horse that Baffert will ship to the East Coast for The Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
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Thanks Brudder, and keep it coming.
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One event with qualification points this weekend:

G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes @ Tampa Bay Downs over 1 1/16 miles.

Only West Saratoga has earned qualification points (11) in a field of 12 which has some has some new comers as well as horses who have run on the turf and are switching to the dirt.
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Last weekend's winner of the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes was the Iowa-bred No More Time (Not This Time out of Baroness Juliette, by Speightstown).

Started as the 10/3 favorite and ran well to win by 1 1/4 lengths in a time of 1:43.26 for the 1 1/16 miles.

No More Time moves into 6th place in the standings.
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This weekend we have two events:

On Saturday we have the G2 Risen Star Stakes from the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
This event is the first from the Champion Series which carries 50 qualification points for the winner.
Seven entrants in the field of 12 have qualifying points already. So this race will sift the likely hopefuls and put at least the winner into the Kentucky Derby field.

The highest point gainer in the field is Track Phantom (30 points, #2) but I think he wont start as the favorite. There are a couple of starters who as 2YOs were very promising and will be highly rated. Second placegetter in the G2 Remsen Stakes, Sierra Leone (5 points, #28) and KJC Stakes winner Honor Marie (10 points, #13) are worth looking at.

Other pointgetters in the field are:
Tizzy Indy     2 points, #44
Moonlight 7 points, #18
Real Men Violin 5 points, #24   
Catching Freedom 10 points, #16

The other event is the G3 Sunland Derby from Sunland Park in New Mexico. The event will be run on Sunday and the point distribution has been lowered to 20 points for the winner.

The event has attracted horses from Southern California and local horses that have prepped for the event successfully. The best chances are Stronghold (5 points, #29) and Steve Asmussen's trained Informed Patriot (6 points, #21).   




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Last week results:
In the Risen Star Stakes the winner was the highly priced Sierra Leone who caught Track Phantom in the slop. Catching Freedom was about 1¼ lengths away in 3rd.

Stronghold won the Sunland Park Derby and it will be interesting to see where he goes to keep away from the Baffert horses. Most probably he'll head east where he could qualify for the big race easier.


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This week:
G2 Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn Park

Champagne Stakes winner Timberlake (12th - 13 points) stands above all others as he resumes and will likely start a favorite. Other good competition for him here will come from Just Steel (13th - 12 points) and Northern Flame (42nd - 3 points) who have qualification points. Diamatic is an interesting Asmussen trained horse who comes into this race after easily winning his maiden at Oaklawn after three tries by 3 lengths.


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Originally posted by Brudder_A Brudder_A wrote:

Last week:
G2 Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn Park
Champagne Stakes winner Timberlake (12th - 13 points) stands above all others as he resumes and will likely start a favorite.

Timberlake started the 4/5on favourite and bolted in by 2 lengths and moves in first place in the qualification, thus locking a place for the Kentucky Derby.



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Sorry I didn't give a preview of the events this past weekend but lets look at the winners.

The winners

G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes over 1 1/16 miles @ Gulfstream Park, Florida

Dornoch (KY) dk b/br, 3/c (Good Magic – Puca, by Big Brown) started 1/5on and although he won relatively easily the race was really marred by the fact that a couple of his main challengers scratched either early on or at the barrier.

G3 Gotham Stakes over 1 mile @ Aqueduct, NY

Deterministic, dk b/br, 3/c (Liam’s Map – Giulio’s Jewel, by Speightstown) resuming after a minor operation should class on a sloppy track and win with something in hand. He's going back to Florida for a bit of sunshine and it will be interesting where Christophe Clemente places him in his last prep before the KDerby.

John Battaglia Memorial Stakes 1 1/16 miles @ Turfway Park, KY, All weather track.

Encino, dk b/br, 3/c (Nyquist – Glittering Jewel, by Bernardini) beat the race favorite Epic Ride. He'll probably run in the Jeff Ruby Steaks to pick up some more points to be assured of a start in the KDerby.

G2 San Felipe Stakes over 1 1/16 miles @ Santa Anita Park, Cal
The event was moved to Sunday due to the inclement weather on Saturday.

Imagination, b, 3/c (Into Mischief - Magical Feeling, by Empire Maker) is a Baffert trained horse who defeated his stable mate in a real struggle down the staright in the four horse event.
The 3rd (Mc Vay) and 4th (Scatify) placed horses earned points for the KDerby but they like the winner will not be there come the first Saturday in May.


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Last week the G3 Tampa Bay Derby was held and the winner was Domestic Product, who in his last start was 2nd in the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. He defeated No More Time who previously won the Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Both horses padded their qualification point totals and I would say that they will probably have enough to gain a start.

This week is a "bye" before we start with some events where 200 points per event is up for grabs next week. The G1 Florida Derby, G1 Arkansas Derby and G2 UAE Derby will be held.



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