Let’s Play The Ponies Today
Some pretty big balloons coming in yesterday, aye? 74-1? 30-1? I expect the same to unfold today. Welcome to the new horse racing blog!
For today, anyway.
There is nothing like the Breeders Cup. There’s no competition, other than the Olympics, where this many of the sports greatest athletes from across the world get together to compete. And it all goes down across two days. I’ve been to probably 5 Breeders Cups. Every trip was the trip of a lifetime.
I’m not putting my plays in the main thread but will update in the comment section as the day unfolds. Keenland often fucks with their track on big days and that can lead to a troubling speed bias. Let’s see how the first few races shake out.
First BC race is Race 4 at 9:02am Pacific Standard Time
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They mess with the track? wow Pls explain “troubling speed bias” comment.
Manfred’s statement on Turner, who sent him a mea culpa for his behavior, is rather odd. He did make one salient point–mlb should have been more forceful once he had to leave the dugout and could have sent him back to the hotel.
Still, as PTI guy Wilbon said over and over, Turner was team player rep so he was in on all negotiations and signed off on covid protocol. and then violated them by running back out to celebrate and take photo, sans mask at some points. His excuse that he thought it was OK since Dodger personnel didn’t stop him does not stand up.
They can “soup up” a track if they want which can make it faster and more speed favoring in general.
Sometimes they do this on big days. Never bothered to ask why – I always thought it was to try to make news with track record times or to appease some owners. Belmont was like cement the day Ruffian broke down. That is a not fun fact…
Not a big fan of Gamine here. Obviously could win but i like the 1/7 better. Even the 9 too
i don’t know how the fuck with the track although I think it has to do with how they rake it, how deep they rake it, etc….
Track is fast but seems fair.
Wow Knicks favored to win something besides lottery pick.
wrong place for this but Knicks Go did win
1 horse set a 6F track record in race 1 and he was wrapped up the entire time. Could have gone faster. They should have run that horse in the sprint later today. That was a fuck up on their part he would have won
disappointing start
Baffert on board already after his horses tanked yesterday.
Another Zendejas doinks in FG for ASU.
i went to Keenland once, maybe 14 years ago. Amazing place. This next race is probably the toughest on the card. I am taking a shot with the 4/6/9 in my pick 3 (and the pick 4 started in the last race with the favorite)
Like Leinster a lot here.
I’ve never picked a winner on the Flap…
hopefully that changes today! This is reminding me of the time you, me and Denny took over the Splash. Can’t recreate that obviously but it’s still fun to have a place to talk about the ponies!
I think what we did was take over a couple of dormant blogs on the Chron.
Hilarious mischief!
man, completely agree with this take
Flavor!!!
Rispoli get the 14 in there for third? Exciting race
that’ll workl!
He lt me down big time in the Preakness but I am rolling deep with Art Collector again…….
Board is strange.
Taking a couple stabs on 9 & 12…
It annoys the fuck out of me that I can’t watch ND-Clemson in the bar tonight.
The bar ain’t open.
Feel awful for the staff there…
Guess we have our answer on the track bias.
Just awful…
yes thanks for what you said above in answer to my question. another track record already.
firing the track up like this was dumb. It’s probably the reason the 3 broke down in race 2. Dangerous and dumb. The breeders Cup doesn’t need track records to be exciting especially when they’re falling every fucking race
i like the Euros in this race (specifically 3/7/14) but I could see Lady Prancelot hitting the bottom part of the tri/super, she has a strong kick in the lane.
if i was only allowed 1 pick I’d take the 14
i didn’t hit that super but my 12 did get 4th at 70-1
love the 6 here on top, love the 1 but probably underneath. 12/13 could hit 3rd/4th
Like the 11, but 4-1 is an insult…
agreed i like the 11 too on top. Still like 6 the best and 1/12 underneath. I’m not giving out fav’s but obviously they should be niggled in there too. Pissed I didn’t make any $$$ on Lady Prancelot but i didn’t have the 9 anywhere in the super
never woulda had the 7 in a million years
I think I’ll get some air…
ok, that was a big hit against the confidence Big Flavor usually strides the earth with…….This race i think the2/ 5/11 are the most likely winners and my longshot is the 8 who could hit any of the spots. Just like the 12 at 70-1 who finished 4th a couple races ago, the 8 has a hell of a kick on his best day. Really the only time he didn’t show it was at SA when Espinoza rode him and kept him a few lengths off a 44 and change half. Totally stupid, that horse needs to sit back and make one run. If he relaxes early I expect to see him late……
Kameko–know someone with that name, pronounced with soft e by family. Played 4 yrs varsity b-ball and helped me coach younger ones for couple years, great kid wonderful family studying at UC Irvine last I heard.
Older bro played for me too, and he and his cousin also helped coach, both U of C kids at different places.
lol and good night.
The Brit gal doing commentary in red dress did have Irish entry #3, longshot that got third
Harbs losing by 17 late 4th Q at Indiana.. Think he has only 1 year left on contract at Michigan, no talk of new deal yet, not good sign.
Back for more.
I’ll take the overbet Tarnawa…
Well, that proves anything’s possible…
nice hit.
Just a little damage control.
Glad it’s over…
In that other horse race, Sleepy Joe came through in the stretch run.
I am as pleased, but for other reasons, as when the Giants won in 2010…
🙂
that was the slowest stretch run imaginable. They didn’t just deep rake the track, they plowed it and flooded it.
Tim Scott 2024!
Hope we’re all still here…
Takin’ a little stab on huge overlay, By My Standards.
Can’t separate the main contenders.
Flavor come back!
ASU game spactacular fail. Up 13 vs USC 4 min left. SC no timeouts. SC scored, got the onside kick, scored again. GRR. LA sports teams living the life right now!
The Dead Don’t Die is on hbo! Now there’s some good news. Funniest zombie movie ever filmed. Steve Buscemi in his keep America white again hat makes a fine cameo. It’ll get me closer to SNL’s cold opening. Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Iggy Pop (great zombie), Tom Waits (hermit bob), Chloë Sevigny (young cop), and many others.
Winner Sleepy Joe will have to survive inquiry over obstruction claim in stretch but stewards should find he won free and clear.
Btw Nasreddine sired by Nyquist (sire of BC winner Vequist yesterday) won Del Mar race #5 by outdueling 2 favorites including 4/5 choice trained by Baffert.
This is how easy it was in 2000. Times have changed.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/us-elections-2020-violence-fears-brooks-brothers-riot
MLB.COM likes Mike Minor for the Giants…
That would just be another Minor deal for a has been! Shit he turns 33 in December and was 1-6 last year. Get me excited some and atleast try and get in the Trevor Bauer sweepstakes instead.They have money coming off the books time to make your first big splash Z..
Quite a downpour at Del Mar…
Irish score in first 33 seconds. Clemson was way behind early last week too.
Zumiee:
A Hard Day’s Night is on TCM here at 8:00 PM, so I guess that’s 3 hours from now where you are…
Thanks!
Touchdown Austin Jones #20 from Bishop O’Dowd HS coached by Napoleon Kauffman. 7-0 Stanford.
Philly station I listen to devotes a couple hours Saturday afternoon to letting listeners pick the songs. Quite the theme I heard going on today:
Georgia On My Mind — Ray Charles.
Hit the Road Jack — Ray Charles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye — Steam
Philadelphia Freedom — Elton John
Freedom ’90 — George Michael
American Tune — Paul Simon
Oh Happy Day — Edwin Hawkins Singers
Celebration — Kool & the Gang
Orange Crush — R.E.M.
(What’s So Funny ’bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? — Elvis Costello
People Have the Power — Patti Smith
John Lennon — Power to the People
Tears of a Clown — Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Give the People What They Want — The O’Jays
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now — McFadden and Whitehead
Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution — Tracy Chapman
Edwin Hawkins good one.
Great list. The Revolution Starts Now, Steve Earle would fit
Great song list!
Clemson can’t hang onto football fumbles dropped passes. Kid QB is fine not getting much help.
Oregon TE DJ Johnson from Luther Burbank HS of Sacramento. They recruit California really well.
Doug Emhoff and I started at the same white shoe firm and obviously he knew how to capitalize better overall than I did. But I guarantee you that if I were tapped to show up on that stage tonight, my expensive suit would’ve fit infinitely better.
Disastrous Irish fumble…
Hard Day’s Night remains excellent. Holds up extremely well.
Saw it in a theater with my screaming older sister a few lifetimes ago…
Thanks for the heads-up that it was on tonight.
Anytime, Zum.
The timing worked out?
I missed part of it tonight, but I’ve seen it many times and never get tired of watching it. I’d watch again tomorrow easily.
Not posting a link here because perhaps too political, but if you want to get a good snicker, chuckle, or out-right laugh from overly prodigious use of the F word, check out Michael Rappaport’s minute and a half ode to Trump….
That is good.
Clemson/Norte Dame going into OT tied at 33-33
My god get this meaningless football game out of the fucking way.
Xoot, watched the dead don’t die. Thanks for the heads-up. Got to say I didn’t think it was gonna end well . . .
heh heh