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The 184 Thoroughbreds pre-entered for the Breeders' Cup were sired by a surprisingly egalitarian 126 different stallions. Among the sires with multiple entrants, 1992 Classic winner A. P. Indy (by Seattle Slew)and his sons are a recurring theme.
Here is a complete list of the sires of the pre-entrants. The four sires of four or more entrants include A. P. Indy himself, with six entrants, and his sons Bernardini and Malibu Moon with four apiece. Another son, Mineshaft, has three and five others -- Congrats, Flatter, Friends Lake, Indy King and Stephen Got Even -- have one each. That's 22 runners -- 11.9 percent of all 2010 BC entrants -- sired by A. P. Indy and eight sons.
For good measure you can throw in grandson Tapit (through Pulpit), with two Juvenile Fillies entrants.
Here's a breakdown of where the 184 were bred, led of course by Kentucky, the official birthplace of 63.5 percent of them:
--Only three horses were uncovered in the last leg of Saturday's Belmont pick-6, but two of them fought it out to the wire (31-1 Loyal Shadow headed 19-1 In Your Dreams) so there's a $50,668 carryover into Sunday's closing-day card, with a mandatory Pick-6 payout. Like 2-year-olds? You better if you're playing, because all nine closing-day races are for juveniles.
Reminder: After tomorrow, NYRA racing takes a brief holiday until Friday's opener at Aqueduct, which is also Breeders' Cup Friday.
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Steve, although mine is an oft repeated point, I hope that in the interests of fairness you will allow me to respond to Qev. I, too, am gutted that the Euros have wimped out in not contesting the BC Classic. At 8 furlongs and up, Euro bloodlines ARE superior, and we should take every opportunity to prove it. Similarly, US horses are far superior at 5 to 6 furlongs, and ditto the training of starting gate techniques...
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Steve,
Good Luck with your Giants tonight. This franchise sure has paid their dues. The drinks will be mighty tasty if they can pull it off. Hope all the good karma is with them.
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Is Sixty Minutes to be followed by The Amazing Race?
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Steve, Thank you for publishing the list of sires. Now that we are back on real dirt the breeding info becomes another relevant handicapping factor again. The sire's sire portion is even more helpful for analyzing the less familiar sires. ie: I don't know Montzeu but his sire Sadler Wells immediately gives me a grass clue. Incurabl;e Optimist by Cure the Blues gives me an off track clue. Your list goes on and is highly apprecated.
Divot80
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Hey Steve,
What is dropping quicker, the forecast or the ticket prices on ebay.? 29 degrees Saturday morning at Churchill Downs. Not getting past 50!
My 50 inch toshiba and my tvg account never looked so good.
That is what they get for selling anywhere worth sitting in blocks of 6. I am beginning to look at Breeders Cup Limited like the Olympic Committee Cannot stand either group.
George in Tampa
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slew77,
Mike Welsch of the DRF does the same thing in only takes 5-10 minutes. Mike is respected among horsemen, too. Mike's insight has produced some big payouts in the past.
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pretty useless information if you ask me...
just like your tasteless article about Zenyatta having to earn her title...
all horse players and enthusiast know that horse of the year title should have been given to zen but was not , given that fact kind of made owners to keep her racing to somewhat have something to prove to the racing industry.
she beat the best and she will be racing against lesser quality horses this year compared to last year.
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saturdays 7th race exata payout of $411 involving a 7-1 & 71-1 shot in an 10 horse field came back a bit light' what do you think?
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Speaking of Breeders’ Cup bloodlines and geography, where are all of the Euros at in this year’s classic? I would hope that they wouldn’t have let a little ‘dirt’ scare them off. Especially not after all that talk about the results (U.S. dirt horses vs. Euro turf/poly-turf horses) of the last two BCC renewals being solely attributable to all of that ‘superior’ European bloodstock and horsemanship and having nothing, at all, to do with the surface.
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I take it Slew 77 , is a Slew fan, and rightly so , but ! How people forget the one and ONLY because he didn't produce himself . SECRETARIAT, appears in 58 of the horses mentioned above, unless I missed a few. And, that doesn't count the mares he may be in, thats only the Sires .
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Rachel was, is and will always be 2009 HOTY, nyc. Get over it once and for all.
Zenyatta has probably been the best horse in the country the last two years, but her connections have settled for running against the Rintervals & Anabaa's Creations of the SoCal circuit 16 times, when she could have easily handled the Hollywood Gold Cup & Pacific Classic fields during that same period.
If she wins the 2010 Classic, she will be an unanimous HOTY, and you and her connections will get her validation. If she loses vs Looking at Lucky, Quality Road or Blame, you have her connections to point you finger at, for once again losing the award thanks to the soft schedule they have followed with her. They are the ONLY ones to blame.
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Love lists like that Steve,
and I thought your Big Z article was on the money - it is all about winning now.
Have to (also) love that the owner's of Vertigineux wanted to breed her to A.P. Indy but the stud fee was prohibitive.
Instead, they went with a low-cost first year sire Street Cry.
The result was Zenyatta, and yes she was bred in ol'Kentucky (that never hurts when racing in the bluegrass state).
The racers come and go, but the real money is always in the breeding shed.
As to why people pony up the money - the races became important to win because the winning became important.
Won't be long now.
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You know Steve, your list really gets me thinking again about a question I was never able to answer. While the list is indeed fairly widespread for the number of nominated horses it has always puzzled me how the BC manages to compel nomination fees from the amount of breeders it does. I can only imagine how many active thoroughbred stallions there are in the US right now. One site lists 239 in Kentucky alone. How they get them to cough up cash when the odds of even sniffing an entrant are remote for all but the top level I can't figure out. Since I'm not buying them I guess it doesn't matter anyway. I was somewhat surprised by the preponderance of Kentucky breds, didn't think it would be that high.
If you've got time for the Sunday P6, the World Series and pre BC work you've got to tell us all your secret.
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SC,
Apolgies for re-directing topic to Z, but I must ask your input on this replay of Z from the 2008 Apple Blossom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9171jxrlE
It seems like her big move to the front @ Oaklawn went much quicker & fluid than on the synthetics? I'm by means an expert on a horse's "action" or stride, however, watching her move here really does lead me to believe she handles the dirt even better than synthetics. Thoughts?
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Uh. Um. yeah I am voting for the hoarse that has the nicest braids, shoe shine and wraps for hoth or kinda anagramed oth hint hint.
Some great points Steve in the Z article.
Indy must have been all smiles for a few years nyyyaahh.
Keep these charts of info coming please, absolutely love all these angles.
Preparing for mad matrix W.E. Good thing I get my check on the first.
New Belmont rule for last race. My D's are now A's
Happy Ghouling to all
I am going T and T-ing as poly as S.A. said they have some extra now. I used alot of glue.
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Steve,
Thanks for your analysis. Just more data that the the most important horse over the last forty years is Seattle Slew.
On another topic the production of the show "The Works" on TVG is very helpful to the average bettor. Information of how horses are working at CD and watching the workouts is very helpful to the handicapping process. Very valuable information.
Thanks again for all you do.
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