November 4th, 2011 − Churchill Downs

Breeders' Cup F&M Sprint

RACE COVERAGE: Classic | Ladies' Classic | Turf | Filly & Mare Turf | Mile | Dirt Mile | Sprint | Turf Sprint | Filly & Mare Sprint | Juvenile | Juvenile Turf | Juvenile Fillies | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Juvenile Sprint | Marathon

Brad Free's Graded Entries for the Filly & Mare Sprint (7 furlongs)

  HORSE / TRAINER JOCKEY LAST 3 BEYERS COMMENT ODDS
Turbulent Descent
M. Puype
D. Flores 103, 97, 90 Deserving chalk sensational at one turn, this is her first against older 8-5
Switch
J. Sadler
J. Rosario 87, 92, 95 Seven-furlong beast in winter, raced wide and ran okay KEE tuneup 7-2
Pomeroys Pistol
A. Tarrant
J. Castellano 98, 95, 95 3-year-old filly continues to improve, crushed older last out BEL G2 4-1
Tanda
M. Mitchell
J. Talamo 94, 93, 92 Better-than-looked tuneup in fast-pace turf sprint, upset chance 8-1
Irish Gypsy
B. Baffert
M. Garcia 84, 80, 95 Likely not this caliber except at HOL, but working fast on SA dirt 12-1
Musical Romance
W. Kaplan
J. Leyva 89, 88, 76 All-surface specialist won G2 on synthetic vs. much easier company 15-1
Great Hot
A. Avila
C. Sutherland 82, 91, 91 Best still ahead for Brazilian import, synth winner actually prefers dirt 15-1
Golden Mystery
J. Guerrero
K. Carmouche 97, 93, 88 Earned lofty speed figures at PRX and MTH, now gets tested for class 20-1
Shotgun Gulch
C. Trout
G. Gomez 80, 86, 84 Come-from-clouds longshot unlikely to get hot-pace setup required 20-1
Her Smile
T. Pletcher
J. Velazquez 77, 84, 96 Has one big race in her career, her other starts say this race too tough 30-1
Tamarind Hall
J. Englehart
D. Cohen 89, 79, 98 Popped sky-high speed figs in June and July, rounding back to best? 30-1
Tar Heel Mom
S. Hough
A. Solis 80, 80, 101 Tough to endorse following back-to-back 80 Beyers in New York 30-1
Champagne d'Oro
E. Guillot
C. Nakatani 87, 81, 82 Her form was better last year at age 3, shortens route to sprint 30-1

Odds and comments by Brad Free. Horses listed in order of handicapper's preference.