November 5th, 2011 − Churchill Downs

Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf

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 Juvenile Turf (1 mile)

  HORSE / TRAINER JOCKEY LAST 3 BEYERS COMMENT ODDS
Farraaj
R. Varian
N. Callan n/a, n/a, n/a Solid English form makes him a logical win threat; well bet in every start 10-1
Caspar Netscher
A. McCabe
K. Fallon n/a, n/a, n/a Beaten only a length in a 16 horse Group 1 last time; stretching out; intriguing 8-1
State of Play
H. G. Motion
R. Dominguez 80, 68 Stake he won at Sar got a boost when third finisher won Breeders' Futurity 5-1
Wrote
A. O'Brien
R. Moore n/a, n/a, n/a Was an okay third in his first attempt at the group stakes level last time out 8-1
Finale
T. Pletcher
J. Velazquez 81, 77, 79 Perfect in three starts since switching to turf; versatile running style; obvious 9-2
Animal Spirits
A. Stall Jr.
R. Albarado 79, 68 Took a step forward to win eventful Bourbon; chance with more improvement 10-1
Lucky Chappy
H. G. Motion
J. Rosario 75, n/a, n/a Gaining third in Bourbon in his U.S. bow; is also moving in the right direction 10-1
Majestic City
P. Miller
G. Gomez 84, 89, 89 Fine second in Breeders' Futurity; strong synthetic track record says he'll turf 6-1
Shkspeare Shaliyah
D. Shivmangal
A. Solis 73, 77, 70 Question if his Pilgrim score was attributable to the extremely deep going 15-1
Coalport
W. Catalano
J. Alvarado 78, 67 Creditable second in the Bourbon; just think several others here are better 20-1
Excaper
I. Black
E. Wilson 67, 79, 64 Game second to Finale in the Summer; contention here just runs so deep 20-1
Fantastic Song
C. Brown
J. Castellano 71, 68 Fair third as the favorite in the Pilgrim; needs a big Beyer boost, however 20-1
Daddy Nose Best
S. Asmussen
J. Leparoux 72, 72, 66 Soundly beaten third to Finale in Summer Stakes; must do better than that 30-1
Tequila Factor
W. Catalano
R. Bejarano 71, 65, 67 Has won two grass stakes, but they were not tough races; overmatched 30-1
Gung Ho
M. Maker
M. Smith 72, 71, 49 Scratched -

Odds and comments by Mike Watchmaker. Horses listed in order of handicapper's preference.