If the 30th Breeders’ Cup is like the preceding ones, several dark horses will get the money at boxcar odds. A constructive initial overview of these fascinating races aims to categorize their degree of difficulty and ascertain where they might be hiding.
Horses that have run and won at the Mid-Atlantic tracks are all over the 14 Breeders’ Cup races to be run Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita.
The last of the major workouts at Santa Anita for the 2013 Breeders’ Cup took place Monday, although with more and more horses continuing to arrive from across the United States and Europe, activity during training hours is just beginning to heat up.
With so many top horses in so many championship-quality races, I think it makes sense to start handicapping the Breeders’ Cup by identifying two different types of horses.
Trip Notes: Canadian International, Fayette, Bold Ruler, and more
Although an admirably consistent performer for much of the season, Clearly Now had become his own worst enemy by failing to switch leads when the money was on the line.
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