With American Pharoah out of the Juvenile, the focus of the race shifts toward the East Coast and specifically to the barn of trainer Todd Pletcher, who sends out two top contenders in Daredevil and Carpe Diem.
What a terrific sequence Saturday’s late pick four on the Breeders’ Cup card at Santa Anita is. There is a lot to sink your teeth into and a very real possibility, if you are right, to make a lot with a relatively modest investment. Let’s get into it.
Experience is important when competing over the unique downhill turf course at Santa Anita. Those in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint who have ventured down the hill include Reneesgotzip (5-1), who deadheated for second behind Mizdirection in last year’s edition of the race. She also was third in the 2012 renewal at Santa Anita.
Right off the bat, it seems like there’s an opportunity to play against a vulnerable morning-line favorite in the Juvenile Fillies.
DRF handicapper Brad Free provides his insight on how to wager on the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
Just The Judge may be dismissed by some horseplayers due to her 13-day turnaround from winning the E.P. Taylor at Woodbine into the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, but the opinion here is that she is still going to run another one of her “A” races.
BreezeFigs Quick-Pix, Saturday, November 1st, 2014 by Bob Fierro & Jay Kilgore
The first of two Breeders’ Cup days are upon us Friday, leaving horseplayers as giddy as children eating chocolate this Halloween evening. Here’s how I plan to play the races today at Santa Anita, specifically the Breeders’ Cup events.
Morning rain has resulted in the scheduled turf races at Churchill on Friday being moved to the main track. And as a result of the surface switch, the fifth race’s distance has been changed from 1 3/8 miles to 1 1/4 miles.
Turf racing ends for the season this weekend. There is lots of rain in the forecast for Friday, and lane 1 will be used if the proceedings remain on the grass.
