Litfin’s preview: Wide-open feature on Day 2
Seven fillies and mares go in the Day 2 feature, a $69,000 optional claimer with second-level allowance conditions that goes as race 7.
Dave LitfinOct 29, 2014
Seven fillies and mares go in the Day 2 feature, a $69,000 optional claimer with second-level allowance conditions that goes as race 7.
I felt strongly about KARAKONTIE before the draw, and I won’t abandon him despite his terrible post. His last two starts (big trouble last time, wrong distance two back) are throw outs. He won the French 2000 Guineas three back, was a Group 1 winner last year, and yet will still be a good price.
The following are workout reports and impressions for horses racing on Friday’s Breeders’ Cup program who were seen by Mike Vesce and me in New York and California over the past several weeks.
Analysis of Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
DRF Formulator Facts for the 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic.
TORONADO spent the summer hanging out with all the cool kids in Europe. He started the year by winning the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, then finished second to the mighty Kingman in the Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, and was second by just a head to the late-season upstart Charm Spirit in the Prix du Moulin de Longhchamp in Paris. Those results have made him a deserving favorite in Saturday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita.