First of all, Happy Thanksgiving!  Secondly, it wasn’t a total loss when it came to our Pick last week—if you liked the favorite, who wasn’t a BreezeFigs horse, and you also liked the two we really liked and one we didn’t care for all that much but had the experience, you might have hit an exacta, trifecta and/or superfecta since BreezeFigs horses finished second, third, fourth.  How’s that for red-boarding?  In any case, it was another very good week for BreezeFigs maidens with 20 of them winning across the country led by eight at Gulfstream Park West.  Del Mar had three winners and there were solos at Aqueduct, Churchill, Delta, Golden Gate, Laurel, Mountaineer, Penn National, Parx and Woodbine.  That’s spreading the wealth, so to speak.  Today’s card is loaded with plenty of interesting challenges, but we found one likely to drive all of us up the wall, see below.. Good luck!  Remember to pay attention to two changes we’ve made over the past several years.  First, there have been changes in the CLASS EDGE category (at the bottom of the BreezeFigs card) because one sale was eliminated (OBSFEB) and FTFFEB is now in March (FTFMAR), and that moved OBSMAR into a higher class.  Also, in the SALE & HIP column: the “HIP” refers to the catalogue number for that horse in that sale. This reference will enable you to go to the website of the sales company involved and easily find the short video of the horse’s breeze at that sale. The web links for each sale are listed in the NOTES section of the new BreezeFigs Report and you will find all the information as to why we have done this and how you can benefit from this addition to the service by downloading the document which explains it all here: http://static.drf.com/PDFs/breezefigs/BreezeFigs2009Sales.pdf.  Remember, no other handicapping service can give you the advantages you need from 2-year-old sales, So sign up for DRF-Plus on the front page of www.drf.com and get the BreezeFigs cards. Our rules still hold about BreezeFigs “qualified” runners: You can get a good idea of what “qualified” BreezeFigs horses are by clicking on BreezeFigs Information underneath the two BreezeFigs links in the DRF-PLUS box in the right hand column on the www.drf.com home page and downloading files there. Remember, keep stride length (SL) in mind when handicapping from the BreezeFigs sheet and take advantage of all the tips that we provide on those sheets as well. If you click here http://static.drf.com/PDFs/breezefigs/StrideLengthStudy-1.pdf you will get a document which details our latest study. The conclusion for those who like to know the bottom line fast is this: When it comes to 2-year-old racing only, horses that earned Group 1 or Group 2 BreezeFigs and had longer-than-average stride lengths at the five major 2-year-old sales of 2006-07-08-09 won more races, won earlier, and earned more black-type, than horses with shorter-than-average stride lengths, regardless of BreezeFigs Group. There’s a lot more to it than that, and a review of this document, which is the first in a series, will strengthen your hand at the windows, or, if you are a buyer, at the sales or claim box. So, download it and absorb. Also, refer to a study we did which shows that using BreezeFigs for 3-year-old maiden races in just as viable as using them for 2-year-old maiden races. Go to the DRF PLUS box on the www.drf.com home page, click on BreezeFigs™ Information, and then download “2006 Sales Study,” or just click right here: http://www1.drf.com/breezefigs/breezefigs_010507.doc. If you’d like to learn a little more about how we come up with BreezeFigs, take a look at our new website by clicking here: www.biodatatrack.com. Here’s Saturday’s Pick: Gulfstream Park West, 8th Race, Maiden Special Weight, 6 Furlongs (Dirt)   There are six BreezeFigs maidens in here, one of whom, Colonel Detwiller, is making his fourth start and should be favored based on his last two races.  But he also has a good BreezeFigs profile though he was reported not sold (RNA) at both the sales where he breezed.  He was even-Par Group 2 at OBSMAR where he had a 22.56 foot SL on synthetic and after not selling for 140k came back at EASMAY with a two-over-Par Group 2 profile and a 24.07 foot SL on dirt (which he gets here), almost a foot longer than average—and was RNA’d for 100k.  Go figure.  Our challenge is to figure who might be the one to come up with a big race first-time out, and there are four of them in here who could do it, three of which are Group 1 horses out of OBSAPR. Desimizar showed the longest SL of the three, 23.98 feet, almost a foot longer than average that day, and was three-over-Par.  Mom’z Laugh was five-over-Par with a 23.23 foot SL, just a bit longer than average that day while Sky Gold was four-over-Par with a 23.37 foot SL, a bit shorter that day than average (it was three days later).  At OBSJUN Rue Royale was a two-over-Par Group 2 horse with a 23 foot SL, about a quarter foot longer than average.  Lastingfriendships chalked up a two-under-Par Group 3 profile at OBSAPR with a 24.07 foot SL at a quarter mile, a quarter foot longer than average, and seemed to come to life in his second start but looks to need more distance.. While Colonel Detwiller may be the key here, we think Desimizar might be the one to join with him in your gimmicks with the board possibly determining who else might be considered. Good luck!