BreezeFigs Quick-Pix for Saturday, October 18th by Bob Fierro and Jay Kilgore

Our Pix last week decided to have their own little race-within-a-race, finishing fifth and sixth in an event where slop flew and our Pix didn’t. But, there was plenty of cashing at the windows for BreezeFigs fans: There were 23 of them that broke their maidens and three others that won stakes. Four of those winners kicked off BreezeFigs gimmicks: Two at Santa Anita (a $58 exacta and $133 trifecta, both for a buck); one each at Delaware ($149 exacta for a buck) and Woodbine ($59 exacta for two bucks). The other winners were at Belmont (3), Delaware, Gulfstream West (4), Hawthorne, Keeneland (2), Penn National, Parx (1), Retama, Santa Anita (3), Woodbine (2) and Zia Park (2). Both juvenile stakes winners at Zia were BreezeFigs horses as well as one at Santa Anita. This week’s card is loaded again, with oneinteresting play we found, 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 (Calder), 3rd Race, Maiden Special Weight, 5 ½ Furlongs (Dirt)

Three BreezeFigs fillies here, all first-timers, two nice ones who were both RNA’d (not sold) at 35k at their sales. Lady Shipman blew the doors off at OBSAPR with a 13-over-Par Group 1 profile that featured a 23.95 foot stride length, about half a foot longer than average for fillies that day at a furlong. Member turned in a three-over-Par Group 1 profile at OBSJUN where her 23.30 foot SL was almost a quarter a foot longer than average for fillies that day at a furlong. Rhapsody in Red was two-under-Par, Group 3, at OBSAPR with a 20.91 foot SL, which was 1.7 feet shorter than average for fillies that day at one furlong, not very good but she could be quick. The top two look like they may have futures, and are probably keys for your gimmicks, but we’ll tip the scale to Lady Shipman if you’re looking for a singlet. Good luck!