The Haiku Handicapper: 2013 Breeders’ Cup card

DRF Breeding staff writer Joe Nevills analyzes each race of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup World Championships in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Friday, Nov. 1
Marathon
Close eyes, throw a dart
Indian Jones whips the field
But watch for Worldly
Juvenile Turf
Lots of ways to go
But when in doubt, just default
To the Ramsey horse
Dirt Mile
Goldencents kicks down
The door he’s been knocking on
Golden Ticket looms
Juvenile Fillies Turf
Chad Brown comes loaded
Testa Rossi leads the way
Closing from the back
Distaff
The Beldame faceoff
Leaves the top two with questions
Beholder sneaks in
President of the U.A.E. Cup (Arabians)
A Breeders’ Cup first
At last, So Big Is Better
Gets his Grade 1 win
Saturday, Nov. 2
Juvenile Fillies
In a well-matched field
Artemis Agrotera
Appears tough to beat
Filly & Mare Turf
It took just one start
For Dank to prove she’s the best
In this hemisphere
Filly & Mare Sprint
Groupie Doll’s swan song
Upstaged by Dance to Bristol
With a sweeping trip
Turf Sprint
Down the hill they go
Miz doesn’t lose on that course
Streak runs to seven
Juvenile
Two grays in the stretch
Havana hits his ceiling
Tap It Rich rolls on
Turf
The Fugue’s getting hot
But this is Ken Ramsey’s year
Big Blue Kitten scores
Sprint
Dubai Bounce-snapper
Faces Juvenile Sprint champ
The fresh horse gets it
Mile
Turf is to Wise Dan
What spinach is to Popeye
This one’s his to lose
Classic
A dominant Dude
Haunted by big-race fumbles
Macho Madness reigns

