Breeder's Cup

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Ok, figured, since you guys may also be watching the Breeder’s Cup races, wanted to see who you picked.  I picked horses for all the races, just like we do here in our Handicapping competition.  If you want, we can do the same on there and see how well all who participate fare.  I posted this on my facebook and just copied it :slight_smile:

DAY ONE

–FILLY & MARE SPRINT–
$1 million purse, dirt, 7 furlongs, 3 yr old and up, fillies and mares

  1. Ventura
  2. Informed Decision
  3. Sara Louise

–FILLY & MARE TURF–
$2 million purse, turf, 1 mile and 1/4, 3 yr old and up, fillies and mares

  1. Forever Together
  2. Rutherienne
  3. Visit (GB)

–JUVENILE FILLIES-
$2 million purse, dirt, 1 mile and 1/16, 2 yr old only, fillies

  1. Champagne d’Oro
  2. Negligee
  3. She Be Wild

–JUVENILE FILLIES TURF–
$1 million purse, turf, 1 mile, 2 yr old only, fillies

  1. Tapitsfly
  2. Smart Seattle
  3. Dad’s Crazy
    this one I was picking from pedigree alone-- will be interesting to see how close I am

–LADIES CLASSIC (formerly the Distaff)–
$2 million purse, dirt, 1 mile and 1/8, 3 yr old and up, fillies and mares

  1. Music Note
  2. Careless Jewel
  3. Mushka

–MARATHON–
$500,000 purse, dirt, 1 mile and 3/4, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Black Astor
  2. Eldafarr
  3. Gangbuster
    another one where I was basing on pedigree alone as I have never heard of any of these horses

DAY TWO

–SPRINT–
$2 million purse, dirt, 6 furlongs, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Capt. Candyman Can
  2. Zensational
  3. Gayego

–MILE–
$2 million purse,dirt, 1 mile, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Goldikova (mare)
  2. Court Vision
  3. Ferneley (IRE)

–TURF SPRINT–
$1 million purse, turf, about 6 and 1/2 furlongs, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Silver Timber
  2. Lord Shanakill
  3. Gotta Have Her (mare)

–JUVENILE TURF–
$1 million purse, turf, 1 mile, 2 yr old, open

  1. Pounced
  2. Awesome Act
  3. Interactif

–TURF–
$3 million purse, turf, 1 mile and 1/2, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Red Rocks
  2. Conduit
  3. Spanish Moon

–JUVENILE–
$2 million purse, dirt, 1 mile and 1/16, 2 yr old only, open

  1. Lookin at Lucky
  2. Eskendereya
  3. Beethoven

–DIRT MILE–
$1 million purse, dirt, 1 mile, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Pyro
  2. Chocolate Candy
  3. Ready’s Echo

–CLASSIC–
$5 million purse, dirt, 1 mile and 1/4, 3 yr old and up, open class

  1. Summer Bird
  2. Zenyatta
  3. Quality Road

there ya go…I always love seeing how close I come to picking winners :slight_smile:

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DAY ONE
Marathon:  1. Mastery  2. Man of Iron  3. Father Time

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I split my picks because the first race was about to start so I just put in my first race pick in the earlier post. Here are the rest of them.

DAY ONE (Cont’d)
Juvenile Fillies Turf:  1. Lillie Langtry  2. House Of Grace  3. Smart Seattle
Juvenile Fillies:  1. Always A Princess  2. Blind Luck  3. Connie And Michael
Filly & Mare Turf:  1. Midday  2. Magical Fantasy  3. Forever Together
Filly & Mare Sprint:  1. Sara Louise  2. Ventura  3. Informed Decision
Ladies Classic:  1. Music Note  2. Careless Jewel  3. Rainbow View

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DAY TWO
Juvenile Turf:  1. Pounced  2. Interactif  3. Viscount Nelson
Turf Sprint:  1. California Flag  2. Silver Timber  3. Strike The Deal
Sprint:  1. Gayego  2. Zensational  3. Fleeting Spirit
Juvenile:  1. Lookin At Lucky  2. D’ Funnybone  3. Noble’s Promise
Mile:  1. Goldikova  2. Delegator  3. Zacinto
Dirt Mile:  1. Midshipman  2. Mastercraftsman  3. Pyro
Turf:  1. Conduit  2. Spanish Moon  3. Dar Re Mi
Classic:  1. Zenyatta  2. Twice Over  3. Summer Bird

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Using the regular FF handicapping “payouts”, here is a summary of my picks for today.

DAY ONE
Marathon:   1. Mastery color=green  2. Man of Iron color=red  3. Father Time (6th)        $0
Juvenile Fillies Turf:   1. Lillie Langtry (8th)   2. House Of Grace color=green  3. Smart Seattle (9th)          $0
Juvenile Fillies:   1. Always A Princess (5th)   2. Blind Luck color=green  3. Connie And Michael (8th)          $0
Filly & Mare Turf:   1. [color=red]Midday (1st)   2. Magical Fantasy (5th)   3. [color=green]Forever Together (3rd)        $300
Filly & Mare Sprint:   1. Sara Louise (4th)   2. [color=blue]Ventura (2nd)   3. Informed Decision color=red        $100
Ladies Classic:   1. Music Note color=green   2. Careless Jewel (8th)   3. Rainbow View (5th)        $0

Wins=1  Places=1  Show=1    TOTAL=$400

For interest, I’ve done the same with Kayte’s picks.
Marathon:   1. Black Astor (9th)   2. Eldafarr (7th)  3. Gangbuster (4th)        $0
Juvenile Fillies Turf:   1. [color=red]Tapitsfly (1st)   2. Smart Seattle (9th)   3. Dad’s Crazy (Scr)        $250
Juvenile Fillies:   1. Champagne d’Oro (12th)   2. Negligee (6th)   3. She Be Wild color=red        $0
Filly & Mare Turf:   1. Forever Together color=green  2. Rutherienne (7th)   3. Visit (4th)        $0
Filly & Mare Sprint:   1. Ventura color=blue   2. Informed Decision color=red    3. Sara Louise (4th)        $0
Ladies Classic:   1. Music Note color=green  2. Careless Jewel (8th)  3. Mushka color=blue        $0

Wins=1  Places=0  Show=0    TOTAL=$250

Anybody want to make picks for tomorrow, feel free to join in. This is all for fun.

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My picks seriously sucked until the last couple of races today. :wink:

MARATHON:

  1. Father Time
  2. Mastery

JUV. FILLIES TURF:

  1. Jungle Tale
  2. Lillie Langtry

JUV. FILLIES:

  1. Devil May Care
  2. Blind Luck

FILLY & MARE TURF:

  1. Maram
  2. Forever Together

FILLY & MARE SPRINT:

  1. Ventura
  2. Informed Decision

LADIES CLASSIC:

  1. Life Is Sweet
  2. Music Note

I’m only listing the first two because I was only doing Win/Place and Exacta bets, and so was only paying attention to the first two, anyway. :wink: But so far I’m walking away with $28, so it’s not a total loss.

My picks for tomorrow:

JUVENILE TURF:

  1. Interactif
  2. Pounced

TURF SPRINT:

  1. Strike The Deal
  2. California Flag

SPRINT:

  1. Crown Of Thorns
  2. Zensational

JUVENILE:

  1. Alfred Nobel
  2. Lookin At Lucky

MILE:

  1. Delegator
  2. Goldikova

DIRT MILE:

  1. Mambo Meister
  2. Mastercraftsman

TURF:

  1. Telling
  2. Conduit

CLASSIC:

  1. Twice Over
  2. Zenyatta

I know, if I was smart I would bet more on the favorites…but that’s boring. :wink:

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Using the regular FF handicapping “payouts”, here is a summary of my picks for Day Two.

Juvenile Turf:  1. [color=red]Pounced (1st-3/1)  2. Interactif color=green  3. Viscount Nelson (8th)        $250
Turf Sprint:  1. [color=red]California Flag (1st-9/2)  2. Silver Timber (6th)  3. Strike The Deal (14th)        $250
Sprint:  1. Gayego (4th)  2. Zensational (5th)  3. Fleeting Spirit (7th)        $0
Juvenile:  1. Lookin At Lucky color=blue  2. D’ Funnybone (13th)  3. [color=green]Noble’s Promise (3rd)        $50
Mile:  1. [color=red]Goldikova (1st-13/8)  2. Delegator (5th)  3. Zacinto (11th)        $250
Dirt Mile:  1. Midshipman color=green  2. Mastercraftsman (4th)  3. Pyro (10th)        $0
Turf:  1. [color=red]Conduit (1st-10/11)  2. Spanish Moon (4th)  3. [color=green]Dar Re Mi (3rd)        $300
Classic:  1. [color=red]Zenyatta (1st-100/30)  2. Twice Over color=green  3. Summer Bird (4th)        $250

Wins=5  Places=0  Show=2    TOTAL=$1,350
OVERALL Wins=6  Places=1  Show=3    TOTAL=$1,750

Kayte’s picks:-
Juvenile Turf:  1. [color=red]Pounced (1st)  2. Awesome Act  3. [color=green]Interactif (3rd)        $300
Turf Sprint:  1. Silver Timber (6th)  2. Lord Shanakill (12th)  3. Gotta Have Her color=blue        $0
Sprint:  1. Capt. Candyman Can (8th)  2. Zensational (5th)  3. Gayego (4th)        $0
Juvenile:  1. Lookin At Lucky color=blue  2. Eskendereya (9th)  3. Beethoven (6th)        $0
Mile:  1. [color=red]Goldikova (1st)  2. Court Vision (4th)  3. Ferneley (7th)        $250
Dirt Mile:  1. Pyro (10th)  2. Chocolate Candy (8th)  3. Ready’s Echo color=blue        $0
Turf:  1. Red Rocks (5th)  2. Conduit color=red  3. Spanish Moon (4th)        $0
Classic:  1. Summer Bird (4th)  2. Zenyatta color=red  3. Quality Road (Scr)        $0

Wins=2  Places=0  Show=1    TOTAL=$550
OVERALL Wins=3  Places=0  Show=1    TOTAL=$800

I’m not exactly sure how Nan arrived at $28 for her picks for yesterday so I can’t work out her picks. It probably has something to do with actual live betting.

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Yep, it did. I was too lazy to calculate any of it in FF money last night.

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well…at least I woulda had $800, LOL…not great but not completeley dismal haha!  Some of the races I was picking purely on pedigree, bad thing to do but had to since I didn’t know any of the horses and I hate to go and look at past performances…confuses me.  And 2 yr old races…those are just crap-shoot anyways, since they are all maturing so fast.

haha…well at least that explains the only $800 that managed.  And 2 of my picks got scratched-- Quality Road and Dad’s Crazy, so that was an instant ouchie for me.

–Kayte
Diamond Dale Farm