HORSE RACING: NEVER TOO EARLY TO PICK 'EM.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with The Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. races, at Belmont Park Noun 1. Belmont Park - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Belmont Elmont - a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park this time, are 15 days away. The fields won't be set for another week and a half. The whole convoluted entry process won't begin until Wednesday. What, so a guy can't have a few opinions already? For your consideration as you start handicapping: Classic Rock Hard Ten looks better with each re-examination of the prospects for the $4 million main event of Breeders' Cup Day. The Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during winner had a perfect prep in the Goodwood Handicap, which was to be expected since he's trained by Breeders' Cup master Richard Mandella. Afleet Alex is out of the way, his handlers declaring this week that the Preakness and Belmont stakes winner will miss the Classic because his early-summer ankle injury hasn't healed all the way. His presence might have reduced the nation's richest horse race to a coin flip - heads he's fit to win, tails he's not. Saint Liam? Borrego? Flower Alley? They've got to overcome the shockingly bad history of New York-prepped horses in the Classic - in all of the Breeders' Cup's main-track races for older horses, actually. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of products have won seven Classics, but they've also been beaten favorites 14 times. And the trend has held up even when the race is held at a New York track. Distaff Early salivation salivation /sal·i·va·tion/ (sal?i-va´shun) 1. the secretion of saliva. 2. ptyalism. sal·i·va·tion n. 1. The act or process of secreting saliva. 2. here over Sweet Symphony. The 3-year-old filly, owned by George Steinbrenner, had a Yankees sort of day when she ran fourth in the Beldame. But the previously unbeaten daughter of A.P. Indy deserves a second shot at elders Ashado, Happy Ticket and Society Selection and a chance to finish October better than the Boss's ballclub. Sprint You waste time and money trying to beat Lost in the Fog Lost in the Fog (February 4, 2002 - September 17, 2006) was an American thoroughbred race horse. Bred by Susan Seper and born in Florida, the Fog's sire was Lost Soldier (sire so far of 10 stakes winners), a son of Danzig (himself the son of Northern Dancer ranked at #43 by The . People say the 10-for-10 sprinter from the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay hasn't beaten anybody. Look at the Sprint's depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d hopefuls list, even with Roman Ruler's expected addition, and tell me who is this ``anybody'' he hasn't beaten. Juvenile Stevie Wonderboy, one of the lesser properties of Merv Griffin, has been resting since winning the Del Mar Futurity The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Beginning in the racing season of 2007, this race has been upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee from a Grade II event to a Grade I. on Sept. 7. And he's got a stretch-running style that seems to be effective in the Breeders' Cup's 2-year-old males race. While Stevie Wonderboy has been lounging with trainer Doug O'Neill, likely Juvenile favorites First Samurai and Henny Hughes were running 1-2 in an extraordinarily hard-paced Champagne Stakes. And it has been 10 years since a New York-prepped horse won the Juvenile. Juvenile Fillies So far, hard to see past Folklore, the 14-length winner of the Matron last month. The daughter of two-time Classic winner Tiznow can put a happy ending on the season for California owners Bob and Beverly Lewis, who lost the $1.9 million colt What a Song to a breakdown at Del Mar. Anybody else intrigued by Mystery Girl, the Del Mar Debutante runner-up? Turf First or second in seven of eight starts. A winner from on and off the pace. Steady improvement as a 3-year-old. English Channel even sounds like one of the Europeans that have dominated the 1 1/2-mile grass race. He just happens to be a thoroughly American colt trained by U.S. money leader Todd Pletcher. With Arc de Triomphe Arc de Triomphe Largest triumphal arch in the world. A masterpiece of Romantic Classicism, it is one of the best-known monuments of Paris. It stands at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western terminus of the Champs-Élysées. winner Hurricane Run sidelined, the Euro contingent is a little less intimidating. Mile Hard to shout about him when you can't pronounce his name, but the horse is Leroidesanimaux. Eight wins in a row, from Arcadia to Toronto, give trainer Bobby Frankel the horse to frustrate the Euros in the 1-mile grass race. Filly & Mare Turf If the horse most worth watching on Breeders' Cup Day isn't Lost in the Fog, in the Sprint, then it's Ouija Board, in the Mile. The English filly can join the short list of Breeders' Cup repeat winners after skipping past the best Americans at Lone Star in 2004. She hasn't raced much this year - but she went to the Breeders' Cup off a 2 1/2-month break last year. Anyway, a few possibilities - and probabilities - to consider while sharpening the handicapping pencil for Oct. 29. CAPTION(S): box Box: OUT OF THE GATE BY KEVIN MODESTI |
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