OK, so the
Seabiscuit Handicap is run at Del Mar on Saturday. But I noticed that it is a turf race. I don't remember Seabiscuit being a turf horse. So I checked the PPs:
https://twitter.com/DailyRacingForm/...698240/photo/1
Easier to read if you copy/paste into WORD and expand. No turf races. What's up with that?
We are seeing a number of the horses, from Breeder's Cup weekend, return to the races this week. So the stakes offerings, and quality of the participants, are much improved over the previous 2 weeks.
Saturday is an all 2YO card at Churchill Downs; soup to nuts with maidens, turf races, and a range of stakes.
Most of them can be found at this URL:
http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...9/summary.html
Look for Saturday - November 26.
Here are the better races for the top fillies and colts at CD:
The Golden Road with the beautifully, oximoronically named
Hoosier Philly. Race 10 for 2YO fillies.
The Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is Race 11, with many horses from the BC Juvenile, Breeders Futurity, or Street Sense.
Curly Jack has the best figures.
A word about the great pacer
Bulldog Hanover. He will be starting in his last race before he goes to stud. Bulldog Hanover was a pretty good 3YO, but blossomed into a monster as a 4YO. He is the fastest standardbred of all time with a mile in 1:45 4/5. His streak of sub-1:47 miles (I think it was 6) is incredible and may never be matched. He has won 13 of 15 this year.
You can find PPs for the race at Race 10 at this URL:
https://playmeadowlands.com/wp-conte...1/mxx1126p.pdf
Sustained excellence and a World Record marks a great horse. Unlike
Flightline, Bulldog raced against the top horses in the US an Canada, every week.
Bulldog Hanover is out of a good but not great sire (
Shadow Play) and a stakes winning mare (
B J's Squall).
Larry
DevilHorse