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Friday, October 26, 2007

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Road to the Breeders Cup 2007 video:

They call it “The Run For The Roses”, and its one of the richest and most exciting races in the world. Today will be no exception with the best 3 year old colts on the far side of the pond doing battle in the first leg of their Triple Crown.

Curlin has only had two runs but he won both races by a combined distance of 15 lengths so he heads the market - and who can argue? But the thing about the Kentucky Derby is it’s fierce competitiveness. It’s seems vaguely obscene that in 2004, the brilliant Smarty Jones (9 races, 8 wins and over $2,000,000 in prize money) went off at around 4/1, and last year the awesome but ill-fated Barbaro (4 wins from 5 races, $1.8 million in prize money) was available at 8/1 before he destroyed a top class field by 6 1/2 lengths. Those victories were separated by the victory of Giacomo who won at 50/1 in 2005. It’s a race of quality, and a bit of research and luck could lead to a big reward.