Free Stuff For The Breeders' Cup

Do you want free Breeders' Cup past performances?, simple, go to the Breeders' Cup website (bottom middle) and download Friday and/or Saturday's card.

For just about everything else free, go to About Horse Racing's Breeders' Cup page and you can link to videos of prep races, news coverage, handicapping info, and much more.

You can also check out Breeders' Cup Youtube page.
There is even a video about Chantal Sutherland who rides Game On Dude in the Classic (as she tries to become the first woman jockey to win that event). She is considering Playboy (as long as it is tasteful...personally, I've never seen a Playboy spread that wasn't tasteful):

She better hurry up and do Playboy as she is getting up there in age:)

Free past performances are very important to an industry that is plummeting while trying to keep old customers, and attract new ones.

Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance has a free past performance feed that picks up around a third of all the races in the USA and Woodbine.

Many harness tracks in Canada have free past performances: Flamboro Downs, Fraser Downs, Georgian Downs, Kawartha Downs, Mohawk/Woodbine, Rideau Carleton, Western Fair, and Windsor Raceway.

Another decent initiative is one called USTA Strategic Wagering. Partnered up with TrackMaster, free past performances for specific guaranteed pools each day are available.

And for my Breeders' Cup Classic pick, I am going with So You (Never Been On The Dirt Before) Think on top of Stay Thirsty, Prayer For Relief, and Ruler On Ice. I can't see Uncle Mo at all. First, the mile and a quarter seems way too far for him, and secondly, there is too much early pace. I can see him packing it in and finishing in the bottom third very easily.

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Go Zenyatta Go, But Not With My Money

I will be rooting for Zenyatta to make it 20 for 20, but I don't think she has a hope in H-E-Double Hockey sticks. For the record, I didn't like her last year either. But this year she running against the top male horses on a dirt track.

She looks like she is at least 5 lengths inferior to Quality Road and my second choice, long shot Musket Man.

But I really want to see her win. She is great for the game.

My main concern is that lightning fast tracks can really hurt horses that try. I don't doubt Mike Smith when he says she has yet to have had to go 100%. Tomorrow will be different. I just hope her heart and desire to win doesn't turn into a serious injury.

I'll be torn if the horses I bet on are running one two with a sixteenth to go and Zenyatta is making her usual move. I actually think I will rooting for Zenyatta in this case.

I handicapped the entire Breeders' Cup for today and tomorrow. You can see my picks as well as those from fellow Thoroughbred Blogger's Alliance members here.


Drugs are in the news again. Here is a New York Times article At Breeders’ Cup, a Volatile Mix of Speed and Drugs Check out the chart in the left hand corner. Jamie Ness leads all top money winning trainers in the starts per medical violation category.


In what is hopefully a positive move, The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has a list of recommended thresholds and withdrawal guidelines for numerous drugs that are commonly used. It would be great for the game if every jurisdiction is on the same page.


There is an in depth article on undetectable drugs over at Standardbred Canada. ITPP is mentioned. I did a piece on this drug recently.


The horse racing industry should be ashamed of themselves as handle for 2010 now looks like it will drop to 1996 levels. We've seen a handful of tracks recently doing something about it as they try to compete by lowering takeout on at least one of their betting items, but what is needed is a cut everywhere in takeout. Racing is a great game, but there needs to be visible long term winners for the masses to be attracted to it.


CANADIAN BREEDERS' CUP BETTORS BEWARE
HANA (The Horseplayers Association Of North America) is pissed at Woodbine, and rightfully so. There practice of skimming some of the winnings of their customers on low takeout triactors, superfectors and Pick 3's needs to stop.

Tom Says:

Just to get this straight. A bettor makes a wager on a Churchill Downs races and cashes. The money bet actually goes into the pool, and Churchill pays Woodbine based on real track odds. Woodbine keeps some of it and gives the rest to the customer.
Can't Woodbine see how wrong this is? What about the Canadian government? This just isn't right.

I actually have faith that the new regime under Nick Eaves will abolish this practice soon.



Speaking of tracks trying. Western Fair has reduced their Pick 4 wagers track takeout to 15% starting today.


Zenyatta on 60 Minutes. In case you missed it:




HT Standardbred Canada