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Arlington Park, $24,000 MSW, a5f (turf)

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Race 8 (MSW) at AP on 9/16/16

Race 8 at Arlington Park on September 16, 2016

  • MSW
  • About 5 furlongs
  • $24,000
  • 2 yo Fillies
  • 5:45 PM
  • Entries
PP Horse / Age / Sex / Pedigree Wt

M/L
Jockey / Trainer Breeder / Owner
1 1 Princess Lu Lu Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 2 yo Filly
  • Harlan's Holiday   — Wine and Dyne
  • 119
  • 4/1
  • Carlos H. Marquez, Jr.
  • Michael Stidham
  • Nancy S. Dillman
  • Stallionaire Enterprises (Rick Canter)
2 2 Picaresque Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 15/1
  • Sebastian Saez
  • Richard R. Scherer
  • Fred W. Hertrich III
  • Carolyn Friedberg and Jeff T. Larson
3 3 Gorgeous in Gold Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 9/2
  • Mitchell Murrill
  • Michael Stidham
  • Scott Pierce, Debbie Pierce & Larry Byer
  • Scott W. Pierce
4 4 Chapeau Chic
  • 119
  • 8/1
  • Santo Sanjur
  • Michele Boyce
  • S. D. Brilie, L.P.
  • S. D. Brilie, Ltd. Partnership (Steve Holland, et al)
5 5 Lands Down Street
  • 119
  • 6/1
  • Jose Valdivia, Jr.
  • Wayne M. Catalano
  • Lakland Farm
  • Harry T. Rosenblum
6 6 Superstar Bea
  • 119
  • 15/1
  • Constantino Roman
  • Hugh H. Robertson
  • McDowell Farm
  • Hugh H. Robertson and Barry Butzow
7 7 Staria Peach
  • 119
  • 20/1
  • Edgar Perez
  • Percy E. Scherbenske
  • Lamont H. Nienast, LLC
  • Lamont H. Nienast, LLC (Lamont H. Nienast)
8 8 Everywheruwanttobe Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 8/1
  • E. T. Baird
  • Eric R. Reed
  • Jerry Jamgotchian
  • Jerry Jamgotchian
9 9 Aiken to Be Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 15/1
  • Jesse A. Lantz
  • Hugh H. Robertson
  • Calumet Farm
  • Hugh H. Robertson
10 10 Unbridled Harlan
  • 2 yo Filly
  • Harlan's Holiday   — Erin's Song
  • 119
  • 10/1
  • Carlos Montalvo
  • Jon M. Cowan
  • Sienna Farms LLC
  • C. J. Equine Service, Inc. (Jon M. Cowan)
11 11 Holy Cookie Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 8/1
  • Victor Santiago
  • Steve Manley
  • Indian Creek & Lavin Bloodstock
  • Wendell Yates
12 12 Heir Ball Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 2 yo Filly
  • Wildcat Heir   — Stifled
  • 119
  • 8/1
  • Julio E. Felix
  • Ingrid Mason
  • Robert Bahi Shoukry
  • Michael P. Cloonan, Greco Racing Stable (Pat Greco) and Ingrid Mason
13 13 Purple Piano Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 119
  • 8/1
  • Sebastian Saez
  • Richard R. Scherer
  • WinStar Farm, LLC
  • Carolyn Friedberg and Jeff T. Larson

*Program Numbers available after entries are finalized.

Keeneland Sales Graduate denotes Keeneland Sales Graduate

Churchill Downs, $43,000 MSW, 8f

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Race 6 (MSW) at CD on 9/16/16

Race 6 at Churchill Downs on September 16, 2016

  • MSW
  • 1 mile
  • $43,000
  • 2 yo Fillies
  • 3:16 PM
  • Entries
PP Horse / Age / Sex / Pedigree Wt

M/L
Jockey / Trainer Breeder / Owner
11 1 Queen Bernardina Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 8/1
  • Chris Landeros
  • Donnie K. Von Hemel
  • Doug Branham & Felicia Branham
  • Wayne Sanders and Larry Hirsch
13 1A Racey Reecey Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 8/1
  • Chris Landeros
  • W. Bret Calhoun
  • Avalon Farms, Inc.
  • Wayne Sanders and Larry Hirsch
1 2 Valadorna
  • 118
  • 5/1
  • Julien R. Leparoux
  • Mark E. Casse
  • Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC
  • Stonestreet Stables, LLC (Barbara Banke)
2 3 Dynamic Union
  • 118
  • 6/1
  • Didiel A. Osorio
  • Kenneth G. McPeek
  • Machmer Hall & Haymarket Farm
  • Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek, et al.)
3 4 Desirous
  • 118
  • 10/1
  • Channing Hill
  • Steve Margolis
  • Martin L. Cherry
  • Martin L. Cherry
4 5 Untapped
  • 2 yo Filly
  • Tapit   — Fun House
  • 118
  • 4/1
  • Florent Geroux
  • Steven M. Asmussen
  • Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
  • Winchell Thoroughbreds, LLC (Ron Winchell)
5 6 Clever Serve
  • 118
  • 8/1
  • Robby Albarado
  • Neil J. Howard
  • Michael Hernon, Brian Kahn & To Honor and Serve Syndicate
  • Barry Doss, Jerry and Cheryl Smith
6 7 Requesting Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 6/1
  • Corey J. Lanerie
  • Eddie Kenneally
  • Mr. & Mrs. William L. Pape
  • William L. Pape
7 8 Norwegian Lady
  • 2 yo Filly
  • Istan   — North Shore Girl
  • 118
  • 50/1
  • Sophie Doyle
  • Larry Lay
  • Guidepost Stable
  • Mary Glaser
8 9 Bemus Point Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 12/1
  • James Graham
  • George R. Arnold, II
  • Manganaro Bloodstock, Inc. & Darley
  • G. Watts Humphrey, Jr.
9 10 Thirtydaysinjune Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 8/1
  • Shaun Bridgmohan
  • William I. Mott
  • Calumet Farm
  • Brushy Hill Enterprises, LLC (Pat Moore)
10 11 Unreal Baby Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 15/1
  • Ricardo Santana, Jr.
  • Albert M. Stall, Jr.
  • Indian Creek
  • Bal Mar Equine, LLC (Paul Varga)
12 12 Precisely Ponti Keeneland Sales Graduate
  • 118
  • 12/1
  • Joseph Rocco, Jr.
  • Steve Hobby
  • Gabriel Duignan
  • HWL Partnership (Mark Lamberth)

*Program Numbers available after entries are finalized.

Keeneland Sales Graduate denotes Keeneland Sales Graduate

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Japanese Racing Icons to Enter Hall of Fame

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Japanese Racing Icons to Enter Hall of Fame

   
Japanese Racing Icons to Enter Hall of Fame
Photo: Masakazu Takahashi
Gentildonna winning the Japanese grade I Arima Kinen  in 2014
   

Trainer Kojiro Hashiguchi and champion Gentildonna will become the newest members of the Japan Racing Association's Racing Hall of Fame Oct. 10, at an induction ceremony conducted at Kyoto Racecourse.

Kojiro Hashiguchi, 70, was born in Miyazaki, where his family owned an Arabian farm. After working as an assistant for several trainers, Hashiguchi started his own stable at Ritto Training Center in 1982.

Hashiguchi went on to train 991 winners, including 96 JRA graded stakes winners. In 2014, he won the Japanese Derby (Jpn-I) with Koji Maeda’s One and Only, his 20th contender in the Derby. He finished second four times prior. Hashiguchi also trained Heart’s Cry, who won the 2006 Dubai Sheema Classic (Jpn-I).

Gentildonna, the 2012 Japanese filly Triple Crown winner and five-time Japanese champion, as well as 2014 highweighted older mare in the UAE, has also earned her place in the JRA's Racing Hall of Fame.

Bred by Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm and owned by Sunday Racing Club, a syndication run by Yoshida's son, Gentildonna won 10 races from 19 starts.

The Deep Impact filly, out of Donna Blini, not only completed the Triple Tiara, she was the first 3-year-old filly to win and the only horse to achieve back-to-back wins in the Japan Cup (Jpn-I).

Her first foal, a filly by King Kamehameha, was born Feb. 15 and she is back in foal to King Kamehameha.

   
       
           
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    Untapable winning the Mother Goose
       

    Fun House, the 2014 Broodmare of the Year, has produced another runner by Tapit   in Untapped, who will make her first start Sept. 16 in a one-mile maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies at Churchill Downs.

    Untapped is a full sister to 2014 champion 3-year-old filly Untapable, now retired, and the 3-year-old colt Taprize, who debuted April 23 but has not hit the board in three starts. Fun House also produced grade I winner Paddy O' Prado (El Prado).

    All three siblings by Tapit are Winchell Thoroughbreds homebreds trained by Steve Asmussen.

    Untapped posted a Churchill bullet Sept. 2, working five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 to rank fastest of 17 that day. The juvenile filly is the 4-1 favorite on the morning line.

    Two other juvenile half sisters to grade I winners will debut Friday as well at Arlington International Racecourse going about five furlongs on the turf.

    Chapeau Chic, by Hat Trick  , is out of the Joyeux Danseur mare Chic Dancer, who also produced 2015 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT) winner Her Emmynency.

    The S.D. Brillie Partnership homebred has been training on the all weather-track at the Chicagoland oval for trainer Michele Boyce.

    Scott Pierce's Gorgeous in Gold, trained by Michael Stidham, is a Malibu Moon   filly out of the Seeking the Gold mare Glasgow's Gold, who also produced grade I winner Swift Temper (Giant's Causeway). Glasglow's Gold has produced six winners from seven runners, including stakes winner Croisiere (Capote).

    Stidham's other entry, Princess Lu Lu, is the 4-1 morning-line choice in the race.
     

       
           
               
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      Champion turf mare Tepin gallops at Woodbine the morning of Sept. 15
         

      Champion Tepin went out for light training over Woodbine's newly installed Tapeta main track at 6 a.m. EDT Sept. 15 under exercise rider Jason Hoyte, after arriving from New York a little after 5 p.m. one day prior.

      The oustanding turf female of 2015, known as the "Queen of the Turf," brings a seven-race win streak into the Sept. 17 Ricoh Woodbine Mile (Can-IT). She will make her Canadian debut in the one-turn turf mile, seeking her sixth grade I score for owner Robert Masterson and trainer Mark Casse.
       
      "She settled in perfect, as expected," said assistant trainer Norm Casse. "That's one of the things that makes her so special. She can go and do these things and never miss a beat. She was really happy yesterday and seems really happy this morning.

      "I just wanted her to go out there and warm up a little bit and show a little of that energy she's been showing at Saratoga the past month. She looked really good."
       
      Hoyte was pleased to be reunited with Tepin, who will go out for light training Sept. 16 as well.
       
      "It was so nice to get on her. I haven't been on her since she was a 2-year-old," he said. "I can feel it in her that she has matured a lot. It's nice to get back on her. She was nice and relaxed."

         
                 
         

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      Runhappy Works at Churchill Downs

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      Runhappy Works at Churchill DownsPhoto: Laura Wohlers
      Runhappy and Edgar Prado Sept. 15 at Churchill Downs

      James McIngvale's Runhappy hit the road Sept. 15, shipping from his base at the Thoroughbred Training Center toChurchill Downs, where he worked six furlongs from the gate in 1:14 1/5 under Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado.

      The champion male sprinter of 2015 is prepping for a start in the Oct. 1 Ack Ack Handicap (gr. III) at the Louisville track.

      "He went well and Edgar was happy, which is the main thing," said trainer Laura Wohlers. "The gate was placed on the outside fence, so he kind of darted to the inside at the start. I think he did the first quarter in :26, but he picked it up and was nice and steady."

      Churchill clockers caught Runhappy in fractions of :26, :37 4/5, :48 2/5, and 1:01 4/5. Plans for him to gallop out a mile didn’t come to fruition, as the outrider went out and grabbed the horse and rider after seven eighths and slowed them down.

      "Other than that, everything went according to plan," Wohlers said. "The key is that he cooled out well. Edgar said he wasn't even breathing hard."

      "He went well," Prado said. "There was a big gap between the gate and the rail. The main thing was to get him to finish strong. He's going a mile for the first time and we know that he's fast and we want to use what's there. We were trying to get him to relax and slowly pick them up." 

      It was the fourth work in as many weeks for Runhappy, a 4-year-old son of Super Saver  , who has not started since winning Santa Anita Park's Malibu Stakes (gr. I) last December. He could work once more atKeeneland before the Ack Ack, which is being used as a springboard to the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) at Santa Anita Nov. 4. Wohlers wanted to have her star work at least once over the Churchill surface before the race to see how he liked it. 

      "He handled it just fine," she said, but noted the track plays differently in the morning than it does in the afternoons.

      Runhappy, who has seven wins from eight starts for earnings of $1,481,300, was bred in Kentucky by Wayne, Gray, and Bryan Lyster out of the Broken Vow   mare Bella Jolie and sold for $200,000 at the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale. His breeders' Ashview Farm sold Runhappy's half brother by Exchange Rate to Shadwell Estate Co. for $475,000 Sept. 13 at this year's Keeneland September sale.

      Fast Starts for Clarkland, Taylor Made

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      Photo: Fasig-Tipton Photo
      Duncan Taylor calls Keeneland September "the heart and soul of the Thoroughbred industry"
         

      After the first book of the Keeneland September yearling sale, a familiar name tops the leading consignor list by gross in Taylor Made Sales Agency. Clarkland Farm, behind the sale's Book 1 topper, leads by average for three or more sold.

      Fifty horses consigned by Taylor Made sold for a total of $16,387,000, good for an average of $327,740. Gainesway ranks second by gross with 22 sold for a total of $10,570,000.

      "The Keeneland September Yearling Sale is the heart and soul of the Thoroughbred industry," said Taylor Made's Duncan Taylor ahead of the sale. "All the buyers come here. What you find here that you don't find at any other sale in North America is that there are buyers from all over the world. It is an international buying bench." 

      Since 2002, Taylor Made has finished as leading consignor by gross 11 times at Keeneland September. 

      Clarkland sold three horses for an average price of $1,036,667, powered by the $3 million Scat Daddy   half brother to three-time champion Beholder and grade I winner and successful sire Into Mischief  .

      Nancy and Fred Mitchell, as well as Nancy's daughter Marty Buckner, run the Lexington-based broodmare farm Clarkland Farm, also a major consignor. Clarkland has nine more horses consigned to Keeneland September.

      Keeneland 2016 September Yearling Sale Book 1

      Top Consignors by Gross

      (min. 3 sold)

      ConsignorOffered   Sold      Gross     Average
      Taylor Made Sales Agency   80   50   $16,387,000    $327,740
      Gainesway   27   22   $10,570,000    $480,455
      Lane's End   44   30   $10,407,000    $346,900
      Paramount Sales   27   20    $6,890,000    $344,500
      Eaton Sales   25   19    $6,795,000    $357,632
      Warrendale Sales   20   15    $4,485,000    $299,000
      Denali Stud   15   13    $4,330,000    $333,077
      Brereton C. Jones/Airdrie Stud    8    7    $3,525,000    $503,571
      Clarkland Farm    3    3    $3,110,000   $1,036,667
      Four Star Sales   15    7    $2,975,000   $425,000
         
             
                 
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      Keeneland September Book 2 Full of Sire Power

         
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      Keeneland September yearling sale enters into book 2 Sept. 16
         

      Value Spikes for Several Book 1 Sires

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      Value Spikes for Several Book 1 Sires
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      Adena Springs' Ghostzapper had the largest jump in average percentage from last year
         

      For a second consecutive year the bulk of million-dollar yearlings during Book 1 for the Keeneland September sale came during the third session.

      Maybe buyers begin feeling additional pressure as the availability of yearlings selected for exceptional conformation and pedigree starts waning. This week six of the eight horses bringing a million dollars or more sold during the third session compared with six of 11 in 2015.

      Another constant was the dominating presence of leading North American sire Tapit   and top international sire War Front   among the seven-figure purchases. Gainesway's Tapit had the edge on War Front this year with four millionaires to War Front's two. These power buys gave Tapit a hat trick as the leading sire by gross sales ($18,560,000), by average ($612,500), and by median ($612,500) for 28 sold of 35 offered.

      Claiborne Farm's War Front was the only other Book 1 sire with gross sales exceeding $10 million and an average above $600,000. War Front had gross sales of $11,865,000 for 18 sold of 26 offered and a $659,167 average.

      The averages for both Tapit and War Front exceeded what their yearlings brought during the first three sessions of the 2015 September sale. Tapit's average increased 23% compared with 2015, and War Front's average rose 4%.

      The next three leading sires by average for 2016 all had yearling values jump appreciable from a year ago.

      WinStar Farm's Speightstown   and Adena Springs Kentucky's Ghostzapper   both made big leaps up the stallion ranks without the benefit of a million-dollar sale.

      Speightstown, who was the ninth-leading sire by average in 2015 jumped in rank to the third spot with a $428,667 average from 15 sold. The son of Gone West and 2004 Eclipse champion sprinter had his average increase 36% from a year ago.

      Ghostzapper, an Adena Springs homebred by Awesome Again and 2004 Horse of the Year, is the fourth-leading sire by average for this year's Book 1, with an average of $417,857 for seven sold. In 2015 Ghostzapper was the 18th-leading sire by average for the first three sessions of the September sale. His average grew by 57% between 2015 and 2016.

      Ashford Stud's Scat Daddy  , who tragically died at age 11 in December 2015, made headlines Sept. 14 when his son out of Leslie's Lady, the dam of multiple champion Beholder and sire Into Mischief  , sold for $3 million to Coolmore associate M.V. Magnier. It was the highest September purchase since Mr. Besilu sold for $4.2 million in 2010.

      The sale-topping purchase made Scat Daddy the fifth-leading Book 1 sire by average at $410,833 for 24 sold. The grade I-winning son of Johannesburg had a much stronger sale overall than a year ago, the $3 million purchase aside. This year he had four yearlings sell for $500,000 or more compared with none in 2015. 

      Keeneland 2016 September Yearling Sale

      Top Sires by Average for Book 1

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      SireOffered   Sold      Average  Median
      Tapit35     28   $662,857   $612,500
      War Front26    18   $659,167   $580,000
      Speightstown24    15   $428,667   $400,000
      Ghostzapper11     7   $417,857   $320,000
      Scat Daddy33    24   $410,833   $300,000
      Galileo (IRE)7     4   $393,750   $460,000
      Medaglia d'Oro31    23   $371,826   $340,000
      Pioneerof the Nile20    14   $358,571   $340,000
      Malibu Moon20    13   $357,846   $350,000
      Candy Ride (ARG)11     7   $326,429   $320,000
         
             
                 
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      Lista Virtual de los Mejores 15 Caballos de Carrera para las Breeders’ Cup

      Estando la temporada regular de la NFL lista para la patada inicial el jueves con la revancha del Super Bowl, los jugadores de fútbol virtual alrededor del globo estarán remitiendo sus alineaciones para las ligas semanales y competencias diarias soñando con superar a sus amigos por largo tiempo o con mayúsculos dividendos (y a menudo con ambos).

      Como antiguo participante de estos juegos virtuales, lo que incluye tanto a la Triple Corona como a la liga hípica de las Breeders’ Cup, y que por lo tanto consolida mis credenciales como un magnífico inepto, pensé que podía tomarme la licencia de escoger a mis mejores 15 caballos de carrera en actividad. El principal criterio usado para evaluar a estos caballos fue su probabilidad de ganar sus respectivas carreras en las Breeders’ Cup y la carrera o carreras clave que usarían como preparación a lo largo del camino.

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      1. California Chrome

      Regresemos a los inicios del 21st Century LaDainian Tomlinson que fue un pronóstico clavadito por encima de todos en el fútbol de fantasía. Promedió 18 touchdowns en sus primeras siete temporadas. California Chrome es el LaDainian Tomlinson del grupo de caballos de este año. Es ultra-consistente, ha ganado las carreras más importantes, es el caballo en esta lista con más probabilidades de ganar una carrera de la Breeders’ Cup y su objetivo es nada menos que el evento principal — la Breeders’ Cup Classic con $ 6 millones de bolsa. Además, su principal competidor, Frosted, dio un pequeño paso en la dirección equivocada en su carrera más reciente, mientras que Chrome simplemente derrotó con facilidad tanto a Beholder como a Dortmund en el TVG Pacific Classic.


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      2. Tepin

      La Breeders’ Cup Mile tiende a atraer un poderoso grupo de corredores europeos cada año. Algunas veces, ellos supera a su competencia americana (ver Goldikova, 2008, 2009, 2010) y otros años ellos fracasan, como el año pasado cuando los dos ejemplares más cotizados, Make Believe y Esoterique, corrieron su última en Europa y ambos finalizaron fuera de marcador. Lo bueno de Tepin es que ninguno de esos europeos suenan importantes. Ella venció a los Euros en la Breeders’ Cup Mile del año pasado y llevó su talento hasta Royal Ascot y los volvió a vencer en su propio césped en el Grupo 1 Queen Anne Stakes. Ha ganado siete carreras consecutivas y luce como una magnífica apuesta para ganar su preparatoria final hacia la Breeders’ Cup y repetir en la Mile para extender esa racha a nueve seguidas.


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      3. Flintshire

      Esta fue una decisión ajustada entre él y Tepin. Flintshire ha sido un monstruo en los U.S. desde la perspectiva de figuras de velocidad así como visualmente. Su única derrota en cinco actuaciones en pistas americanas fue cuando llegó en un estrecho placé de Main Sequence en la 2014 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf. Ganó el 2015 Sword Dancer Stakes en un espectacular despliegue de supremacía y está 3-de-3 este año desde que ha sido transferido a las manos del entrenador con base en los U.S., Chad Brown. Es mucho mejor que los otros caballos del césped en Norte América, tanto que ya no parece un juego justo. La otra razón por la que doy una ligera ventaja a Tepin como segundo puesto es que parece que habrá mejor competencia para Flintshire en la Turf que para Tepin en la Mile.


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      4. Songbird

      Podrías pensar que Songbird merece un lugar más alto en esta lista y quién soy yo para argumentar en contra de un ejemplar que nunca ha perdido – ese récord de 10-sobre-10 en toda su campaña realmente es brillante. Pero el hecho de que ella nunca ha corrido contra potrancas mayores a las que enfrentará en la Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff no es insignificante y ella tiene a una triple campeona (y ganadora de la 2013 Distaff) justo debajo de ella en esta lista, una que en algún momento parecía jugada segura para competir en la Breeders’ Cup Classic pero que ahora parece que será dirigida hacia la Distaff. Miren, no te llamaría loco si es que ubicas a Songbird en primera lugar en tu lista virtual, pero si yo soy el único ordenando, ella está cuarta en mi marcador.


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      5. Beholder

      Esta podría estar un poquito más arriba, aunque yo soy un gran hincha de esta tres veces campeona y dos veces ganadora de Breeders’ Cup (Juvenile Fillies, 2012; Distaff, 2013). Si ella fuese a la Classic, disminuye su valor ostensiblemente, pero me gustarían mucho sus chances en contra de Songbird en la Distaff. No creo que Songbird haya estado alguna vez tan cerca de algún pura sangre femenina tan talentosa como Beholder y su entrenador, Richard Mandella, es un maestro dejando a punto a un ejemplar antes de una carrera objetivo. Ah bueno, y ella ha ganado 11 carreras consecutivas en Santa Anita Park, pista anfitriona este año de las Breeders’ Cup. Así que, ya lo ven.


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      6. Klimt

      Este está definitivamente muy arriba, pero en las listas virtuales tienes que buscar cosas que te gusten y si yo estuviese ordenando en la mitad de la primera ronda de una liga hípica de 12 equipos, Klimt sería un objetivo principal. De hecho, en realidad lo consideré para No. 5. Yo sé que las carreras de dos añeros son muy impredecibles, pero éste luce como el mejor de los juveniles del entrenador miembro del Salón de la Fama, Bob Baffert, ya que venció a un muy buen grupo cuando ganó el Grado 1 Del Mar Futurity y estará corriendo esencialmente en su casa del sur de California. Klimt tiene también el pedigrí necesario para cuando alargue hacia las dos curvas. Su padre, Quality Road, marcó un récord de pista cuando ganó la 1 1/8-milla del Florida Derby en 2009 y su dama, Inventive, figuró en clásicos sobre 1 1/16 millas.


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      7. Frosted

      ¿Será que un triunfo en su preparatoria final a la Breeders’ Cup y un placé en la Classic justifican un sitio tan alto? Eso es lo que tienen que preguntarse si, al igual que yo, piensan que California Chrome va a ser extremadamente formidable en la Breeders’ Cup Classic. No es sencillo, pero yo lo escogería a éste en lugar de a un europeo que por ahí puede agarrar una pista lluviosa en Francia, terminar en un fracaso y saltarse a la vez una Breeders’ Cup. Si Frosted fuese dirigido a la Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, podría subir hasta el No. 2 en esta lista, pero mientras permanezca como un probable ganador de la Classic sin contar con California Chrome, sabemos que es definitivamente brillante en la mejor de sus formas, tal como lo evidenció con sus victorias en el Met Mile y el Whitney Stakes.


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      8. Postponed

      Postponed ha ganado seis carreras seguidas desde Julio del 2015 hasta su más reciente triunfo en contra de un poderoso lote en el Grupo 1 Juddmonte International Stakes de York el 17 de Agosto. Estará realizando su siguiente actuación como probable favorito en el Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, sin discusión la carrera más importante sobre media distancia en el mundo. Así que, ¿por qué no está más arriba? Bueno, debido a que los ganadores del Arc históricamente no corren bien en la Breeders’ Cup Turf. Seis ganadores del Arc, más recientemente Golden Horn en 2015, compitieron en la Turf y todos los seis fallaron. No olvidemos que ellos tenían que ganar primero el Arc; y también está la presencia de Flintshire, quien tendría la ventaja de no necesitar cruzar el Atlántico. No hay duda de que Postponed es una estrella, pero los caballos listados encima de él tienen de lejos más probabilidad de repetir triunfos en una preparatoria de Grado 1 y en una Breeders’ Cup.


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      9. Sea Calisi

      Antes de venir a los U.S., Sea Calisi compitió contra lo mejor de Europa y estuvo en lo suyo, ganando una carrera de Grupo 2 y llegando dos veces tercera en Grupos 1. Ha ganado dos veces y finalizado segunda una vez en tres actuaciones en los U.S. y más recientemente cargó desde el fondo del lote para vencer a calificadas rivales en el $700,000 Grade 1 Beverly D. Stakes. Es entrenada por un maestro en el césped como Chad Brown para su dueño, Marty Schwartz, quien tiene un récord fantástico en las pistas escogiendo a corredores europeos para correr en los U.S.


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      10. A. P. Indian

      Ha llegado primero en todas sus cinco carreras del 2016 siendo su única derrota vía distanciamiento. Con el campeón defensor de la velocidad Runhappy comenzando recién en serio su trabajo hacia su primera carrera del año e informándose que apunta hacia Las Vegas Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, la división de los velocistas está muy abierta y A. P. Indian ha encontrado su oportunidad. Ha ganado haciendo punta y fuera de ella y sus Figuras Equibase de Velocidad han sido todas entre 112 y 121 en 2016, siendo la de 121 (una nueva mejor figura en su campaña) conseguida al ganar el Grado 1 Forego Stakes en su más reciente salida. Mi preocupación más grande consiste en que nunca ha corrido al oeste de Keeneland Race Course, pero los triunfos consecutivos en Grado 1 ayudan a mitigar esa duda.


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      11. Haveyougoneaway

      Casi como A. P. Indian, Haveyougoneaway ha surgido como una creciente figura en una división de las velocistas femeninas sin una estrella predominante. Me encanta el hecho de que ella ha conseguido la mejor carrera de su campaña cuando trató los siete octavos de milla — la misma distancia de la Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint — por primera vez al ganar el Grado 1 Ballerina Stakes este 27 de Agosto. También soy de los que aprecian la consistencia cuando evalúo a velocistas y esta tiene cinco triunfos y dos segundos en siete carreras este año. Ella luce como un ejemplar de carreras llegando en su mejor nivel para una carrera sin una clara favorita.


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      12. Union Strike

      Ella casi no estaba en mi radar hace una semana, pero en realidad me gustó lo que vi cuando ganó el Del Mar Debutante este 3 de Septiembre. Alargando desde 5 ½ furlones a siete octavos de milla, ella lució como una potranca diferente cuando se distanció para ganar por 2 ¼ cuerpos. Hija de Union Rags en la ganadora hija de Smart Strike, la yegua Classic Strike, ella es media hermana del ganador del 2012 Pennsylvania Derby, Handsome Mike. Siempre me inclino por los juveniles de la Costa Oeste para las dos carreras de la división en la Breeders’ Cup en la pista principal, y Union Strike está superándose y encaja en el perfil.


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      13. Dacita

      Parece casi seguro que la miel y el dinero chico estará en las patas de Sea Calisi para la Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, peo la experiencia me ha enseñado que la miel y el dinero chico pueden ser para los tontos. Así que mientras la criada en Francia y ganadora del Beverly D. Stakes, salta a primera vista, tomémonos un lance con una yegua que la derrotó hace dos carreras: Dacita. Ella desilusionó cuando fue novena en la Breeders’ Cup del año pasado, pero desde entonces ella ha estado muy bien. Llegó segunda en el Grado 2, igualando (a la vez) una nueva mejor Figura Equibase de Velocidad con un cuarto puesto y luego ganó el Grado 2 New York Stakes y el Grado 1 Diana Stakes, siendo el último, la mejor actuación de su carrera. Al igual que Sea Calisi, ella es entrenada por Chad Brown, así que veremos a las dos buscando diferentes carreras finales de preparación para la Breeders’ Cup antes de un nuevo enfrentamiento en Santa Anita entre compañeras de caballeriza.


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      14. Highland Reel

      Highland Reel no ha corrido en los U.S. desde que ganó el Grado 1 Secretariat Stakes en Agosto del 2015. Al finalizar el 2015, también venció a Flintshire cuando ganó el prestigioso Longines Hong Kong Vase. Después de consecutivos fracasos sin figuración, aunque contra competidores de élite internacional en Hong Kong y Dubai, nos ha entregado dos segundos y un triunfo en tres carreras consecutivas. Su más reciente segundo fue frente al antes mencionado Postponed. El entrenador Aidan O’Brien está siempre listo a traer caballos a los U.S. para las Breeders’ Cup y como bono Highland Reel podría conseguir dos carreras entre hoy y la Turf.


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      COMODÍN: Runhappy
      No sé si ustedes pueden encontrar justo que yo tome a Runhappy en esta ubicación con solamente dos trabajos públicos en su camino de retorno a las pistas y una historia de lesiones, pero no me podrán negar que este caballo es unMONSTRUO. Si es que él está en el partidor para la Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (o para la Sprint, la cual ganó el año pasado), debería ser un gran favorito. Es muy veloz, podría ganar aun si estuviera un pelo debajo de su mejor forma. Soy un creyente tomando riesgos en las listas virtuales y Runhappy es mi comodín final.