Probably the most impressive two year old filly, could have beaten the "boys" sprinting a few races before she won the Juvenile Fillies race. Beholder; trained by Richard Mandella, went wire to wire in stretching out her speed to a route distance in victory. She was pre-entered in the Juvenile Sprint, but chose to face her own kind going a distance of ground. With the maiden; Hightail, trained by Hall of Famer; D.Wayne Lukas winning the short field in the Juvy. Sprint, Beholder would have won that race easily too!
In the Filly and Mare Turf, my heart and my wagering dollar was with a fantastic mare; Zagora, trained by Mechanicville native; Chad Brown. She's a mark of constancy since she shipped stateside and into Chad 's barn. Going into this race, she was a sentimental pick and my only question with her was, could she get the race distance. Well, she did and her price in return was a surprise too! Going off at odds of 9-1, Zagora has cemented Filly & Mare Turf Champion honors and was recently sold in auction after that victory for 2.5 million and returned to her homeland of France .
The feature race on Friday was the "Ladies" Classic or like many people still refer the race as; the Distaff, Royal Delta became a back to back winner and could get consideration as Horse of the Year off her unusual wire to wire victory. Friday was close to a "break even" day wagering for me with Zagora and marathon longshot winner; Calidoscopio, bailing me out.
Saturday's races got off to a wonderful start with my second place selection; George Vancouver winning the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf. Set off at odds of 9-1, this son of legendary Phipps runner; Versailles Treaty, he bulled his way to the lead and keyed a nice exacta box , triple box and dime superfecta result for my phone-a-bet account!
Never underestimate the power of a gutsy and hard hitting thoroughbred. That would sum up the victories of both; Little Mike in the Turf and Trinniberg in the Sprint. The speed of both these runners and will to win, garnered both them Breeder's Cup victories. If you followed both these runners throughout the season, you were well rewarded with winning mutual's of $36.60 and $29.40 respectably.
We finished the day with two wonderful and talented runners when, Wise Dan showed his possibly Horse of the Year like winning effort by dominating the Breeder's Cup Mile. This horse can win on grass, dirt, polytrack and with no standout this year in the thoroughbred world, his efforts could get him top horse honors. In the Classic, it was a ding-dong battle between the winner; Fort Larned and my selection; Mucho Macho Man. It was that half length win by Fort Larned that kept me from having an even BETTER 2012 Breeder's Cup finish, than I did!
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