Breeders Cup 2024

Anyone going?
Which horse/race are you most looking forward to?
The race/broadcast schedule is completely fubar :roll_eyes:

https://www.breederscup.com/news/2024/breeders-cup-announces-2024-world-championships-broadcast-schedule-post-times-and-wagering-menu

Dornoch is already out.
Subsanador is now out.

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Looking forward to the Distaff. Thorpedo Anna and Idiomatic.

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Distaff, but the Classic looks to be exciting with no super horse or obvious HOTY yet apparent.

Need a map to watch it, chopped up and parceled out.

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Looking forward to seeing what City of Troy in the Classic.

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This is the schedule

And totally bummed but not surprised that he’s retiring after the Classic. I had the faintest of hopes they’d aim him for the 2025 Arc.

Regardless of his finish in the Classic, he’ll fill his book with good mares.

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Decision made for STG

https://paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/report-seize-the-grey-headed-to-breeders-cup-dirt-mile

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Good to hear, IMO its the best place for him to shine.

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I’m not able to go but I’ll be following a couple of the races. Right now the only one I’ve got my heart set on is Idiomatic. I had hoped that Dornoch would be in but that hope fizzled out fast.

Stronghold is out & sounding sketch regarding National Treasure.

that television schedule is the craziest thing I have ever seen! It looks like I can watch nearly the whole thing on Fan Duel. At least I won’t have to hear about the celebrities. There will be too much about the gambling, but that is what they do. Their coverage has always been better than NBC.

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And another one is out. the Chosen Vron has been placed on the vet list.
https://paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/the-chosen-vron-ruled-out-of-breeders-cup-sprint

The (19) Japan horses have arrived

Updated FanDuel schedule

Pre-entries have been posted.

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I’m sorry, but he’s such a whine a$$
In what world would he need to be asked about this :roll_eyes:

https://paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/chad-brown-spurns-breeders-cup-filly-mare-turf-over-three-turn-distance

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How many have run that distance at three turns? It’s not like the rest of the field will have that as an advantage over Brown’s horses.

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Maybe the international horses?
But still probably not very many, considering how many of the courses are laid out overseas.

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I can say with near certainty that there are very few nine furlong races around three turns in UK/Ireland/Europe. The only stakes I can think of is the Eclipse at Sandown and it’s a couple hundred yards over 9f, but it’s not around three turns. And it’s right-handed.

Maybe the Japanese horses have some experience?

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They’ve changed the broadcast schedule & switched some of the races around (again)

I just noticed on the graph that the classic was listed as being on Peacock, and the NBC peacock was visible. But nowhere did I see NBC listed. I do not have Peacock. Is this going to be broadcast on NBC at all? Have they shoved it all over to cable?

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It shows it’s on NBC

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