The Breeders Cup- Santa Anita Friday & Saturday.

[Zilzalian]

First thing to say here is don't fall for the draw bias and the scaremongers if you fancy a horse back it i was going to go back  8 breeders cups run at Santa Anita but realised after 4 that it wouldn't produce much difference the table below shows the last 4 Breeders Cup running's at said track. As can be seen the horses at both Turf and Dirt tracks will win from any draw if they are good enough.  sample size is not huge but it is better than going in blind, outside traps are a bit deceptive due to the imbalance of runners (every race has at least 8-10 runners). Big Caution note here, the Brits and Europeans don't do very well at Santa Anita, half a dozen winners from around 70 races from the last 4  Breeders Cups here tells the story.

Tomorrow I will post my idea of a few winners, another caution- i have done well in past BC's but blew out last year with just 1 winner and 1 FC.

[Sporting Sam]

Excellent stats and a real eye opener for those playing the patriotic punt in pounds and Euro’s. The Irish horses always seemed to find that little bit extra out here and I wonder what percentage of that tiny number of winners go to them? The playing field was levelled by lassix previously.  other than home track knowledge I’d fancy superior medication continues to strongly favour the American runners, but I don’t think Japan are very far behind on that score. We can eat horses of course and still do  (knowingly or otherwise) but I fancy we’d be bulked up immensely if some of these were dished up in an Egon Ronay  house in the future.