Calder: Carl G. Rose Classic - contest

FREE CYBERBUCK$ CONTEST

$200,000 Carl G. Rose Classic wps - exacta - trifecta | past performances

Calder race course - 11th Saturday November 14th - 4:43 pm ET

3 and up 1 1/8 miles - dirt

OFFICIAL RULES

This contest is a free "for fun" edition and open to all blog visitors.

CYBERBUCK$ Leaderboard Carl G. Rose Handicap

player score Arletta $351.00 win Walter Z. $164.00 place The_Knight_Sky $37.40 show player 0 super Dell Yount 0 . ryonker 0 . PEM 0 . Suavefancynfast 0 . cruzan2002 0 . timmye1 0 .

Results become official 24 hours after the posting of the leaderboard.

refunds: none Arletta's winning wager: $20 Win/Place #2 Too many Toyz $10 Ex 2,3 w/2,3,4 2 Too Many Toyz Olivero C A 112 12.20 4.20 2.60 3 It's a Bird Leparoux J R 122 2.60 2.10 5 Dream Maestro Cruz M R 116 3.00 Also ran: Pound Foolish, Hal's My Hope, Imawildandcrazyguy and Temo's Dream Times in 100ths: :24.01 :48.82 1:14.25 1:40.76 1:54.88 $2 Exacta (2-3) Paid $37.40 $2 Trifecta (2-3-5) Paid $118.20 Winning Trainer: Olivares Luis Owner:Osed LLC

public opinion poll: BC The Morning After - please vote

Now that the second consecutive edition of The Breeders Cup at Santa Anita Park has been completed, a certain tune from my youth came to mind on Sunday morning. Pop singer Maureen McGovern had a hit in the 1970's called The Morning After which was featured in the 1973 blockbuster film The Poseidon Adventure. The words to that song went like this:

There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night

We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light

Leading into this year's edition the handicapping experts cautioned us to to once again expect racing conditions hospitable to European-based runners in 2009. They were right on the mark. There were no less than six race winners who last raced in Europe. The remaining eight Breeders Cup races were won by grassers or synthetics specialists. There was not a single Breeders Cup winner using a prep race on the dirt surface. And if it were not for Tapitsfly in the BC Juvenile Fillies Turf the eastern-based horses would have been shut out altogether!

And those are the facts. I have my own opinions on what went well and what did not during the two tumultuous years of focusing on thoroughbred racing in California. But this is a good opportunity do a bit of Sunday morning quarterbacking and gauge public opinion. The Breeders Cup in recent years has marketed itself as "the world thoroughbred championships" but we've yet to race even one edition across the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean. In lieu of a traveling show The Breeders Cup on a racetrack with synthetics materials "levels the playing field" in the words of European trainer John H.M. Gosden. What it has done actually is to put traditional American dirt racing thoroughbreds at at disadvantage. At the same time it has prevented meaningful divisional championships to be settled on the racetrack. What I would like to know what you the thoroughbred horse racing fan feels about these developments. This will be an inter-forum poll located at several precincts and will remain open for 30 days. Thank you for voting.

Friday:

Breeders Cup Marathon:	16Oct Dundalk	Man of Iron	($14.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf:	4Oct Belmont Park	Tapitsfly	($21.60 to win)
Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies:	9Oct Keeneland	She Be Wild	($16.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Turf:	4Oct Longchamp	Midday-GB	($6.60 to win)
Breeders Cup Informed Decision:	10Oct Keeneland	Informed Decision	($8.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Ladies Classic:	10Oct Santa Anita	Life is Sweet	($18.20 to win)

Saturday:

Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf:	4Oct Longchamp	Pounced	($6.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Turf Sprint:	8Sept Santa Anita	California Flag	($8.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Sprint:	3Oct Santa Anita	Dancing in Silks	($52.60 to win)
Breeders Cup Juvenile:	11Oct San Siro	Vale of York-Ire	($63.20 to win)
Breeders Cup Turf Mile:	3Oct Longchamps	Goldikova-Ire	($4.80 to win)
Breeders Cup "Dirt" Mile:	26Sept Turfway Park	Furthest Land	($44.60 to win)
Breeders Cup Turf:	4Oct Longchamp	Conduit-Ire	($3.80 to win)
Breeders Cup Classic:	10Oct Santa Anita	Zenyatta	($7.60 to win)

For visitors interested in finding the results here is a pie-chart of the early returns from the voting booth at the 110 vote mark. The actual percentages should now be visible after you have voted. Thanks for stopping in.