Molesap Wrote:
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> In the last couple of years, the most obvious
> horse that comes to mind is Domestic Spending. He
> came into the Mile last year off a 448 day layoff.
> I know he was pulled up after breaking his pelvis
> (I saw that he was released from the hospital last
> year in December, but do not know what happened to
> him since). So obviously, that did not go as
> planned. In 2021, Kimari came into the Turf Sprint
> off a 217 day layoff and ran in the middle of the
> pack at 8/1. Note that the Turf Sprint has a
> number of winners off layoffs of 147 days or more
> – Mizdirection (twice – 160 and 147), Stormy
> Liberal (147), and Belvoir Bay (148), so lengthy
> layoffs are not a concern with that race
> apparently. Also, Blue Stripe had 189 days off
> prior to running 7th in the 2021 Distaff. So those
> type of layoffs are rare, but not unheard of.
>
> Longest Layoff Winners in Breeders’ Cup Saturday
> Races
> Invasor - Classic - 92 days
> Magician - Turf - 142 days
> Marche Lorraine - Distaff - 86 days
> Last Tycoon – Mile – 72 days
> Precisionist – Sprint – 132 days
> Sistercharlie – F+M Turf – 84 days
> City of Light and Cody’s Wish – Dirt Mile –
> 70 days
> Mizdirection – Turf Sprint – 160 days (also
> won off 147 days)
> Judy the Beauty – F+M Sprint – 76 days


Stormy Liberal and Belvoir Bay -- Peter Miller trainer. Just saying.