Re: Turf Condition & Weather At SA (597 Views)
Posted by:
HP (IP Logged)
Date: October 23, 2003 09:18AM
What is the "right kind" of Euro for SA?
There have been four BC turf races at SA (two Miles and two Turfs). Euros won one Mile (Last Tycoon - a sprinter stretching out for the first time) and finished second in the other (Ski Paradise).
In both cases, the horses ran on or near the lead (neither was ever more than two lengths from the front). So maybe that's the kind of Euro you want on the relatively hard turf.
Horses that last ran at Belmont and Santa Anita occupied every other in-the-money spot in these races, except Fourstars Allstar (Laurel).
In the Turf, in '86 Dancing Brave was the big Euro (0.50-1) and ran fourth after breaking a bit slow. In 93, Opera House was 4.10-to-1 and ran early with Luazar (who finished third) before fading to sixth. In both editions of the SA Turf, stone closers fared poorly, and they haven't done very well in the SA Miles either. Even in-the-money finishers that have come from 13th to close for 2nd are in touch with the pace and not completely out of it.
Horses that last ran at Belmont and Santa Anita occupied every other in-the-money spot in these races, except Fourstars Allstar (Laurel).
This is what I'm looking at to try to separate the contenders. Good luck to all.
HP
