Thursday, November 5, 2009

2009 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic

Even without Zenyatta, this year's ladies Classic is shaping up to be an excellent race with a strong field.

Post Horse Jockey Trainer Odds
1. Careless Jewel Robert Landry Josie Carroll 2-1
2. Life is Sweet Garrett Gomez John Shirreffs 8-1
3. Mushka Kent Desormeaux William Mott 12-1
4. Lethal Heat Alex Solis Barry Abrams 20-1
5. Proviso John Velazquez Robert Frankel 8-1
6. Cocoa Beach Richard Migliore Saeed bin Suroor 8-1
7. Music Note Rajiv Maragh Saeed bin Suroor 9-5
8. Rainbow View Julien Leparoux John Gosden 6-1

#2 Life is Sweet is the forgotten horse in this year's Lady Classic. She has been a disapponitment after winning 3 in a row in Spring this year. She only managed to finish 4th in her last 2 races but both time were beaten by Zenyatta. After taking a closer look at her past performance, I noticed there is alot going for her in this race. Life is Sweet is 2 for 2 at the 1 1/8 M distance, she is also 3 for 4 at Santa Anita. Life is sweet is training well in the morning after her last race. If she can ran back to her Spring form, she will be in the top 3 at the finish.

There is a lot of reasons to like #1 Careless Jewel, she is Canadian own, train and will be ridden by a Canadian jockey. Careless Jewel had won 5 in a row coming into the Lady Classic and is the 2nd best 3 year old filly in North American behind Rachel Alexandra. I am not crazy about the 1 hole and would like to see a better odds than 2-1 in this very competitve field.

I don't understand how #4 Lethal Heat is listed as 20-1 on the ML. Lethal Heat is winless in 7 starts this years but she owns 3 2nd and 3 3rd place finished. She finished 2nd to Zenyatta in her last race and she loves the pro-ride surface. Lethal Heat may not be good enough to win this race, but she is a must use on all exotic wagers.

#7 Music Note is the stronger of the Godolphin entries and is in the best form of her career. She own the best beyers in this field and had won her last 2 with a combine of 7.5 length. If she can handle the pro-ride surface, everyone is running for 2nd money.

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