2010 Breeders' Cup: Pre-Entries

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 10:03 AM EDT in Breeders' Cup

This morning the Breeders' Cup released the pre-entries for all fourteen races for this year's marquee thoroughbred event at at BreedersCup360.com. In all, a record 184 horses were pre-entered with several races receiving an overflow of nominations. The draw for the 2010 Breeders' Cup will take place next Tuesday, November 2nd at 10am eastern time at which time a maximum of fourteen horses will enter each race with up to two (2) alternate entries.

You can find a list of the pre-entries for Day 1 and Day 2 below the jump and I'll have some thoughts on the potential fields a little bit later. The potential alternate entries for each race (if any) are listed in order of preference by the Breeders' Cup.

Pre-Entries - Day 1

Marathon
	Horse	Trainer
	Eldaafer	Alvarado, Diane
	Temple City	Gaines, Carla
	A.U. Miner	Hanna, Clark
	Alcomo (BRZ)	Caramori, Eduardo
	Atoned	Howard, Neil
	*Awesome Gem	Dollase, Craig
	Bright Horizon (GB)	O'Brien, Aiden
	Gabriel's Hill	Benzel, Seth
	Giant Oak	Block, Chris
	Million Seller	Motion, Graham
	Precision Break	Cole, Paul
	Prince Will I Am	Nihei, Michelle
	Romp (ARG)	Mulhall, Kristen

*Awesome Gem has 1st preference in Dirt Mile

Juvenile Fillies Turf
	Horse	Trainer
	Winter Memories	Toner, James
	Kathmanblu	McPeek, Kenneth
	New Normal	Frostad, Mark
	Allure d'Amour	Pletcher, Todd
	Arch Support	Contessa, Gary
	Fancy Point	Phipps, William
	Flood Plain (GB)	Gosden, John
	*Jordy Y	Catalano, Wayne
	More Than Real	Pletcher, Todd
	Queit Oasis (IRE)	Meehan, Brian
	Together (IRE)	O'Brien, Aiden
	Tale Untold	Hannon, Richard
	#Theyskens' Theory	Meehan, Brian
	Wyomia Winter Memories	Vella, Daniel Toner, James
AE	Silent Joy	Nihei, Michelle
AE	Dos Lunas	Glenney, John
AE	Forest Legend	Oliver, Vicki
AE	Nina Fever	Ward, Wesley

*Jordy Y has 1st preference in Juvenile Filllies
#Theyskens' Theory has 1st preference in Juvenile Fillies

Filly & Mare Sprint
	Dubai Majesty	Calhoun, William
	Jessica Is Back	Wolfson, Martin
	Sweet August Moon	Koriner, Brian
	My Jen	Kenneally, Eddie
	Champagne d'Oro	Guillot, Eric
	*Evening Jewel	Cassidy, James
	Gabby's Golden Gal	Baffert, Bob
	Informed Decision	Sheppard, Jonathan
	Moontune Missy	Harty, Eoin
	Rightly So	Dutrow, Tony
	Sara Louise	bin Suroor, Saeed
	Secret Gypsy	Werner, Ronny
	Switch	Sadler, John
	#Unrivaled Belle	Mott, Willliam
AE	Reinterval (IRE)	Reed, Eric
AE	Qualia	Ribuado, Robert
AE	Tidal Pool	Lukas, D. Wayne
AE	Derwin's Star	Klesaris, Steven
AE	$Waveline	Cecil, Ben
AE	Double Espresso	Amoss, Tom
AE	First Passage	Wolfson, Martin
AE	Nicole H	Hushion, Michael

*Evening Jewel has 2nd preference in Ladies' Classic
#Unrivaled Belle has 1st preference in Ladies' Classic
$Waveline has 2nd preference in Turf Sprint

Juvenile Fillies
	Horse	Trainer
	A Z Warrior	Baffert, Bob
	Awesome Feather	Gold, Stanley
	Believe in A.P.	Dutrow, Richard
	Deilghtful Mary	Casse, Mark
	Harlan's Ruby	McPeek, Kenneth
	Indian Gracey	Hollendorfer, Jerry
	Izshelegal	Knight, Terry
	*Jordy Y	Catalano, Wayne
	Joyful Victory	Dutrow, Richard
	R Heat Lightning	Pletcher, Todd
	Soundwave	Werner, Ronny
	Tell a Kelly	Sadler, John
	#Theyskens' Theory	Meehan, Brian

*Jordy Y has 2nd preference in Juvenile Fillies Turf
#Theyskens' Theory has 2nd preference in Juvenile Fillies Turf

Filly & Mare Turf
	Horse	Trainer
	Éclair de Lune (GER)	McAnally, Ron
	Hibaayeb (GB)	bin Suroor, Saeed
	Forever Together	Sheppard, Jonathan
	Harmonious	Shirreffs, John
	Hot Cha Cha	Sims, Philip
	Keertana	Proctor, Thomas
	Midday (GB)	Cecil, Henry
	Miss Keller (IRE)	Attfield, Roger
	*Plumania (GB)	Fabre, Andre
	*Red Desire (JPN)	Matsunaga, Mikio
	Shared Account	Motion, Graham

*2nd preference in the Turf

Ladies' Classic
	Horse	Trainer
	Life At Ten	Pletcher, Todd
	Malibu Prayer	Pletcher, Todd
	Acoma	Carroll, David
	Acting Happy	Dutrow, Richard
	Blind Luck	Hollendorfer, Jerry
	*Evening Jewel	Cassidy, James
	Havre de Grace	Dutrow, Tony
	it's Tea Time	Arnold II, George
	Milwaukee Appeal	Fairlie, Scott
	Persistently	McGaughey III, Claude
	Seeking the Title	Stewart, Dallas
	#Unrivaled Belle	Mott, William

*Evening Jewel has 1st preference in Filly & Mare Sprint
#Unrivaled Belle has 2nd preference in Filly & Mare Sprint

Pre-Entries - Day 2

Juvenile Turf
	Horse	Trainer
	Air Support	McGaughey III, Claude
	$Rogue Romance	McPeek, Kenneth
	Pluck	Pletcher, Todd
	Banned	Proctor, Thomas
	*Biondetti	Al Zarooni, Mahmood
	Deciphering Dreams	Dutrow, Richard
	Dux Scholar (GB)	Stoute, Sir Michael
	#Madman Diaries	Ward, Wesley
	Major Gain	Catalano, Wayne
	Mantoba (GB)	Meehan, Brian
	Master of Hounds	O'Brien, Aiden
	Soldat	McLaughlin, Kiran
	Utley	Gosden, John
	Wilcox Inn	Stidham, Michael
AE	Typhoon Slew	Maker, Michael
AE	Rough Sailing	Stidham, Michael
AE	Silver Medallion	Brown, Chad
AE	Humble and Hungry	Correas, Ignacio

*Biondetti has 1st preference in the Juvenile
#Madman Diaries has 2nd preference in the Juvenile
$Rogue Romance has 1st preference in the Juvenile

Sprint
	Horse	Trainer
	Smiling Tiger	Bonde Jeffrey
	Big Drama	Fawkes, David
	Wise Dan	LoPresti, Charles
	Atta Boy Roy	Lund, Valerie
	Cash Refund	Margolis, Stephen
	Giolamo	bin Suroor, Saeed
	Hamazing Destiny	Lukas, D. Wayne
	*Kinsale King	O'Callaghan, Carl
	Pashito the Che	Lake, Scott
	Riley Tucker	Asmussen, Steven
	Supreme Summit	Puype, Mike
	Warrior's Reward	Wilkes, Ian

*Kinsale King has 2nd preference in the Turf Sprint

Turf Sprint
	Horse	Trainer
	Quick Enough	O'Neill, Doug
	Chamberlain Bridge	Calhoun, William
	Bridgetown	McPeek, Kenneth
	California Flag	Koriner, Brian
	Canadian Ballet	Rice, Linda
	Central City	Werner, Ronny
	Due Date	Margolis, Stephen
	Grand Adventure	Frostad, mark
	*Kinsale King	O'Callaghan, Carl
	Rose Catherine	Pletcher, Todd
	Silver Timber	Brown, Chad
	Stradivinsky	Dutrow, Richard
	Unzip Me	Jones, Martin
	#Tropic Storm	Dollase, Craig
AE	$Waveline	Cecil, Ben
AE	Ravalo	Barr, Donald
AE	lt. Hopeful	Armstrong, Janet
AE	Yield Bogey	Kelly, Patrick

*Kinsale King has 1st preference in the Sprint
#Tropic Storm has 2nd preference in the Dirt Mile
$Waveline has 1st prefeence in the Filly & Mare Sprint

Juvenile
	Horse	Trainer
	Jaycito	Mitchell, Mike
	J. B.'s Thunder	Stall Jr., Albert
	Uncle Mo	Pletcher, Todd
	Biondetti	Al Zarooni, Mahmoud
	Boys At Tosconova	Dutrow, Richard
	J P's Gusto	Hofmans, David
	Madman Diaries	Ward, Wesley
	Murjan	Miller, Darrin
	Riveting Reason	Cho, Myung Kwon
	Rogue Romance	McPeek, Kenneth
	Stay Thirsty	Pletcher, Todd

*Biondetti has 2nd preference in the Juvenile Turf
#Madman Diaries has 1st preference in the Juvenile Turf
$Rogue Romance has 2nd preference in the Juvenile Turf

Mile
	Horse	Trainer
	*Gio Ponti	Clement, Christophe
	Court Vision	Dutrow, Richard
	Beethoven (IRE)	O'Brien, Aiden
	Delegator (GB)	bin Suroor, Saeed
	Get Stormy	Bush, Thomas
	Goldikova (IRE)	Head, Frankie
	Paco Boy (IRE)	Hannon, Richard
	Proviso (GB)	Mott, William
	Sidney's Candy	Sadler, John
	Society's Chairman	Attfield, Roger
	The Usual Q.T.	Cassidy, James

*Gio Ponti has 1st preference in the Classic

Dirt Mile
	Horse	Trainer
	$Dakota Phone	Hollendorfer
	Mad Flatter	Thornbury
	*Awesome Gem	Dollase, Craig
	Cool Coal Man	Zito, Nick
	#Crown of Thorns	Mandella, Richard
	Gayego	bin Suroor, Saeed
	Here Comes Ben	LoPresti, Charles
	Hurricane Ike	Sadler, John
	Mine That Bird	Lukas, D. Wayne
	%Morning Line	Zito, Nick
	Theskyhasnolimit	Asmussen, Steven
	&Tropic Storm	Dollase, Craig
	Vineyard Haven	bin Suroor, Saeed
AE	Aikenite	Pletcher, Todd

*Awesome Gem has 2nd preference in the Marathon
#Crown of Thorns ahs 2nd preference in the Classic
$Dakota Phone has 2nd preference in the Classic
%Mornin Line has 1st preference in the Classic
&Tropic Storm has 1st preference in the Turf Sprint

Turf
	Horse	Trainer
	Champ Pegasus	Mandella, Richard
	Debussy (IRE)	Gosden, John
	Behkabad (FR)	Rouget, Jean-Claude
	Al Khali	Mott, William
	Dangerous Midge	Meehan, Brian
	*Paddy O'Prado	Romans, Dale
	#Plumania (GB)	Fabre, Andre
	$Red Desire (JPN)	Matsunaga, Mikio
	Telling	Hobby, Steve
	Winchester	Clement, Christophe
	Workforce (GB)	Stoute, Sir Michael

*Paddy O'Prado has 1st preference in the Classic
#Red Desire has 1st preference in the Filly & Mare Turf
$Plumania has 1st preference in the Filly & Mare Turf

Classic
	Horse	Trainer
	Blame	Stall, Jr., Albert
	*Crown of Thorns	Mandella, Richard
	#Dakota Phone	Hollendorfer, Jerry
	Espoir City (JPN)	Adachi, Akio
	Etched	McLaughlin, Kiaran
	First Dude	Romans, Dale
	Fly Down	Zito, Nick
	$Gio Ponti	Clement, Christophe
	Haynesfield	Asmussen, Steven
	Lookin At Lucky	Baffert, Bob
	Musket Man	Ryan, Derek
	&Paddy O'Prado	Romans, Dale
	Quality Road	Pletcher, Todd
	Zenyatta	Shirreffs, John
AE	%Morning Line	Zito, Nick
AE	Pleasant Prince	Ward, Wesley

*Crown of Thorns has 1st preference in the Dirt Mile
#Dakota Phone has 1st preference in the Dirt Mile
$Gio Ponti has 2nd preference in the Mile
&Paddy O'Prado has 2nd preference in the Turf
%Morning Line has 2nd preference in the Dirt Mile

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No great surprises here, although I thought Byword was coming over and never read where he was specifically not coming. I like him and wanted to see where he stacked up in the Classic.

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 11:52 AM EDT reply actions

I agree, he would have been an interesting horse to put into the mix

I’m a big surprised how soft the Turf came up – eleven entries, three of which have 1st preference in other races…possibly and 8-horse field…eh.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Classic trends

I found this on another site. If accurate, I like this type of info. We might want to repost it if we have a post devoted specifically to handicapping the Classic.

Positives
•All running styles can win but rally types preferred
•2nd is dominated by stalkers
•82% of 3rd place finishers are stalkers/closers
•60% of 4th are closers
•Wire types finish less than 20% in each of 2nd, 3rd and 4th slots
•Must have run a sharp last race + sharp Grade 1 race during campaign

Negatives
•Fave runs 1st-2nd 60%
•Less than three starts in the campaign
•No wins at 1 1/8 miles and up
•Never run at the 1 ¼ distance
•Posted a new Beyer/BRIS top figure in previous race (unless a 3 year old)
•Travers winners are 0-12
•Gelding

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

Great info!

We’ll definitely incorporate some info like that into some of the preview posts.

Travers winners 0-for-12…never would have guessed that.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Texas Rangers

There’s a first for everything :)

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Afleet Express

…but not this year again!

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

As a Seattle Mariners fan..

I certain hope so!

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Man O Man

My horse is back, Champagne D’Oro. I have bet that horse so often, then on I think Belmont day, I didn’t see her in a race and she wins at a price around 40-1. I wouldn’t be surprised to see long odds again. I may have to go put 10 on her just to make sure the streak continues of me putting bets on her, and she turns around and loses lol.

by btalbert29 on Oct 27, 2010 12:31 PM EDT reply actions

The F&M Sprint is going to be pure anarchy

I took just a brief look at the PPs and the amount of talent and speed in that race is insane.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

PPs

let us know when DRF has early PPs posted….

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions

They are available now

Here’s the link (DRF BC Advance)

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I forgot to add “for free.”

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, if I see any I'll let you know.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Equibase

Do you know if Equibase has advanced for the Breeders Cup? I have an account with them.

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't know if they do.

The only ones I know of (right now) are DRF and Brisnet. I’ve been using the free Brisnet PPs for the last few weeks.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Brisnet

I wouldn’t imagine there are free early PPs right now for BC? I use the free ones A LOT throughout the year, off the http://horsehats.com site.

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions

You're probably right...

I hadn’t checked over there recently. They probably switched over to the “for a charge” PPs before the pre-entries came out.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm going to

Bet her for sure. The one time I didn’t do it, I got burnt. I typically put about 10 to win on her and that day she was I think 49-1. I was extremely upset that I overlooked her in that race. I’m not sure what I’ve always loved betting her, but just always had this feeling would pay off. lol it would have.

by btalbert29 on Oct 27, 2010 1:04 PM EDT reply actions

Well, you gotta bet her at the BC

cause you can’t let her get away twice!

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions

oop

39-1

by btalbert29 on Oct 27, 2010 1:09 PM EDT reply actions

Gio Ponti

I kind of hope he does run the Classic, it’s another big name to take some money from Blame and Lucky. I read someone yesterday said they don’t think Blame has much of a chance?!? I was thinking had to be a Zenyatta fan just disregarding every other horse, but I would think he and Lucky are going to see a pretty good price, especially if Gio Ponti runs too.

by btalbert29 on Oct 27, 2010 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

I'm really curious as to how the betting breaks down in the Classic

I think Quality Road might be the horse that goes off at the most surprising price…don’t know why, just a hunch. Oddly enough, in Europe, most of their bookmakers have Lucky as the co-favorite with Zenyatta.

I’m not sure how anyone could think Blame doesn’t have much of a chance – I’d be shocked if one of the Big 4 doesn’t win the Classic.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Surprising as in

He’ll be the favorite, or he won’t take on much money? I first was thinking lucky would see some longer odds, but sounds like he may end up bring in a good bit of money. I agree with you on the big 4, just not sure which one to go with. I dont’ really want to bet Zenyatta just for value sake. I don’t care about the Travers winner being 0-12 in the Classic and I have bet Lucky all year long, so I likely will put something down on him. But if Quality Road and Blame see longer odds, I don’t know that I could avoid putting money on either of them. Sound wishy washy enough lol? This is my problem. I really like one then I go to another.

by btalbert29 on Oct 28, 2010 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he'll be a bit higher on the board...

not a huge number, but of the big 4 I think he’ll end up with the highest odds. Could be wrong…just a feeling I have.

It’s really tough to come up with one pick in the Classic; I haven’t been able to decide how I’m going to try and attack that race. I’ll definitely punch all four on my Pick 4 ticket, although I’d love to go skinny in the Classic so I can go deeper in the Dirt Mile.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 28, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm probably just going to make a

few win bets through out the day and maybe do some daily doubles. Hit a few of those and it could be a pretty good day. I think I’m down to Lucky and Blame for the Classic. I may pick one of them and do 10 WPS, and put my standard 10 on Champagne D’Oro.

by btalbert29 on Oct 28, 2010 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

The great thing about the BC

is you really only need to hit one race to bring in some decent cash.

I like playing the doubles on BC weekend, as well. Like you said, cash a couple of those and you’ll be looking pretty good.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 28, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Fly Down and First Dude

So then you get into – what about these guys? Yeah, they are 3YO but First Dude doesn’t know that – he just knows how to count (“…hm there’s first place, i need to be behind him and in front of the others.”)

My sleeper here is Fly Down. He’s run some good races and he is just ready to pop. You know he can go the distance and he can finish – that leaves jockey positioning as a BIG KEY. He and Zenyatta will run 95% the same style race.

by Swale on Oct 27, 2010 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

I know it's not his first choice

But for some reason, I am quite intrigued by Awesome Gem potentially going in the marathon. He’s tried everything else in his career, why the heck not!

by LAEagle on Oct 27, 2010 4:29 PM EDT reply actions

He'd have as good of a shot as most in that race.

And he probably fits that race just as well as he does the Dirt Mile.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions

As an FYI,

The Breeders’ Cup has slightly changed the race order on both day 1 and day 2 and I’ve posted the changes to the front page. The most significant of the moves is switching the Sprint and the Dirt Mile on Saturday, which takes the Sprint out of the Pick Six sequence. While most of us aren’t Pick Six players, I still find it interesting that this change was made. I’m guessing that it’s due to the fact that the Dirt Mile will likely feature a full field of 14 while the Sprint is probably going to be 12, at most.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

by Matt Gardner on Oct 27, 2010 5:16 PM EDT reply actions