BC360 Contributor Archive
Jeremy Plonk
Betting the Breeders’ Cup
3:00 am, 11.03.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged Blogs, Lessons, Wagering
It’s feast or famine on racing’s richest day. For horseplayers, I’ve learned that you either have it, or you don’t, when playing the Breeders’ Cup.
Once Is Never Enough
5:41 pm, 10.26.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged Blogs, Lessons, Sprint Division
Just because something worked last year does not mean it will work again this year.
Nearctic Analysis
10:30 pm, 10.17.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged BC Challenge, Field Commission, Nearctic Stakes, Turf Sprint Division, Video Analysis, Woodbine
Field Commission has the right style to finish in a downhill turf sprint at Oak Tree.
Some Trainers Prefer To Be in the Dark
6:00 am, 10.16.09 / 4 Comments / Tagged Blogs, Lessons, Pro-Ride, Santa Anita, Statistics, Synthetic Surfaces
Don’t be surprised if many contenders put in their final major workouts at home before traveling to California.
Bourbon Analysis
8:20 pm, 10.11.09 / Comment / Tagged Bourbon Stakes, Interactif, Juvenile Turf Division, Keeneland, Video Analysis
Interactif has shown the ability to put away competitors and win by daylight on the turf.
Woodford Analysis
7:10 pm, 10.10.09 / Comment / Tagged Keeneland, Mr. Nightlinger, Silver Timber, Turf Sprint Division, Video Analysis, Woodford Stakes
The added distance of the Turf Sprint may be a tough challenge for Silver Timber.
Mazarine Stakes Analysis
6:35 pm, 10.10.09 / Comment / Tagged Biofuel, Juvenile Fillies Division, Mazarine Stakes, Video Analysis, Woodbine
Biofuel rocketed from last-to-first to finish in an impressive final time of 1:44 2/5.
Taking Out the Garbage
3:49 pm, 10.05.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged Blogs, Europeans, International, Lessons, Santa Anita, Statistics
Much of what we’ve thought we’ve known about the Europeans at the Breeders’ Cup has been hyperbole and conjecture; don’t get hung up on time-honored “truths.”
From Dehere to D’Funnybone
11:57 am, 09.28.09 / Comment / Tagged Blogs, D'Funnybone, Juvenile Division, Lessons
It’s the month or two leading up to the Juvenile that catapults horses into hyperbole.
Gallant Bloom Analysis
6:00 pm, 09.26.09 / Comment / Tagged Belmont Park, Filly and Mare Sprint Division, Gallant Bloom Handicap, Indian Blessing, Sara Louise, Video Analysis
Indian Blessing, having shaken off her Dubai hangover, heads to the BC in fine order.

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