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Well this has certainly been an interesting year to say the least in thoroughbred horse racing.  You had Big Brown flopping in the Belmont after capturing the first 2 legs of the Triple Crown, the death of Eight Belles, Curlin losing to Red Rocks, Manzo hitting the Tri in the Mass Cap, in other words – it was a year of the unexpected in 2008 and this weekend it all comes to a close with the running of the Breeders Cup at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA.  Today is day 1 aka “Ladies Day” of the event as the females take to the track for 5 BC races culminating with the “Ladies Classic”, which is not an undergarment, but the 1 1/8 mile, $2 million finale headlined by undefeated Zenyatta (named after a “Police” album) at 3-5.   Should be a great weekend of racing, although a tough one to handicap as many of these horses are trying the Santa Anita synthetic “pro-ride” surface for the first time.   Let’s just hope we hit a few races and our bank accounts don’t take too much of a hit like it has in year’s past.  Ok - first race today is at 3:15, so hopefully your boss doesn’t mind you following along/gambling from work.  Also be sure to check the blog tomorrow morning, assuming we have any money left, when it starts all over again at 1:00 with 9 more races, including the Turf, the Classic and the “Degenerate Race”, which is the meaningless race after the BC Classic which nobody bets except true degenerates and nobody covers except The Stool.

Good luck and enjoy the weekend.

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