Handicapping JC Gold Cup

Might do it in the morning. Play a ticket or two.

Based on won-loss record, class, breeding, owner, etc. should Blame be the 1-5 favorite? I like to consider the trainer factor, and the training. How fair is it to this horse to have one 4f work in the 13 days before a 1.25 mile race. Can the horse possibly compete based on the training nonsense on paper?

He did August 7 in the Whitney. Yet watching that race, won by a head over Quality Road, looks to me as if the horse is running on fumes and guts down the stretch instead of strength and conditioning. Big strong fast horse that can breathe trained by an .....

Do you put your money own on anything trained by Albert Stall? Dutrow and Baffert have horses in the race. I'd have to look at them seriously.

Training:

Wed. 9/18: 3 x 4f at about 85% riderless + 10 min. walk under tack in near dark in the pasture.

Thurs. Off. Trainer has tooth pulled. Feeling poorly.