Breeder's Cup Classic

Avoid putting down too much hard earned cash on the RR Blog pick for winner of the BC Classic since this comes with absolutely zero following of the horses, and without looking at PPs, although I've seen a race and a vid here and there, and weirdly I am thinking this is an easy choice. RR BC Classic pick at bottom of page.

Then there's this.

http://www.oaklawn.com/horseman-bios/bios/charles-scooter-dickey/

The trainer of Wind Flyer, and Flat Out. I saw Wind Flyer run at Ak Sar Ben and decline betting on any horse trained by the trainer of Wind Flyer. Dickey trained at Ak Sar Ben. Nothing against him. Nothing for him. Typical Ak Sar Ben trainer. Every once in a while one of these old goats will come up with a horse. My thought is that Flat Out will be short.

Then there's So You Think, winner of 5 million+, impressive race record and trained by the killer of George Washington. I don't think so.

This might be a fairly easy call that will come into focus on hindsight. There's a horse in this race by a trainer whose training I've termed just below the minimum to achieve fracture resistance, yet this horse is still here. That's a caveat. But this horse can out foot any of these and only reason you'd decline picking him as a runaway is the thought that he might be short. Trouble with that is the trainer of this horse is pretty smart, and I'd think the horse would be trained to go the distance. At any rate, I also believe a horse that can do a mile in 1:33 can have his nose in front for 1.25 miles on that mile conditioning alone. As always, fear the sawed off trainer with the white hair, but this seems an easy call: Uncle Mo.