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Cutting-Edge ideas often imitated but never duplicated.
Although it hasn't been updated in years, it remains effective.
Quality is often reflected on the tote board. Horses that are long odds in the preps usually have to run above themselves to convince their connections that they belong in the Breeders Cup. However regression after a career top is quite common. This is an attempt to identify horses who are susceptible to regression. Or to identify the horses that simply have no chance at all.
- The entrant must have finished in the money in their last start.
- The entrant must have made a minimum of 4 starts in the current season.
- The entrant must have won a race at 6f furlongs in the current season.
- The entrant must have won at least one Graded Stakes race in the current season.
- The entrants last prep race must have come on the dirt.
- Must have earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure minimum in their final start before the Sprint.
- Cannot have run 10 Beyer points higher in their last start than their previous career best.
- The entrant must have started lower than 10/1 in their last race.
Use history when Handicapping. The cumulative record in the Sprint of horses eliminated by these factors are
148 starts 0 Wins.
Tidbits from Kennedy's Corridor
Breeders Sprint Tidbit
- Wire horses from outside posts (12+)
- Strong bullet work, great recent form
- 106 Beyer/109 BRIS in one of last two preps
- 109+ Beyer lifetime
Eliminate
- Deep closers to win
- Less than 4 prep races
- No race at 6 furlongs during the year
Summary:
- Run 4 to 8 times this year
- Finished in the first 2 in a graded race last time
- Posted an RPR of 112+ last time out
- Had won over 6F
- Won a grade 1 or 2 over 6 or 7 furlongs
- Finished in the first 4 in a grade 1
