2009 Breeders' Cup Turf (G1)

His race in the BC was just awesome. Sitting there in the grandstand at Santa Anita, we were all saying he was done. The way he came back to the entire field, Conduit swooped by him, but then he fought hard and didn't let anyone else past him was just unbelievable. It's not anything I've seen before in racing. It created quite a buzz on track... and everyone was really buzzing after the next race... saying we had just seen two amazing races in a row.

It was great to see Conduit repeat... but Presious Passion was simply awesome... probably the second best performance of the day.

I didn't bet this race because I thought Conduit was to difficult to beat and too short of a price. I've never been a big Presious Passion fan because the race's he's lost has been because he ran himself out of the race, and you never know when he's going to do that. But I will give credit where it's due, when he started coming back to the trailer's, I thought he was cooked and the filly Dar Re Mi and Spanish Moon would go right on by him. But, to his credit, he showed a ton of heart in the race digging down and fighting Conduit all the way to the line. And Conduit is a great champion, so that was no easy task for Presious Passion given the early fraction's he set himself.

Day for overseas turf repeaters. First it was Goldikova, then Conduit did the deed in the BC Turf. Presious Passion brought his "A" game but was run down by a better horse.

Conduit (1st) - $3.80, $3, $2.20
Presious Passion (2nd) - $5, $3.80
Dar Re Mi (3rd) - $3
Spanish Moon (4th)

$1 Exacta - $12.80
$1 Trfiecta - $40.30
.10 cent Superfecta - $6.73