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In this issue: Race/Wagering Menu – Page 1 Things I Love about the Breeders’ Cup – Page 4 The Cynical Guide to the Breeders’ Cup – Page 6 Keys to Success in Santa Anita Turf Sprints – Page 8 Post Position Analysis from TimeformUS – Page 12 Tonalist Tries to Duplicate A.P. Indy – Page 13 Handicapping the Classic in Two Minutes – Page 14 Mike Mayo Tribute – Page 19 The Horseplayer Monthly October/Breeders’ Cup Issue will live up to its moniker or ‘the best bet in sports’ ” Each Breeders' Cup World Championships race will feature a maximum of 14 horses and wagering interests with the exception of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, which is limited to There will be a total of 10 races (four Breeders' Cup races) 12 starters. In addition to the standard Win, Place and Show on the Championship Friday program and 12 races on betting, there will be Exacta and Trifecta wagering on every Championship Saturday (9 Breeders' Cup races). race and rolling Pick 3 wagers beginning with the first race Championship Friday begins at 11:25 a.m. Pacific Time with and continuing through all races on both Championship five undercard races. Champion Saturday first post is 10:15 Friday and Championship Saturday. Among the featured a.m. PT and also begins with three undercards races. wagers this year are: The first Championships race on Breeders’ Cup Friday will Breeders’ Cup Pick 5’s with a fifty-cent minimum bet value be the $1,000,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2:25 p.m.); and a 14% takeout. The wager will be offered on the first followed by the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (3:05 five races each day and will give players a chance to cash a p.m.); the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (3:50 large bet for a small investment. The wager may carryover p.m.); and the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff from Friday to Saturday and also from Saturday to Sunday. (4:35 p.m.). There will be an Ultra Pick Six starting with the Last year’s Saturday Pick 5 handled $6,438,510 and paid Twilight Derby (race 4) and concluding with the Distaff (race $23,665 for a fifty cent wager. 9). The Las Vegas Marathon Stakes follows the Distaff at Friday's Ultra Pick 6 will have a guaranteed gross pool of 5:10 p.m. $750,000 and Saturday's Ultra Pick 6 will feature a $2.5 On Championship Saturday, first post time is 10:15 a.m., million guaranteed gross pool. If no one hits the Friday Ultra starting with the Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes, the Golden Pick 6, the pool will carry over into Saturday's Ultra Pick 6. State Juvenile Stakes and the Ken Maddy Stakes. The order The wager may also carryover from Saturday’s program into of the Breeders’ Cup Saturday races is as follows: $2 million Sunday. In such case, the Pick 6 would be a mandatory 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (12:05 p.m.); payout on Santa Anita’s closing day program on Sunday, $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (12:43 p.m.); $1 November 2nd. Last year, Friday’s Pick 6 paid $106,839 for a million DraftKings Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (1:21 $2 wager. Saturday’s Pick 6 paid $47,516. p.m.); $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (2:05 p.m.); $2 Breeders’ Cup race days continues to offer some of million Sentient Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (2:45 p.m.), $3 racing’s highest payouts. Trifecta and Sueprfectas continue million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (3:23 p.m.); $1.5 million to pay huge dividends. Last year saw $1 trifectas pay Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (4:02); $2 million Breeders' $3,710, $2,810 and $2,619. Superfecta payouts were Cup Mile (4:45 p.m.) and the $5 million Breeders' Cup $27,889, $17,140 and $14,718 for a $1 bet. Classic (5:35 p.m.). There will be an Ultra Pick Six with a A Special Daily Double wager linking the Breeders' Cup guaranteed gross pool of $2.5 million beginning with the Distaff (race 9) on Friday to the Breeders' Cup Classic (race Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (race 7) and concluding with the 12) on Saturday will again be offered. Breeders’ Cup Classic (race 12). Other Wagering Highlights this year are: The Pick 4, with a This year's wagering menu on the 13 Breeders' Cup races 50-cent minimum, continues to be a fan favorite bet at the features an abundance of wagering opportunities including Breeders' Cup. Friday's late Pick 4 (races 6-9) will have a two Ultra Pick Sixes, a low takeout fifty cent Pick 5, 10-cent guaranteed pool of $1,500,000. On Saturday, there will be Superfectas, 50-cent Trifectas, Pick 3’s , Pick 4’s and Pick two guaranteed Pick 4s. The early all Championships Pick 4 5’s, a Breeders' Cup Distaff/Classic daily double and two (races 4-7) will have a $1,500,000 guaranteed gross pool Super High 5 wagers. and the late all Championships Pick 4 (races 9-12) will have "The Breeders’ Cup offers the best betting value of the a $3,000,000 million gross pool. The Friday Pick 4 last year year for horseplayers around the globe,” said Ken Kirchner, paid $29,725 for a fifty cent wager. President of FalKirk International and the manager of the Here will again be a Super High Five wager on both the Breeders' Cup wagering and simulcasting operations for the Breeders' Cup Distaff and the Breeders' Cup Classic. Bettors last 19 years. “With outstanding fields of Grade 1 are required to select the first five finishing places on one competitors and low priced betting options like fifty cent ticket. If no one hits the Super High Five on Friday the pool trifectas and Pick 3s, Pick 4 and Pick 5s, the Championships will carry over to Saturday's and if no one hits the Saturday yield some of the highest pari-mutuel payouts of the year. (continued on next page) The outstanding full fields will ensure that this year’s event THE HORSEPLAYER MONTHLY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE HORSEPLAYERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA High Five, it will carry into Sunday. The bet minimum for 7. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (gr. I) 2:05 pm WPS this wager is fifty cents. EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 6 2014 BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS POST TIME 8. $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) 2:44 AND WAGERING SCHEDULE pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD All Times Pacific 9. $3 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. I) 3:23 pm Friday, October 31 WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4 1. Allowance 11:25 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 5 10. $1.5 million Xpressbet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) 4:02 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD 2. Allowance 12:00 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD 11. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. I) 4:45 pm WPS EX 3. GS Juv. Fillies Stakes 12:35 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 TRI SUPER DD DD Pick 4 12. $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) 5:35 pm WPS EX 4. Twilight Derby 1:10 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD TRI SUPER Sup Hi 5 Pick 6 Friday’s Pick 5, Super Hi 5 and Pick 6 may carryover to 5. Damascus Stakes 1:45 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Saturday. Each wager may also carryover to Sunday November 2nd. 6. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. I) 2:25 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4 Special Classic Daily Double on Friday race 9 and Saturday race 12, Distaff and Classic. 7. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) 3:05 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 4 BET MINIMUMS 8. $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. I) 3:50 $2.00 - WIN, PLACE, SHOW, DAILY DOUBLE, PICK 6, p.m. WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 $1.00 - EXACTA, CLASSIC DAILY DOUBLE, 9. $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I) 4:35 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER Special DD Sup Hi 5 $.50 - TRIFECTA, PICK 3, PICK 4, PICK 5, SUPER HI 5 10. $200,000 Las Vegas Marathon Stakes (GII) 5:10 pm $.10 - SUPERFECTA WPS EX TRI SUPER Guaranteed Pools Saturday, November 1 Friday: 1. Juvenile Turf Sprint 10:15 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 5 Pick 5: $500,000 (races 1-5) 2. Golden State Juvenile 10:50 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK Pick 6: $750,000 (races 4-9) 3 DD Pick 4: $1,500,000 (races 6-9) 3. Ken Maddy Stakes 11:25 am WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Saturday: Opening Ceremonies Pick 5: $750,000 (races 1-5) 4. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) 12:04 pm Pick 4 $1,500,000 (races 4-7) WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD PICK 4 Pick 6: $2,500,000 (races 7-12) 5. $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. I) 12:43 pm WPS EX TRI SUPER PICK 3 DD Pick 4: $3,000,000 (races 9-12) 6. $1 million DraftKings Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Breeders’ Cup Press Release) (gr.