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Battle of Midway Euthanized Cont SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2019 TDN Q&A: NHC WINNER SCOTT COLES BATTLE OF MIDWAY By Lucas Marquardt EUTHANIZED On Feb. 10, Scott Coles, a 34-year-old futures trader from suburban Chicago, took down the most prestigious handicapping tournament in the country, the NTRA=s 20th National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas. It was an unlikely result. In a room full of seasoned tournament pros and lifelong handicappers--many of whom started playing well before Coles was born--it was a relative neophyte who won the NHC=s $800,000 first prize. Coles has only been handicapping seriously since American Pharoah=s Triple Crown run and has been playing tournaments for less that three years. But Coles=s victory was notable for another reason: he represents the demographic racing desperately needs to attract. That is, he=s a young, tech-savvy urban professional with some disposable income who is interested in the competitive and puzzle-solving aspects of horse playing. Last week, Coles sat down with the TDN and chatted about his profession, his handicapping, and why he Battle of Midway | ThoroStride Photo thinks racing needs to push tournaments more. Cont. p3 >TDN Rising Star= Battle of Midway (Smart Strike--Rigoletta, by Concerto), the 2017 GI Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile hero, broke IN TDN EUROPE TODAY down during a breeze at Santa Anita Saturday morning, FIRST-SEASON SIRE VERDICTS: CATHY GRASSICK shattering his right hind pastern. Blood-Horse was first to As part of a continuing series, bloodstock agent Cathy Grassick publicize the news, with co-owner Don Alberto Stable=s racing shares her predictions for leading first-season sire honours. Click manager Fernando Diaz-Valdes initially indicating to the or tap here to go straight to TDN Europe. publication that the outlook was bleak before later reporting that the 5-year-old had been euthanized. AHe gave us so much, and it=s such a terrible loss. We are devastated,@ Diaz-Valdes said when reached by TDN to confirm the reports. AWe were so excited about him. He was coming into peak form and we were excited for the future of this year--the Breeders= Cup, [G1] Dubai World Cup, you name it. We tried our best to save him, but the vet said there was nothing we could do. We had do what was best for the horse.@ Bred in Kentucky by Erik and Pavla Nygaard=s Thor-Bred Stables LLC, the $410,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling was runner-up in the 2017 GI Santa Anita Derby and a longshot third behind Always Dreaming (Bodemeister) in that year=s GI Kentucky Derby. After earning a first graded success in the GIII Affirmed S., he added an open-lengths tally in the Shared Belief S. and belied odds of 14-1 to upset Sharp Azteca (Freud) in the Dirt Mile at Del Mar. 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I get to finally including the GIII Native Diver S. in November and a gritty defeat get rid of a massive student-loan debt, which will be a big relief. of fellow >Rising Star= McKinzie (Street Sense) in a sloppy I am trying to just keep doing what I have always done in my life, renewal of the GII San Pasqual S. Feb. 2. He had since been but I also have a huge opportunity to represent this game for green-lighted for a run in the desert Mar. 30. the next year. I have done a lot of interviews, podcasts, radio In a statement released Saturday afternoon, Breeders= Cup shows, etc., and am just trying to enjoy it while I plan the rest of mourned the loss of Battle of Midway, saying: ABattle of Midway the year. was a gifted and extremely accomplished racehorse. We extend our deepest sympathies to Don Alberto Stable and WinStar LM: Was there a score during the NHC that you were Farm, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and all those who took care of particularly proud of? Battle of Midway during his brilliant racing career.@ SC: I think I was most proud of my game plan. I knew I wouldn=t be anywhere near the best handicapper at the tournament, with so many legends of the game competing. However, I knew that I © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. could use a lot of programs and attack it from a different angle. I This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any used everything from short fields and short prices to keep means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission accumulating points that I didn=t think others would be going of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the American after. I was also proud of winning after dropping to ninth place races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published by The Jockey Club Information Services and utilized with six races left to go at the final table. here with their permission. Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Scott Coles cont. LM: You currently work as a futures trader. Talk, if you would, LM: How were you first introduced to handicapping? about the details of the work you do, and if you=re able to transpose some of your skills to handicapping. SC: I just watched the Triple Crown on TV starting in high school, and then I got really serious the last five-plus years and really SC: I am part of a group of day traders inside of a big firm, and wanted to improve and do the work. I finally discovered the we trade a variety of different products for short periods of tournament world later in 2016 and really started putting my time. We are constantly coming up with ways to use research, focus on getting better at tournament play. apps and tools to make smarter decisions and capture opportunities in the markets. Horse racing is a natural transition to make. Tournaments are especially similar when you have to play so many races each day. You have to process as much information and data as you can as quickly as you can to make an optimal decision. LM: You mentioned playing poker. Are there some aspects of poker tournaments that you think racing tournaments could learn from? SC: I don=t play as much anymore, but I was very serious about it in college and law school. I think finding a way to get on TV more helps promote the game a ton. When you see someone win on ESPN, it inspires people to play. More tournaments, or some sort of lower stakes series that people can play in, would be another idea. There will be a lot of thought and talk about NHC winner Scott Coles how to draw more players as the year goes on. Cont. p5 BEST START AT STUD BY A KY DERBY WINNER SINCE SEATTLE SLEW WinStarFarm.com (859) 873-1717 Maria’s Mon - Supercharger, by A.P. Indy • $30,000 S&N TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 9 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Scott Coles cont. LM: Racing often struggles to reach the younger demographics.
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