One of these 3 is going to win the Classic.

Accelerate

McKinzie

Mind Your Biscuits



Sim-Sala-Bim!

Good point. Even for the future wagers, he got bet down from 12-1 to 9-1 in the last 5 minutes of pool 2. If he’s in the race, I’m thinking 5-1 is a possibility.

After watching Pavel relish the Churchill strip winning the Foster, I would NOT count him out against any bunch. He will be a nice price, too.

I could be way off but I rank it:

A: Accelerate
B: Catholic Boy, Yoshida, Thunder Snow
C: West Coast, Pavel

I’m not even considering McKinzie or Mind Your Biscuits. But I also routinely botch my handicapping of some of these big races. I’m a little disappointed Diversify is out since I think it could have helped some of the late runners.

CLASSIC

Accelerate (John Sadler) 3-1
West Coast (Bob Baffert) 5-1
Catholic Boy (Jonathan Thomas) 6-1
McKinzie (Bob Baffert) 6-1
Mind Your Biscuits (Chad Summers) 8-1 ~ SPR/2
Roaring Lion (John Gosden) 12-1 ~ TUR/2
Yoshida (Bill Mott) 12-1
Mendelssohn (Aidan O'Brien) 15-1
Thunder Snow (Saeed bin Suroor) 15-1
City of Light (Michael McCarthy) 20-1 ~ DM/1
Axelrod (Michael McCarthy) 30-1
Discreet Lover (Uriah St. Lewis) 30-1
Pavel (Doug O'Neill) 30-1
Lone Sailor (Tom Amoss) 50-1 ~ DM/2

Also Eligible (In Order Of Preference):
Bravazo (D. Wayne Lukas) 30-1 ~ DM/1
Gunnevera (Antonio Sano) 20-1
Seeking the Soul (Dallas Stewart) 30-1 ~ DM/2
Collected (Bob Baffert) 20-1
Toast of New York (Jamie Osborne) 30-1


DISTAFF

Monomoy Girl (Brad Cox) 2-1
Abel Tasman (Bob Baffert) 4-1
Midnight Bisou (Steve Asmussen) 5-1
Blue Prize (Ignacio Correas) 8-1
Vale Dori (Bob Baffert) 10-1
Wow Cat (Chad Brown) 12-1
Champagne Problems (Ian Wilkes) 15-1
La Force (Paddy Gallagher) 15-1
Verve's Tale (Barclay Tagg) 20-1
Wonder Gadot (Mark Casse) 20-1
Mopotism (Doug O'Neill) 30-1 ~ FMS/2
Fuhriously Kissed (Anthony Quartarolo) 50-1 ~ FMT/1


TURF

Enable (John Gosden) 6-5
Roaring Lion (John Gosden) 6-1 ~ CLS/1
Waldgeist (Andre Fabre) 8-1
Crystal Ocean (Michael Stoute) 10-1
Channel Maker (Bill Mott) 15-1
Magical (Aidan O'Brien) 15-1 ~ FMT/2
Robert Bruce (Chad Brown) 15-1
Talismanic (Andre Fabre) 15-1
Glorious Empire (James Lawrence) 20-1
Hi Happy (Todd Pletcher) 20-1
Arklow (Brad Cox) 30-1
Hunting Horn (Aidan O'Brien) 30-1
Sadler's Joy (Tom Albertrani) 30-1
Quarteto de Cordas (Ian Wilkes) 50-1

Also Eligible (In Order Of Preference):
Liam the Charmer (Michael McCarthy) 30-1


F&M TURF

Wild Illusion (Charlie Appleby) 7-2
Sistercharlie (Chad Brown) 4-1
Magical (Aidan O'Brien) 5-1
Magic Wand (Aidan O'Brien) 6-1
Fourstar Crook (Chad Brown) 8-1
A Raving Beauty (Chad Brown) 12-1 ~ Mile
Eziyra (Dermot Weld) 15-1
Princess Yaiza (Gavin Cromwell) 15-1
Santa Monica (Chad Brown) 20-1
Athena (Aidan O'Brien) 30-1
Mom's On Strike (Joe Sharp) 30-1
Paved (Michael McCarthy) 30-1
Smart Choice (Todd Pletcher) 30-1
Thais (Chad Brown) 30-1

Also Eligible (In Order Of Preference):
Fuhriously Kissed (Anthony Quatarolo) 50-1 ~ DIS/2


MILE

Polydream (Freddie Head) 4-1
Expert Eye (Michael Stoute) 5-1
Oscar Performance (Brian Lynch) 6-1
Gustav Klimt (Aidan O'Brien) 10-1
I Can Fly (Aidan O'Brien) 10-1
Happily (Aidan O'Brien) 12-1
Lightning Spear (David Simcock) 12-1
One Master (William Haggas) 12-1
A Raving Beauty (Chad Brown) 15-1 ~ FMT/1
Analyze It (Chad Brown) 15-1
Catapult (John Sadler) 15-1
Next Shares (Richard Baltas) 15-1
Hunt (Phil D'Amato) 30-1
Mustashry (Michael Stoute) 15-1

Also Eligible (In Order Of Preference):
Almanaar (Chad Brown) 30-1
Divisidero (Kelly Rubley) 30-1
Clemmie (Aidan O'Brien) 20-1
Qurbaan (Kiaran McLaughlin) 20-1
Great Wide Open (Murphy) 30-1
Hembree Mike Maker) 30-1 ~ T-SPR/1

Sharp Samurai knocked out with throat infection.. Shadwell's Mustashry (Stoute) in officially and with A Raving Beauty likely in the FMT, Almanaar (Brown and Shadwell as well) would get in too..

Bravazo officially to the Dirt Mile, so with City of Light expected there as well, Gunnevara will make the Classic. Seeking the Soul next in if Lone Sailor goes Dirt Mile..

Lone Sailor chooses Classic..

Only knock on McKenzie is lack of racing. However it is Baffert and Smith on a lightly raced very fast horse and that is a valuable combination at 6-1 M/L.

Also Mac (107) and Buisquits (108) have the last highest Beyers. :)