Super Saturday

[Calzone Lord]

I'll be at Belmont for it this year.

Inspired partially by a long rant about the importance of Super Saturday at this time last year when we first started dating... my girlfriend got me two tickets to the 49ers at Jets tickets on Sunday, the day after.

Obviously this years Jockey Club Gold Cup is a farcry from a Skip Away VS Cigar match-up as an event ... but the race has produced the last 3 Breeders Cup Classic winners when the Classic has been run on dirt.

Five Grade 1's and a Grade 2 at Belmont that day -- and five Grade 1's at Santa Anita as well (The Awesome Again, The Zenyatta, The Chandelier, The Rodeo Drive, and The Frontrunner Stakes ... nice job renaming your races SA )

Obviously the other major racing day is the following Saturday, October 6th.

Of course the Breeders Cup was always the biggest and best betting day of the year -- but it's an action day and a lot of the horses that run in it are laid off afterwards.

Generally speaking, the two most important days of the entire year for a horse bettor are Super Saturday and the following Saturday. That's when the vast majority of BC entrants make their final prep. If you do a good job breaking down those races after they have been run and if you've paid any attention to the sport at all during the year -- you will do at least a good job betting over the course of the Breeders Cup.


My other birthday gifts from my girlfriend included a Randy Moss jersey (I gotta say, the 49ers have perhaps the best unis in all of pro sports. Simple, clean, sharp. Regal.) and a fancy looking razor blade (I've been using the same razor to shave with for 5 straight years) She also bought me a bunch of socks (because I never wear two that match at the same time)

Anyway, I look forward to being at Belmont Saturday and watching the game Sunday. Hopefully I don't die on the drive into NYC.