The Juvenile Fillies! I have to admit here that I’m pumped up hoping to catch a glimpse of Stardom Bound here, so it goes without saying that I’ll be playing (and possibly eating) chalk in this race as well on Friday.
Stardom Bound has an absolutely crushing, devastating late kick that gobbles up ground at an unprecedented rate. She’s the obvious choice as favorite and about the only thing that can beat her is herself.
Stardom Bound destroys the field in the Oak Leaf
I originally joked with some friends a few weeks ago that Friday was by far the easier of the two Breeders’ Cup championship days to hit the pick 6 in. This is in large part due to contenders such as Stardom Bound in the Juvenile Fillies, who along with Zenyatta in the Ladies’ Classic looks about as sure a thing as you’ll ever find in this sport. Of course, this is horse racing – and if it were that easy we’d all be millionaires, so keep that in mind before rushing out to break the bank.
There are several horses in here that could keep it interesting. Sky Diva and Dream Empress are the two that will likely take 2nd and 3rd favoritism at the betting windows. There’s another horse in here that I really like even though she’s being asked to do quite a lot by competing here at this distance – Doremifasollatido. I’ll be cheering her on if only to hear the track announcer call her name as many times as possible. Heck, the race call from her victory 2 months ago even made the local news here in Hanover, PA. What’s not to like about that?
I’ll give you two others in here that could be shockers at big prices. “Shug” McGaughey may have a live one with Persistently, who seems to have a similar (though not quite as powerful) kick as Stardom Bound. I’m not saying she’ll beat Stardom Bound, but if something happened to the favorite (such as traffic trouble, etc.) then who knows?
Lastly, Pursuit of Glory looks like an interesting European invader with some decent synthetic experience. Again, it’ll take something for the race not to fall to Stardom Bound though.
Geez…can you tell I’m high on Stardom Bound? 
How do you guys see it? Chalk it up to the favorite and move on or is someone going to shock us all and pull the upset?
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