Big CAP

[Dana666]

The weather report for Arcadia is a bit sketchy for Saturday with rain in the afternoon/evening. I wonder if they\'ll get the card in before the rain? I\'ll be watching the track surface carefully. I think they\'ll work on it, so it will likely play pretty fast with the inside paths being best and closers will be at a huge disadvantage. Hopefully, it won\'t be like cement or goo where 75% of the horses won\'t extend themselves at all. Regarding the grass, a very consistent speed bias has help up recently, and I don\'t see that changing either. I\'ll be looking for inside paths and speed/pressers on both surfaces. Might be like BC day only worse. A very strange track indeed. With the synthetic advent, races like the Big Cap have lost their luster, but there should still be good betting opportunities on such a card. I\'m wondering if the BC Classic was indeed only a mediocre race unlike my original assessment; Gio Ponti didn\'t come back and win, but that may not be a good test. Not sure, really.

[Dana666]

Hey, my friend just informed me, I\'m a week early. So hold that thought. The Bias information will still hold true for THIS Saturday, but the Big Cap card is yet another matter.

[Dana666]

Looks like the rain is coming earlier than expected; I don\'t think I\'ll waste time handicapping another card that may get washed out, I have no way of knowing, but their track record isn\'t good. Yet another California Derby Prep down the drain???