Friday’s Race Selection: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

By Rick Francis —-

Race 9) 1&1/16th Mile. Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Grade I. Purse $2,000,000 FOR COLTS AND GELDINGS, TWO-YEAR-OLDS
Post Time: ( 6:05)/ 5:05/ 4:05/ 3:05

9) Game Winner – a perfect 3-for-3, including back-to-back Grade 1’s; Baffert does not rebuild, he reloads.

12) Gunmetal Gray – “gaining” on the top choice in the G1 American Pharoah, not enough to overtake but enough to include.

4) Tight Ten – son of Tapit exits a pair of close seconds, one here along with his maiden score.

6) Complexity – G1 Champagne victor can easily win this as he hasn’t been headed in either of his two career starts.

The field from the rail out:

1) Dueling (Hollendorfer/Franco)
2) Mr. Money (Calhoun/Saenz)
3) Derby Date (Lukas/Contreras)
4) Tight Ten (Asmussen/Santana)
5) Well Defined (O’Connell/Smith)
6) Complexity (Brown/Ortiz, J)
7) Mind Control (Sacco/Ortiz, I)
8) Standard Deviation (Brown/Castellano)
9) Game Winner (Baffert/Rosario)
10) Knicks Go (Colebrook/Jimenez)
11) Code of Honor (McGaughey/Velazquez)
12) Gunmetal Gray (Hollendorfer/Prat)
13) Topper T ( Mott/Gaffalione)
14) Signalman (McPeek/Hernandez)

SELECTIONS: 9, 12, 4, 6