Straight No Chaser: Big Time Threat if Runs in Breeders’ Cup Sprint

Five year old full horse for Dan Blacker made a shambles of the Grade 2 Sprint Championship on Sunday as the even money favorite. Blessed with an abundance of early speed, he took the lead just after the break under Johnny V and sizzled through the back side with fractions of 21.83 and 44.28. He had three on the field turning for home, then shut the door on the field with a final quarter in 24.26. He won by 7 in this 7 horse field in the race horse time of 1:08.54. I think they will take a shot with him in the B/C Sprint and with his type of speed, if he can shake loose like he did, he’s a big time threat for trainer Dan Blacker. The owners are myracehorse.com and 9,743,656 were in the Winners Circle for the trophy presentation done by the greatest rider of all time, Laffitt Pincay Jr.

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Straight No Chaser’s Race Information
Race Date:  September 29, 2024	Track:  Santa Anita		Race #:  9
Distance:  6 Furlongs	Conditions: stakes		Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  Dan Blacker	Jockey:  John Velazquez		Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  set pressured pace, cleared, widened, handily			Track Variant:  -3
Finish Position: 1st	Win Payout:  $ 5.00	Place: Payout:  $ 3.60	Show Payout:  $ 3.00

Race Replay

Straight No Chaser – Santa Anita –  September 29, 2024

Straight No Chaser Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Straight No Chaser Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  200	Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 167
CPR Race Par:  169	CPR Earned In Race: 169
Fast Fig Race Par:  0	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 3	Running Style In Race:   Unknown
(click the links above to learn more avbout each figure and how to use them in your handicapping)

Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Straight No Chaser was cabable of.  We expected that if Straight No Chaser gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Straight No Chaser performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Straight No Chaser last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Straight No Chaser next start.  If Straight No Chaser appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Straight No Chaser will dominate the race.

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