{"id":64598,"date":"2023-11-02T22:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=64598"},"modified":"2023-11-02T22:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T22:38:35","slug":"2023-bb-filly-and-mare-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=64598","title":{"rendered":"2023 BB Filly and Mare Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who you callin\u2019 a specialist?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn’t all start out with this race in mind but career accolades are on the line in this 2023 edition of the Breeder’s Bowl Filly and Mare Sprint. Just like every year (except when it wasn’t), the race is contested at that tricky 7 furlong distance on a fast dirt course. Where better to run fast – although not quite all the way around an oval – but here in Simulated California? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actual Donny Beisbol did exhaustive research and compiled copious quantities of quips and notes for the expected video retelling of the race preview. With music and sketches and everything. The Dell laptop PC (not a sponsor) decided that it’s video camera was going to project a black screen instead of actual representative photons or image facsimilies; and with Derbyfever IT stuck in unexpected Halloween gridlock (rumor has it the situation was f’ing unbelievable) an executive editorial decision had to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And since I didn’t want to tell Spinround or Roxyken or whatever AI bot runs this operation that my article might appear after post time, I took it upon myself to improvise and do it the Luddite way by writing the whole damn thing out by hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using my fingers, typing, on a word processor… but you get me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do we have for you, besides the finest in fake horse journalism? Excellence, boiled down to its essence. Let’s just call that “excellessence.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to throw my raw notes at you, which you should be able to ‘intellige’ as I assure you they are NOT unintelligible. My thoughts are another matter (I pay a lady to listen to me talk about them twice a month, so at least I am recouping some of that with the BTB cash.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some notes on the notes: Shortly after the pedigree you will see some numbers! These represent the hypothetical Dosage Index and Center of Distribution scores, found on the 5 x 5 pedigree link for each horse. If you are unfamiliar with this hogwash, its all based on some dudes’ theories that top level stallions (Chefs de Race) pass on traits in predictable categories based on quality at vaguely defined distances. Much has been written in the SIM and in the real horse life; for this you only need to know that Dosage Index DI = Brilliant + Intermediate + Classic x 0.5 \/ Classic x 0.5 + Solid + Professional. Center of Distribution is another formula I don’t care about, but lower numbers close to zero usually mean it likes long distance. Read this if you feel like it https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/articles\/237648\/steve-miller-carrying-on-the-legacy-of-dosage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put this in here because I do feel you can get a general sense of what a simulated horse MIGHT like if it is getting traits from these sires – more so if they are good ones, and have lots of Chef’s De Race in their pedigree. For a BB Sprint type I would want a number no lower than 2.5 but not higher than 5. Then I list the sum of the Chef De Race points (CDR or CDR points), just in case that means anything. And I like lots of CDR points, ’cause its a computer and it likes numbers. Maybe you can look at these figures and make something of them in terms of predictive models, what with us being nerds and all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s what my girlfriend says, so I am contractually obliged to pretend that it is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also list the inbreeding in the first 5 generations, but I do not include secondary crosses because you smart people should be able to figure out that if a horse is inbred to Mr. Prospector, it will also be inbred to Raise A Native. Again, predictive models, there are no ‘nicks’ in the sim, yada yada yada, one of these is going to win a Breeder’s Bowl race and we can all copy that breeding for future generations of pixel ponies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What else? Stuff I thought was interesting or relevant about each horse and suggestive of its chances in this particular race. It’s not exactly “handicapping the race” so much as evaluating the horse and discerning whether or not it can excel (there’s that word again) at this particular time of its “life”, on this date at this distance and surface. There are “selections” at the end of the text, but if you are using them to place wagers, I suggest you a) stop confusing simulation with reality, b) text me the number of your bookie who accepts bets on computer games, or c) make sure Beerkeg is good for it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will help to look at the PP’s during or after reading this stuff, for context. I imagine you’ll do that anyway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly – it would be conventional to run through the post positions and preview the horses in numerical order, but since I don’t care about that and want to force you to read about other entrants before seeing how I trashed yours, the horse previews are presented randomly (or at least that’s what I am telling you.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please enjoy!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BACKUP DANCER \u2013 CB1011 (faugheen)  #2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n