Recorded live under the sycamore tree in the Keeneland paddock, this is an audio-only twist on our Pro Player Roundtable. 2023 BCBC champion Sean Boarman is joined by Ryan Petrunyak, who qualified for this year’s Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge and has been running his handicapping ideas past Sean all season. This time we hit record. The theme is narrative vs. numbers. Ryan and PTF pitch the stories going around Breeders’ Cup week: the jockey knocks, horses for courses, Kentucky Downs form, a virus in the barn, a foot issue. Sean tells us which ones he’d bet against and which have real signal. Along the way: why he thinks Domain Expansion is the most likely winner of the Juvenile Fillies, his case for Qirat as the European who could get lost on the tote in the Mile, a pass on the Distaff, and his love for Sovereignty in the Classic. Plus BCBC strategy for the big two-horse races and when to sit out. Chapters: 00:00 Live from the Keeneland paddock 02:25 Juvenile Turf Sprint: Libertango, Mussab, Force Noir 07:23 Juvenile Fillies: Domain Expansion, Emphatic, Miss Monica 11:27 Juvenile Fillies Turf: Sun Goddess vs. Amusingly 15:38 Juvenile: Hughes, Coach Pope, American History 21:17 Juvenile Turf: How’s Al Today, Folsom Blues, Great Barrier Reef 30:22 Filly & Mare Sprint: Ways and Means 34:06 Turf Sprint: Bacio vs. Starlust, Cy Fair 37:52 Dirt Mile: Further Ado, Lord Fons 42:26 Filly & Mare Turf: Blue Bolt, Precise, Red Letter 48:11 Sprint: Englishman, T O Elvis and BCBC strategy 53:48 Mile: Rhetorical, Notable Speech, Qirat 58:47 Distaff: Nitrogen, Fully Subscribed 1:03:14 Turf: Diamond Necklace, Benvenuto Cellini, Bay City Roller, Hotazhell 1:07:20 Classic: Sovereignty, Forever Young, Knightsbridge, Magnitude 1:17:53 Wrap-up More Breeders’ Cup coverage: https://inthemoneypodcast.com/breeders-cup/
