DIRT MILE
Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 (3:05 PM PDT)
Purse: $1,000,000
Distance (surface): 1 mile (dirt)
*Race ESR: -10 (brisk)
*Race LSR: -7 (fair/good)
Winner’s Profile
Days Since Last Race: 35.0
Last-Race Odds: 5-1
Median BSF: 95.0
*Median ESR: -3 (moderate/soft)
*Median LSR: -10 (fair)
Running Style: M/R
- Five of 39 horses that went to post at odds of 5-1 or greater in their final prep won the Dirt Mile, producing an ROI of 128.97 percent.
Qualifiers (as of Oct. 26): GUN RUNNER, UPSTART and WIN THE SPACE.
- Horses that last competed for a purse of less than $200,000 are zilch-for-21 in the Dirt Mile.
Qualifiers (as of Oct. 26): BRADESTER, CYRUS ALEXANDER, INDEXICAL, RUNHAPPY and TOM’S READY.
- Current form has not mattered much in the Dirt Mile, as seven of the nine winners entered the race having lost their final prep.
Qualifiers (as of Oct. 26): BRADESTER, DALEMORE, DORTMUND, GUN RUNNER, INDEXICAL, POINT PIPER, RUNHAPPY, TAMARKUZ, UPSTART and WIN THE SPACE.
- Entrants over the age of five are winless in 10 Dirt Mile starts.
Qualifiers (as of Oct. 26): BRADESTER, POINT PIPER, TAMARKUZ and VYJACK.
STARTLING STAT: Of the nine horses that met the Dirt Mile speed par in at least one of their last two races, four won, returning $6.76 for every $2 bet to win.
Qualifiers (as of Oct. 26): GUN RUNNER, RUNHAPPY, TAMARKUZ and VYJACK.
*Statistics on a dirt surface.
