Indian Blessing cruises in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies

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10/27/2007 - Oceanport, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Day two of the 24th edition of the Breeders' Cup World Championships commenced at Monmouth Park with Indian Blessing capturing the $2 million Juvenile Fillies.

Indian Blessing, ridden by Garrett Gomez, went wire to wire in winning the 1 1/16 mile race in 1:44 3/5 on a sloppy track. The filly took the lead shortly after the start and went on to win by four lengths over Proud Spell. Finishing third was Backseat Rhythm in the 13 horse field.

Owned by Hal Earnhardt and trained by Bob Baffert, Indian Blessing is now a perfect three for three in her short career. The Juvenile Fillies victory was worth $1 million to bring her earnings to more than $1.4 million.

Earlier this month Indian Blessing won the Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park.

Indian Blessing returned $5.40, $4.80 and $3.20. Proud Spell paid $8.80 and $5.80, and Backseat Rhythm paid $9.60 to show.

Cry and Catch Me was scratched from the race on Thursday after coming down with a fever.

There have been a couple of scratches from today's Breeders' Cup races. Slew's Tiznow has been scratched from the upcoming Juvenile and Wait a While is scratched from the Filly & Mare Turf.

"Despite the lack of cooperation from Mother Nature, we are very encouraged with the first day of our new two-day format of the Breeders' Cup World Championships," said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Greg Avioli after Friday's racing. "The racing fans of New Jersey displayed their great support and enthusiasm, and bettors around the country responded with a heightened sense of interest in the three new World Championships races."

A total of 27,803 people attended the first day at Monmouth Park and $19,771,360 was wagered on Friday's three Breeders' Cup races.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.