Dallas Birdrattler, who comes from Lethbridge and is a graduate of the Horse Racing Alberta / Olds College Professional Racetrack Exercise Rider Program, works for Valorie Lund, the trainer of Bodenheimer, who definitely has a puncher’s chance in Friday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint at Keeneland, Kentucky. Furthermore Birdrattler has galloped Bodenheimer many times.
“He’s a class act,” Birdrattler said of Bodenheimer, who has won three of his four career starts including a very impressive victory just a month ago over the same Keeneland turf surface in the Indian Summer Stakes while going the same five and a half furlong distance that this Breeders’ Cup race will be contested at. “He doesn’t do anything wrong. He trains so strong but at the same time he’s so gentle. He’s just a really cool horse. He knows his job and he knows what he has to do.”
The Breeders’ Cup is thoroughbred racing’s year-end championship. It is conducted over two days with two-year-olds racing Friday and the rest of the races set for Saturday. Golden Pal is the favourite in the Juvenile Turf Sprint but he drew the outside 14th post position. “I can’t wait until Friday,” said Birdrattler, 27. “Just to be a part of this is insane really. It’s really exciting.”
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