Cinema BC

TRACK BANDIT PREVIEWS

Sunday's $150,000 Cinema Breeders' Cup H. (G3) features OSIDY (Storm Cat),

winner of the Will Rogers S. (G3) last out his second start stateside. Highly

regarded by conditioner Richard Mandella, Osidy doesn't appear to face much

competition in the six-horse Cinema, which will take place over nine grassy

furlongs in Inglewood, California. The bay colt will be up close to an expected

slow pace and should take command when given the cue by jockey Alex Solis. We

won't go against here and will look for bigger afternoons down the road from

Osidy.

WILLOW O WISP (Misnomer) took the lead between calls and gamely battled Osidy

to the wire in the Will Rogers before settling for second by only a head. Sent

off at 18-1 that day, the Vladimir Cerin trainee will receive much more support

here but still faces a difficult task. His natural speed is an advantage and

jockey Garrett Gomez will probably lead the way under the dark bay gelding.

Willow O Wisp is a wire-to-wire threat, but we'll look for him to complete the

exacta.

JOHNNY HIGH BRITE (High Brite) offered a decent finish when trying the turf

last out and could grab a small share here with further improvement. Craig

Dollase has had some luck when removing blinkers (five-for-20 with a positive

ROI) and Johnny High Brite could continue to show more here.

LEGAL PRECEDENT (Theatrical [Ire]) is an up-and-coming sophomore for trainer

Ben Cecil, winning his first two attempts in sharp fashion, and now steps up to

face stakes rivals. We wouldn't be surprised to see him offer a good rally, but

the gelding probably isn't ready to challenge his more seasoned rivals at this

point in his career.

HONORABLE COACH (Double Honor) earned only a 78 BRIS Speed rating for his

maiden special weight victory last out. We'll give him at least one race against

winners. SULTRY BARD (Sultry Song) was claimed for $32,000 three starts back and

is still a maiden. He would be a tremendous surprise.