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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
Of course if there was no BC we likely wouldn't have ever seen Lava Man, Invasor, and Bernardini ever race against each other this year. Bernardini would have been retired after the JCGC and Invasor would have probably run in the Clark. Lava Man might have gone up for the $1 million turf race in Canada. About the only other difference in their schedules is that Invasor might have run in the Woodward this year.
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Before the BC, the best horses travelled to meet and compete. The JCGC WAS the BCC. It was
the big event for which every top older horse pointed yearlong. The "Belmont Fall Championship Meet" used to mean something. Remember, the NY race schedule was changed by the BC. The Gold Cup was in late Oct or early Nov and they ran the Governors, the Marlboro and the Woodward leading up to it!