Actually, an easy answer. Apples and Oranges. The campaigns of International horses running on the grass in short seasons aren't comparable to that of North American horses running on dirt over longer calendar periods. Turf horses that are loping along for front half of races and finishing with a rush aren't under the stress and physical toll dirt horses are running hard and fast for whatever distance.
I know it's clever and fashionable to suggest that North American horses just can't hold up like the so superior International brethren, but it's a fallacious assertion.
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