While I'm a strong believer in biases, I think the BC day "bias" at Churchill has been overblown to an extent. People site the winning post positions; look at Thor's Echo, etc etc. Thor's Echo was 3 wide most of the race and Bordonaro was on the rail. Invasor was well out in the middle of the track. The winner of the Distaff did get a rail trip but the 2nd and 3rd runners were nowhere near the rail. Yeah Dreaming of Anna won but that was hardly a surprise. She'd already beaten males in a turf stake routing.
As for Street Sense's margin over the overrated Circular Quay, SS was completely geared down late. Borel was just about standing up in the irons. Any urging at all and that margin is even greater (sorry JB and Len, I disagree that geared down winners often COULD win by more).
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