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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
There is absolutely no comparison between Rags to Riches and either Boca Grande or Christmas Kid when it comes to distance. Rags has made it clear she can go a long way (and she can do it quickly) the latter two want no part of anything over a mile, maybe a mile and an eighth for Boca Grande.
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Certainly I don't think those two fillies are in the same league as Rags To Riches, but they are stakes quality fillies and were RTR to falter in the race, I would guess one of those two would be the beneficiary.
As far as getting 10f, I was basing it mostly on pedigree. Christmas Kid, like RTR, is by a Belmont winner and has a bottom side filled with stakes winners at 9f or more albeit mostly on turf. Boca Grande, also by AP Indy, is closely related to Sky Beauty and Maplejinsky on the bottom, each a winner of the Alabama with the former also taking the CCA Oaks.
Either way, I don't see how you can say neither wants anything beyond a mile. Both are Grade 2 winners at 9f.