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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
Miesque's Approval and Purim is a bad comparison. Miesque's Approval was a multiple graded stakes winner in '06, he had beaten the previous year's BC Mile champion and had only lost in the Shadwell and against English Channel early in the year at Gulfstream. He had every right to be in the BC Mile.
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And so does Purim. I'm hard pressed to find many more important or prestigious turf miles in the country throughout the year. Maybe he's a Keeneland specialist, but nearly snagging the Maker's Mark and then taking down the Shadwell mile would make any horse a legit BC entrant. If any other horse had that same record in big turf miles this year, nobody would have any problem with that horse making the BC starting gate.
Purim deserves it. I only used Miesque's Approval because part of the complaining earlier in the thread was that Purim will be a 30-1 shot in the Mile, allegedly giving him the chance to knock a "more deserving" horse out of the field. Not every horse can be a favorite, and Miesque's Approval certainly didn't look like the most likely winner in the BC Mile, just like Purim won't, but that doesn't make him unqualified to be a part of the field after an effort like Saturday's.