[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It seems as though you are the one that is basing everything on opinion. You only see a handful of wins because they only make a handful of starts. A big part of having an owners license in HK is that you are part of an exclusive club that supports HK racing, not international racing. You need to get permission from the HKJC just to leave the country to race abroad. You may not like the exclusitivity but that doesn't make the top horses there any less talented. The few times that they have ventured, they have been very sucessful. They have defeated runners from supposedly superior counties in their own races. Believing that the racing there is not on par with other top class racing throughout the world is either arrogance or foolishness.

I've clearly said that I know that their top horses can compete with the best in the world. In 2006, the best horse from Uraguay was the best horse in the world. Does that mean that Uraguayan racing is on par with the best in the world? Of course not. I saw Deep Impact go over and run a strong race in the Arc. Heart's Cry ran a big one in the King George. Does that mean that Japanese racing as a whole is on par with European? IMO, no. English Channel destroyed the Turf this year. Would I expect that Americans now should raid the Arc because we are as good as they are? No. It takes more than a handful of horses over a period of years to be on par with countries that produce handfuls year after year. The racing PROGRAM there is top class. The talent levels of their horses, top to bottom, is not there yet with the best in the world, IMO. I don't think that's arrogance because I'm not European. Maybe it is foolishness though.