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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
I was just defending the position someone took that Curlin, as far as his position amongst racehorses all-time is concerned, would achieve a higher reputation if he were to run on grass and be successful at the top level.
From your reply to that post, you seemed to assume that the point of running on grass was to increase his stud value, but that wasn't what was being said by the other poster. I brought up Secretariat as an example of a dirt horse switching to the turf in a sporting move.
One could also mention Buckpasser, who I think was planning for a tilt at the Arc in France at 4 and was run in the Tidal or Bowling Green at Belmont to get a feel for turf. Because of some shoeing complications, he didn't handle it particularly well, and finished 3rd, ending his international travel plans. Unfortunately, it also ended a 15-race win streak, which would have tied him with Citation well before Cigar did with that cheesy manufactured race at Arlington.
Hopefully, Jess Jackson ups the ante of his sportsmanship by moving this horse to grass as opposed to just trying to break the pointless all-time money record or sending Curlin to Japan for the Japan Cup Dirt to face another group of no-hopers as he did in Dubai...
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i think it would definitely move curlin up should he race in the arc, and actually win-altho i have a hard time believing either will happen.
a lot gets lost in translation imo on this board. the other day at a meeting a man talked about how much of a conversation involves body language, tone of voice, etc. he's right.
i got the idea from some posters that they thought he should run on turf to increase his stud fee, which i also don't think is the case. being a smart strike, i think most already assume the turf is there in his pedigree.