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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
I agree about the surface thing. But isn't one of the giant problems in the game today the BC? Why should so much ride on one race?
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Absolutely NOT. The BC is not a problem of the game today. It wasn't a problem in previous years when trainers actually ran their horses in other races throughout the year AND ran in the BC. The problem is the way people train and race their horses these days. It's not the BC's fault that trainers like Dutrow don't want to run Kip Deville only 4-5 times in a year or that trainers like Frankel decide that they need to have their last prep in August or early September. Don't blame the BC for that. Also, don't blame the BC for the way Eclipse voters decide to vote. It's not the BC's fault that the top horses get together so infrequently during the year that the BC is often the only place they will meet each other. The concept of the BC was to bring together all of the best horses in each division for a championship day of racing and that's still what it does now. Well, two days but you get the point. If Curlin and Commentator do indeed run in the BC and they face Big Brown and Henrythenavigator, New Approach and Duke of Marmalade......where else outside of the Bc could you ever hope to have that kind of race? There are many problems in the sport. The BC is not one of them.
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