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Originally Posted by moodwalker
Here are two...
Makybe Diva and Phar Lap
Or maybe Sunline and Might and Power
Zabeel and Strawberry Road.
In the picture of "our" industry they might be small players. And the reason for that is that they have "their" industry that they really don't need to compare to ours. The Australians don't need to come up here and run for our purse money...ever. They have plenty of their own.
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Purse money means very little when speaking to "Quality of racing"....Garded stakes and prestiuous garded/group events matter....believe me, Australia racing is not prominent....nice try though digging up name from 20 yaesr ago...Strawberry Road was Americanized for his fame while Sunline beat nobody during her run, but she was a nice mare for beating cheap boys consistently....
I'll put it to yoiu in a big picture to understand what I mean....If Australia was crushed by an enormous earthquake/tsunami and wiped off the entire continent and killed every Thoroughbred that existed there --- the Throughbred horse racing industry would NOT be impacted significantly....get it?
Now, if North America or Europe were wiped out, it would cripple the industry....Would you not agree?
...Let me know if you want to take horse racing 201 next....