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Originally Posted by CSC
I actually like her quite abit in this spot, .... I really don't believe in the notion that fillies cannot compete with colts so it wouldn't surprise me at all if she wins today.
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Don't know where it comes from. Even in the US, running top mares against colts was rarely questioned during the 20th Century, if they fit. Easy Goer's mum ran third in the JC Gold Cup behind John Henry, didn't hurt her. Xtra Heat nearly won a BC Sprint.
Happens all the time everywhere else. Just Friday, 4yo filly won the G1 July Cup (5f) at Newmarket. The new trainer is talking about running Jealous Again in the 5 Nunthorpe S (G1) against her elders, male and female; she would get a huge weight break and it's been done several times before, the most recent being in 1994.