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Originally Posted by King Glorious
The BC hasn't done anything to the racing calender. Your issue should be with the trainers out there that keep the top horses from meeting more often during the year so that the only time top horses all get together is in the BC and because there are so few opportunities to see them matched up, Eclipse voters place too much emphasis on the BC result. The BC was at the same time of the year back in the 80's and 90's when horses raced more and faced each other more. It's what the trainers and voters have done, not the BC.
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Yes king, but it is what connections have done in response to
the existence of the BC that has, in part, caused this to happen. Therefore if the BC didn't exist, their response wouldn't exist either.
I am not an anti-poly guy, but this idea that they simply
must run their horse in some BC race is what bothers me. Why? Connections are supposed to pick out races that make sense for their horses....right? If they don't think running on poly makes sense for their animal....they shouldn't do it. If they like dirt and want to send a message that they want the BC on dirt....they should do that too.
As for the argument that it would be good for the sport to run her because tv ratings would be up, in a BC-less world wouldn't tv ratings also have been up if she ran in some race
s in the fall like the JCGC (which in a BC-less world wouldn't have become just a "prep" race).
Basically I am in favor of almost any move by any person that makes the Breeders' Cup even a little bit less important.