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Originally Posted by freddymo
Apparently Crist doesn't concurr. I don't know his thoughts about Enrie but I know he loves the sport wants racing to be successful and thinks that Rachel doesn't have to run in the BC.
You have to come to your senses at some point and recognize that Poly,Cushion, Tapeta, or Pro ride are not dirt and by having races on it were horses are not equipped to succeed doesn't make sense. You shouldn't have your star attraction race 7 straight times on dirt and then insta switch to Pro- Ride.. What do you want Jess to do tell Assumen head 3 weeks early to SA and start training her and see how she does? Why she is a dirt horse?
Look I made a human mistake with Pags because I couldn't believe that a man could be inhumane to animals when he had the money to be responsible. This is far different.
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I havent made this into a pro poly thing. Jackson wants to be lauded for "doing the best thing for racing". Not running in the BC (or Travers for that matter) regardless of surface isn't the best thing. The history of racing is full of top horses trying different surfaces (and she has already run on a synthetic track so it isnt exactly new). Dr Fager and Secretariat are both good examples. John Henry is another. If he were to run her in the Travers (lets face it the Woodward against class C types like Macho Uno is hardly a marquee event) against the other TC winners and the hot horse of the day it would be phenomonal for the sport and its fans. A true classic race with all the legitimate top horses in it. And if she were to win that and another tuneup along the way, a matchup against older horses and an undefeated Zenyatta in the Classic (I know you have need Moss to grow a set to make this happen) would be a huge event.
Denying this is true is silly and as Steve would say myopic. For RA would have already wrapped up HoY going into that race and really have nothing to lose. If she wins? Jackson really does have himself a true legend (Then maybe he will stop insisting that Curlin is some great of the sport) and he can take on the world in Dubai (on that middle eastern "plastic")