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Originally Posted by tector
I will readily concede that other 3YO fillies faced tougher competition. But when a top 3YO filly is running in open company, that is almost unheard of in the US in recent decades. I recall that in 1990 there were calls for GFW to go to the Classic, which was viewed as a suspect bunch. That Dupont broad was conservative, and wanted to keep her with the girls.
Oh well.
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I remember that but as with some of the others, I thought she took on the tougher challenge by facing Bayakoa. I thought Bayakoa was light years better than any of the males in the Classic.
I'm glad you added the "in the US" part because that's where I was going next. I think it's too bad more American trainers don't take the chance. Off the top of my head, the only ones I remember doing it were Safely Kept, Meafara, and Very Subtle all in the BC Sprint, Jolypha in the BC Classic, Borgia, Sierra Roberta, and Behera all in the BC Turf, Miesque, Ski Paradise, Ridgewood Pearl, Six Perfections, and Goldikova all in the BC Mile and Surfside in the Clark. And all of them were pretty successful when they were given the chance.
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