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Originally Posted by CrossfireHurricane
Most would argue a horse with a with a grade 1 win over the surface is an advantage over horses that have not even run on the surface. I do agree though that horses will like it or not like it. I do not like the Jess Jackson argument about the surface. It really is not different than running over an off track or a rock hard track. The horse will take to it or he or she will not.
I do think Midshipman is very dangerous in the BC Dirt Mile though but he will be overbet.
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I don't see how that's right. How can a horse have an advantage over a horse that might be better than him on a given surface? They might be a more known commodity but that doesn't mean they have an advantage. Did the horses facing Secretariat in the Man o'War have an advantage over him because they had history on the surface and he didn't? Did the horses in the BC Turf in 1989 have an advantage over Prized? You can't have an advantage over another if that other is better than you on that surface. The thing is that you just don't know if they are better or not because they haven't tried it.
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