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Originally Posted by smuthg
Its easy to say after the fact that this field was "weak",
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I probably said VERY weak before the fact ... and if I didn't ... I assumed it was so obvious that everyone would know.
Calling it weak by past Breeders Cup Classic standards...would be very, very, very kind.
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Originally Posted by smuthg
but as late as last week, people were making arguments that Rip "would have eclipsed Sea the Stars"
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Rip Van Winkle ran 3/5ths of a second faster than 2yo's in his last race .. and that was at his best distance.
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Originally Posted by smuthg
and no one know what to expect from Quality Road, Summer Bird or Gio Ponti, etc., on the Pro Ride,
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Gio Ponti ran twice on Santa Anita's Pro Ride before. He finished 5th behind Cowboy Cal in his most recent try over it in the Strub Stakes.
Quality Road and Summer Bird would have been DOMINANT favorites if the race was run on dirt. It wasn't ... that's why they weren't being bet.
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I don't think you can defend last year's field or even the 2005 field as any better than than this one...
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Those two were also weak.