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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Apparently, nobody paid attention to me on the other thread so I'll post this again over here. The record of horses that come to the BC Mile directly from the QE II:

1985-(1st) Shadeed.......4th at 5/1 (moved to third by dq)

1987-(1st) Milligram......13th at 7/1
1987-(2nd) Miesque......won the BC
1987-(3rd) Sonic Lady....3rd in BC

1988-(1st) Warning........11th at 9/5 (favorite)

1989-(1st) Zilzal............6th at even money (favorite)
1989-(4th) Green Line Express......11th in BC

1990-(1st) Markofdistinction.........7th at 7/1

1991-(2nd) Kooyonga..........13th in BC
1991-(3rd) Shadayid..............7th in BC
1991-(4th) Second Set...........12th in BC

1992-(2nd) Brief Truce..........3rd in BC

1993-(1st) Bigstone.........6th at 12/1
1993-(2nd) Barathea........5th in BC

1994-(2nd) Barathea........won the BC
1994-(5th) Distant View......7th in BC
1994-(7th) East of the Moon.......12th in BC

1995-(2nd) Ridgewood Pearl.........won the BC

1996-(1st) Mark of Esteem.......7th at 6/5 (favorite)

1998-(1st) Desert Prince........14th at 3/1
1998-(3rd) Second Empire........6th in BC
1998-(4th) Cape Cross..........9th in BC
1998-(5th) Among Men.........11th in BC

2001-(2nd) Noverre...........7th in BC
2001-(4th) Bach...............3rd in BC

2004-(8th) Diamond Green........8th in BC
2004-(9th) Antonius Pius......2nd in BC

So u can see here that there have been eight QE II winners that have come over and run in the BC Mile as their next start. All eight have lost. Three of them have been favored and one was a second choice. The average price they've gone off at is $4.88/1 The BEST finish by any of the eight is a THIRD (by dq). This list doesn't even include Selkirk, the 1992 QE II winner that ran in another race before the BC then came over and lost the Mile (5th as the 7/2 second choice.

My point here is that winning the QE II has been a virtual kiss of death when it comes to the BC Mile. U have a much better chance of cashing a winning ticket with a horse that is coming out of the race that DIDN'T win it. Three QE II losers have come back to win the Mile. Ironically, all three of those horses were coming off of second place finishes in the QE II.

Overall, there have been 27 horses that have run in the BC Mile after making their last start in the QE II. They have an overall record of 3-1-4.

Play George Washington at your own risk. I'll be playing Araafa, who by the way, has already beaten George Washington this year once. And the price will be much better.

Thanks for posting this King Glorious. This is very, very helpful. I'll most likely play against him now too.