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Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel
dar re mi the winner of the turf classic was a definite overlay and not that hard to get. it was a turf race though. the next race was for 10 mil and the favorite was coming out of a 61k race. the second choice was a turf horse and the winner was a bum. i had two doubles going but could not come up with the winner. one of mine was red desire who had just beat all of the top three at the distance and track last out. for 10 mil they should be attracting horses like vodka, quality road and zenyatta. instead its a pack of pigs. the synthetic is not to blame but it sure does not help. they could of kept the purses the same because that amount of money for horses like this is the farcicle part of this equation. the breeders cup does not shell out this kind of money and the quality is tons better. it used to be the oppisite way around. i think the sheiks crapped on their own parade.
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We certainly can't make the argument that Zenyatta skipped the race because of the surface. Quality Road also went to Santa Anita for the Breeder's Cup on synthetic (although refused to load). From an American perspective, as Steve pointed out earlier, the timing is tough to get our best horses. This is true at least if they want to have a full campaign. How many of our great horses went over there, won the big race, and were never the same? It is a tough trip.
Paul