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Originally Posted by oracle80
Its really hard for me to even look at a 4 horse race.
Its a damn shame what the Breeders Cup has done to the rest of the racing year and racing as a whole would be so much better off without the Breeders Cup.
4 horses in one of the three most prestigious races for 3 and UP in NY every year.
This would be like having a 4 horse Met Mile or a 4 horse Whitney.
Its just awful that this has to happen.
There are still the Vosburgh and the Flower Bowl and the Turf Classic to watch and wager on.
This is very disappointing.
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I cannot agree more. This is an embarrasment. They are eating this up alilve out on the west coast dmff. My only explanation for this besides what the Breeders Cup has done to the sport is that for quite some time this has been billed as the Big MatchUp between Invasor and Bernardini and nobody wanted any part of having to face both of them. Now with the defection of Invasor people had already made other plans and commitments.
As far as Invasor is concerned if he was pulled for the sake of increasing Bernarding stock value than this is a slap in the face to everyone, fans and Invasor and his trainer. Not only does it take away a chance for us fans to finally see a major showdown this year it totally wipes away everything Invasor has accomplised. He was on the brink of doing something so incrediable, much more special than what Lava Man has done this year which is incredible in his own right. Pim Special, Suburban, Whitney and JCGC. Not only does this hamper his chances of HOY it will undoubtable knock him out of any kind of chance at the BCC. He has not raced since the Whitney and that will be close to a 3 month layoff. He will not be sound for this race. Everything K. McGlaughin has done with this horse this year will just be swept away. I truely hope it's true that the horse got sick, if he is healthy than this is absolutley shameful.