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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
A horse stride doesnt change that much from surface to surface.
European turf speed is not even remotely close to what he would face in a BC race.
Galileo's dont dirt. Danehill's dont dirt. Danehill was a spectacular success as a stalion and I dont believe ever even have a minor stakes winner on the dirt anywhere. The ones that have tried here have failed miserably. George Washington and Oratorio.
Zenyatta wasnt a question mark at the distance or surface. If you say that she should have tried a turf mile at Ascot you might have a better analogy.
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But to be fair as much as it pains me to side with Flippo.. If 90% to 95% of Galileo's and Danehills were trained and raced in NZ and Europe why would their few failures be relative? If Stormy Atlantic was a stallion in Europe we would never had considered that a Stormy could be OK on dirt.
Frankels speed is beyond 24 second loose on the lead euro stuff that horse is friggin fast, That colt can run a 22 sec quarter on dirt tomorrow for fun