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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
I think it would be a fun match-up -- and it would give the sport some attention during the most dull racing month of the year... December.
As for incentive for Drosselmeyer's connections -- Drosselmeyer has twice competed in ungraded 60K stakes this year -- a six figure purse to race against a 5k starter horse in a race that is good for the sport -- against a horse some writers have already said they would vote Horse of the Year.
The eclipse vote for champion older male is going to be split so thin between horses like Acclimation, Tizway, Flat Out, Cape Blanco, Game On Dude, and others ... Drosselmeyer would probably steal all the Rapid Redux votes.
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Attention from who? No one outside of racing fans would care and I question if racing fans would even care.
Drosselmeyer as a sire will never be worth more than he is now due to the Classic win. It's not like his owners need a six figure purse. If he gets beat by Rapid Redux, I would imagine that would be bad for business for his owners.
If a writer is voting for Rapid Redux for HOY, they should have their vote taken away.