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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Here is the history of the recent editions of the Diamond Jubilee.
2011: A pair of 25-to-1 shots finished 1st and 2nd.
2010: 50-to-1 shot 2nd.
2009: 20-to-1 winner, Cannonball 2nd for Wesley Ward, 33-to-1 third.
2008: 33-to-1 winner
2007: 9-to-1 winner
2006: 33-to-1 winner by a neck over 50-to-1 second place.
Euro turf horse are more and more superior to our turf horses as the further distances increase.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure their sprinters might be a little better than our turf sprinters ... but we have the fastest horses in the world and if all our good dirt sprinters and milers were tried on turf I think we'd probably have the worlds top turf sprinter on most years.
We have the fast horses here and we have the dirt horses here. When you start talking about turf racing distances of 12 furlongs, 14 furlongs, 16 furlongs... they completely own us. Even at a mile and 10 furlongs they have us.
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Yes, our horses are faster here. By the same token, I have a hard time seeing too many of the US animals having a ton of success sprinting on the courses over the pond.