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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
If you gauge top sprinters by the number of Grade 1s they win then you are already on faulty ground.
Even in this age of a billion available stakes races in service of the all might BC, what is there, like 4 or 5 open Grade 1 sprints on the calendar nationwide?
Want to hazard a guess how many Grade 1s Safely Kept, Housebuster, and Groovy won in their careers?
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Good point. But didn't he race into his 7yo season?
Safely Kept won 24 of 31. That's deceiving somewhat because most of that wasn't in open competition. If she was facing open competition the majority of the time, he record wouldn't be as sparkling.
Housebuster won 15 of 22 and was voted champion in two seasons, not one.
Groovy, as brilliant as he was, was also under .500 and lost his two biggest tests.
When I think of these horses, I think that Kona Gold fits in with them so if they are in, I can see him in too. My position would be more likely that none of them go in. Maybe Housebuster cause he was a champion in two seasons, not one.
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