Santa Anita gets 2008 Breeders Cup

[whodey17]

Awesome. I like when it is out there. So I guess it will be held on a synthetic surface for the 1st time. Should be real interesting. I would assume we will get more of a European contingent than normal.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by whodey17

Awesome. I like when it is out there.

Except for the minor detail that there will be no dirt races.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Except for the minor detail that there will be no dirt races.

Yeah, I went back and edited my original post. Didnt hit me until a moment later. Should be interesting.

[Honu]

wooohoooo i cant wait , last time it was a S.A. we ran 7 and won 4 maybe in 2008 we can make it 5.

[SniperSB23]

So the first year they add the BC Dirt Mile it is actually the BC Dirt Mile and 70 yards, now for the second year it will be the BC Synthetic Mile. Good planning.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by Honu

wooohoooo i cant wait , last time it was a S.A. we ran 7 and won 4 maybe in 2008 we can make it 5.

I hope you have as much luck. How does your man like the synthetic surface?

[SniperSB23]

If Vengeance of Rain sticks around next year the BC Classic is his for the taking.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

If that's true....Great....Breeders Cup over poly-track.

I wonder if there will be any good college football games on to watch that day?...in between the watered down turf races anyway.

Obviously now.....a 2008 Breeders Cup in Hong Kong looks like it would have been a spectacular idea!

Heck, if they move the thing from Santa Anita to Khe Sahn it would be an improvement.

[Kasept]

Whoa.. This came up on the show yesterday and I suggested that SA was looking like a major candidate but didn't think it would happen so quick. Figure CD in '09 and back to BEL in '10..

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

And a two turn mile at that. Sweet.

The outside post is in absolute bitch in those two-turn, one-mile race at SA.

It's really a shame....because the Breeders Cup was always my single favorite sporting event...from both a sports fan standpoint, and most certainly from a bettors standpoint.

What a mess things have become.

[blackthroatedwind]

This is idiotic beyond belief.

Like DrugS I have zero interest.

[SniperSB23]

Even the turf races are going to suck since all the best turf horses in the world are going to want in the BC Classic. They are going to wind up with 28 horses pre-entering to the Classic and will have tons of difficult and controversial decisions to make as to who they pick for the field.

[cakes44]

Lava Man's connections have got to be loving this and praying they can keep him in form for another year.

[Sightseek]

At least with it in Santa Anita we can get more participation (hopefully) from Hong Kong & Japan.

[smuthg]

Never been to Santa Anita, so I am half-way excited about that, but the "poly" makes me nervous...

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Lava Man's connections have got to be loving this and praying they can keep him in form for another year.

Lava Man would get crushed by some of the Japanese horses that will come over.

[brockguy]

hopefully, itll be a bit warmer there than the last two cups..
could make it more manageable for foreign turf horses in the classic, but they'll still have to go with the early speed.. and yeah, can defo see much more cross entries than normal,.. the turf fillies and mares could have 5 races to choose from 8, 9,10 and 12f!!

[pmayjr]

I hope they have a special Breeder's Cup "Down-the-Hill" Million race. That would own!

[ateamstupid]

Looks like this'll be the first BC that I skip in terms of gambling. Can't stand SoCal racing, can't stand synthetic racing.

[kenny p]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

This is idiotic beyond belief.

Like DrugS I have zero interest.

Same here. They gotta ruin everthing.