Why win and your in sucks...

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Isn't that exactly why Purim is a perfect horse for a WAYI kind of thing? Ran down a pretty solid bunch of turf milers in a GI race three weeks out from the BC, yet he shouldn't be in? He basically fits your "winners of higher graded, more contentious races" qualification to a tee.

Miesque's Approval didn't look too deserving last year. That ended up well.

And he is a perfect example of how winning one race that is designated as a "special race" suddenly becomes more important that the rest of the years accomplishments...

Maybe Purim isn't the ideal example but his win in this race is now much more important than the horse who won the Shoemaker, Firecracker, Makers Mark or any other important mile race. What if the full compliment of Euros come and a couple of Discreet cat or Hard Spun types enter in the turf mile. Then we are down to 4 or 5 American turf milers. If you get 2 longshot WAYI winners than you are down to possibly 2 or 3 spots open. That is good? Longshots getting preferential treatment into our premier races is not a good idea in my mind...