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Originally Posted by Aly-Sheba
I went, but I can't remember the lead up to the BC. But it was a good year to be in LA, because they just had the Olympics and then the BC.
I just pulled out the Racing Form I saved from that day and the headline was:
" $10 in Breeders' Cup Purses Begin New Era today"
One of the articles said that "Nelson Bunker Hunt was the Chairman of the Site Committee and they traveled widely to hear countless proposals before choosing HP.
Also John Henry did not run. He was supplemented, but had a ligament issue leading up to BC.
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yeah, it was too bad he couldn't make it to bc day. he got a lot of attention leading up to it, but bad luck intervened. and if it wasn't such a big day, i seriously doubt that the taylors would have run slew o'gold.
10-22-2013, 06:30 AM
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