Santa Anita gets 2008 Breeders Cup

[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.

[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!

[Hawk]

They have yet to install the surface in Arcadia let alone run a race and most in this thread begin whining now?

Artificial surfaces are now part of the game. You don't or won't play Del Mar, Keeneland, Arlington, Santa Anita, Woodbine, Turfway, Hollywood, Golden Gate and more?

Start boning up on the dogs. Thoroughbreds aren't for you anymore.

[JJP]

What a great show watching 10 jockeys strangle their mounts thru a 26 second opening quarter and a 51 second half. Maybe they should just make all the races 2 or 3 furlongs. At least it would look athletic.

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by JJP

What a great show watching 10 jockeys strangle their mounts thru a 26 second opening quarter and a 51 second half.

How do you get the audacity to know that SA with a new surface will illicit an early jock stranglehold?

[Bobby Fischer]

pedigree could become a factor depending on how the surface turns out.

Last year we had two turf horses in the BC Classic who didn't stand much of a chance. Both out of the sire Danehill. At Hollywood cushion-track, they would have run better races and wouldn't have been automatic tosses.

I don't like any Grade 1 race being run on polytrack. On the bright side the payoffs could be very nice.

[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.

[fpsoxfan]

You Know what's good about this? NOTHING!! Oh...By the way...On what surface did Notional just bust his ankle up on? POLY-TRACK
Poly-Track= One more example of the pussification of America.

[miraja2]

Oh this is wonderful!!
With the joint decisions to add a BC mile race, and run the BC on poly, a spectacular superstar like Joe Got Even will finally be able to win that Breeders' Cup race he so richly deserves next year.
I can't wait.
I guess some people saw the Bluegrass last week and thought.....YES!! I want the BC Classic to look like that!
Ridiculous.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cardus

If you do not like SoCal racing currently and a synthetic surface changes whatever you do not like about it, then perhaps the surface change will change your attitude towards SoCal racing.

What do you think?

I dislike SoCal racing for more reasons than just the surface.

[TitanSooner]

Our voice can only be heard by the handle, specifically the decline of.. as long as people continue to bet on it, those in charge will see no problem with it..

look at the numbers at Keeneland. It's amazing.

The only thing we're lacking in this years Derby is some polytrack.. because it is just not confusing enough as it is

I applaud those who hate it and are backing it up by not gambling. Boy, if the handle went down for BC '08 significantly, what's the first thing they're going to point to?

As for me, I'm a degenerate and will gamble on anything.

[smuthg]

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