where do you rank this past b cup?

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I really enjoyed it until I heard about George Washington. That totally ruined the day for me unfortunately.

I loved the racing up to that point though, despite the weather. Highlights for me were Indian Blessing, War Pass, Midnight Lute and the stretch battle in the Distaff.

I'm hoping next year's will be better.

[JJP]

Its too bad the weather had to suck. I thought the fields for both the Classic and Sprint were excellent. Top performances of the day? Midnight Lute and War Pass. Haven't seen Midnight Lute's Beyer but I'm guessing its in the 120 neighborhood. The Turf could've been a great field if some more top Euros came over; it did have two previous BC Turf winners and an Arc winner.

top performance: Midnight Lute
most tenacious: Ginger Punch
biggest disappointment: Dylan Thomas
worst decision: running GW on the main track, and in slop at that

[hockey2315]

Originally Posted by JJP

Its too bad the weather had to suck. I thought the fields for both the Classic and Sprint were excellent. Top performances of the day? Midnight Lute and War Pass. Haven't seen Midnight Lute's Beyer but I'm guessing its in the 120 neighborhood. The Turf could've been a great field if some more top Euros came over; it did have two previous BC Turf winners and an Arc winner.

top performance: Midnight Lute
most tenacious: Ginger Punch
biggest disappointment: Dylan Thomas
worst decision: running GW on the main track, and in slop at that

Only 108. . . Seems off

[Metal Man]

Any other day of the year those horses would of sratched and never ran on a track like that. Had to be the worst day for the Breeders Cup races. In the future they will need a all weather track.

[JJP]

Originally Posted by Metal Man

Any other day of the year those horses would of sratched and never ran on a track like that. Had to be the worst day for the Breeders Cup races. In the future they will need a all weather track.

You Southern Californians are so spoiled by your weather; it was a sloppy track but I've seen horses race under far worse conditions than that. The trend toward some cancellations is a recent phenomenon.

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by JJP

You Southern Californians are so spoiled by your weather; it was a sloppy track but I've seen horses race under far worse conditions than that. The trend toward some cancellations is a recent phenomenon.

Where could you possibly have seen conditions that you consider "far worse" than that? If it wasn't the Breeders Cup there is a pretty good chance they would've cancelled racing altogether. To have standing water (puddles the size of small ponds)on the main track is one thing but on the turf course? I can't say I've ever seen anything like that in my 30 years of following the sport.

[Metal Man]

Originally Posted by JJP

You Southern Californians are so spoiled by your weather; it was a sloppy track but I've seen horses race under far worse conditions than that. The trend toward some cancellations is a recent phenomenon.

We are a bit spoiled with good weather , but to prep for most of the year and have to run on a muddy/soupy track is terrible. A all weather track would of been the best of a bad situation for both horses and bettors.