This year's 3 year olds based in CA

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Isn't it more than reasonable to assume that there are some very talented horses in California who's abilities are being completely daunted by synthetic surfaces ( like I Want Revenge was )?....

Yes and there are some that relish the synthetic surfaces.

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Why do people care where good horses are supposedly from ( Pioneer of the Nile is as much an East Coast horse as I Want Revenge was a West Coast horse )? This is a mythical, and non-existant, rivalry. A good horse is a good horse.....wherever it races.

People can be a very provincial.

You know root, root root for the hometeam. Even though the hometeam is stocked with free agents and few locals.

I have never heard a losing trainer or jock remark, "Hey at least that horse was from our circuit!"