Rachel Alexandra (116 Beyer for Haskell)

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

The BC hasn't done anything to the racing calender.

This is way off. The Breeders' Cup has essentially forced the hand of racetracks to schedule their big races in three or four week span to allow for (at least) three or four weeks to the Breeders' Cup. The result is a clustered racing calendar and lost-in-the-shuffle stakes. Once prominent races have been pinched and torn and pulled as a result. Furthermore, racing ends after the first week of November. What would be so wrong with pushing back the BC to say, Thanksgiving weekend, and giving racetracks another three weeks to work out a coherent schedule of preps and promotion?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

This is way off. The Breeders' Cup has essentially forced the hand of racetracks to schedule their big races in three or four week span to allow for (at least) three or four weeks to the Breeders' Cup. The result is a clustered racing calendar and lost-in-the-shuffle stakes. Once prominent races have been pinched and torn and pulled as a result. Furthermore, racing ends after the first week of November. What would be so wrong with pushing back the BC to say, Thanksgiving weekend, and giving racetracks another three weeks to work out a coherent schedule of preps and promotion?

where would you hold it? Everyone is going crazy about SA, hollywood is poly/gone soon, GP has the wrong facility, AP is poly, NY and KY are way too cold. Maybe if Brunetti were to croak and a sane person were to take over and you made Hialeah the standing location for the BC could you do this. But of course vampires never die and brunetti will live forever.

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

where would you hold it? Everyone is going crazy about SA, hollywood is poly/gone soon, GP has the wrong facility, AP is poly, NY and KY are way too cold. Maybe if Brunetti were to croak and a sane person were to take over and you made Hialeah the standing location for the BC could you do this. But of course vampires never die and brunetti will live forever.

Fair Grounds is always available. Facility is very small, but they could put up tents (like after the fire) and bleachers.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

Fair Grounds is always available. Facility is very small, but they could put up tents (like after the fire) and bleachers.

According to people here it doesnt matter because no one has ever heard of Zenyatta and RA has no following.