not 1 dirt horse

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Chief's Crown, Skip Away, Favorite Trick, Epitome, Countess Diana, Lady's Secret, Ajina, Eillo, and Smile would suggest otherwise.

And those are just the winners. Plenty of other East coasters have hit the board in CA.

Most of these are not NY-based horses. The long list of short-priced NY-based horses that spun their wheels in California Cups include Slew O' Gold, Groovy (x2), Dehere, Sky Beauty, Heavenly Prize, Behrens, Grand Slam, Sightseek, and Aldebaran. No NY-based horse won a Breeders Cup dirt race in either 2003 or 1993, the last two times the Cup was held at Santa Anita.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Most of these are not NY-based horses. The long list of short-priced NY-based horses that spun their wheels in California Cups include Slew O' Gold, Groovy (x2), Dehere, Sky Beauty, Heavenly Prize, Behrens, Grand Slam, Sightseek, and Aldebaran. No NY-based horse won a Breeders Cup dirt race in either 2003 or 1993, the last two times the Cup was held at Santa Anita.

Slew O Gold lost by a 1/2 length with severe traffic trouble. It wasn't the surface.

Groovy was 2nd and 4th IIRC, he basically just got outsprinted in a full field the way Zensational did yesterday.

Sky Beauty never did anything outside of NY.

Heavenly Prize was making just her 3rd start and ran a sharp 3rd in a strong field.

Grand Slam suffered severe lacerations in a hind leg on the first turn of the '97 Juvenile.

Sightseek never performed well in CA, granted.

Aldeberan never won a race at 6f. He would have won if it was 7f, in fact he was a Grade 1 winner in CA in the San Carlos.