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Originally Posted by dalakhani

The best bet around is boxing the euros in the bc turf races. The super paid like 2400 last year on a $24 bet.

Of course, you sometimes get the American horse that will come in and screw everything up but generally speaking i love it when patriotism takes hold and people make these asonine plays on some of these American turfers. Amazingly, it happens every year!

I remember when Peace Rules went off as the favorite in the 2003 mile although he hadnt turfed in a year and was breaking from the rail with a ton of speed to the outside of him. How about Shakespeare last year? Kittens joy was a fine horse but should he have gone off at THAT price? Remember Storming home? The list goes on and on.

This year it will be english channel that will be overbet and that horse wont hit the board.

lol,
thanks for bringing up those ridiculous occurences of american trained turf horses going off at low odds.
I think Santa Anita 2003 was the all time low.
freaking 3YO Peace Rules as the fav in the Mile, runs dead last and Euros dominate.

Storming Home goes off as the fav(2-1 I think) and runs 7 out of 9.
Euros run 1-3.

Tates Creek is 2nd choice and runs terribly as Euros run 1-2-3.

what I dont get is that horses like Storming Home and Tates Creek left Europe in the first place b/c they really were not top class.
so how the hell did anyone expect them to beat the best Euros a year later?


I am very patriotic. I love Amercican racing(besides polytrack).
but we dont breed for turf and our turf horses simply are not as good.
a lot of times, our best turf hores are Euro rejects(Cacique is a good example of that).


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