Taking the Breeder's Cup back to a "Championship"

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Does anyone else have a big problem with Breeders Cup races being run over an artifical dirt surface?

After watching Keeneland's fall meet, and some Hollywood Park racing---I really hope it's a long, long time before races that play a key role in deciding dirt championships, are run over an artifical surface.

They can't keep the Breeders Cup out of Southern California forever though.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Does anyone else have a big problem with Breeders Cup races being run over an artifical dirt surface?

After watching Keeneland's fall meet, and some Hollywood Park racing---I really hope it's a long, long time before races that play a key role in deciding dirt championships, are run over an artifical surface.

They can't keep the Breeders Cup out of Southern California forever though.

I dont because I'm am so weary of all the 'change' in the sport. I am tired of arguing with track management about issues, tired of rhetoric from horsemans groups, tired of 'supertrainers' supposed greatness, tired of jockeys complaining, tired waterdowned racing cards pretty much every weekday, tired of breeders pointing the fingers at trainers when the fine steeds they bred wont run further than 5 furlongs or make more than 3 starts, tired of the word 'business decision' by people who have billions of dollars of net worth, tired of inept racing commissions full of buffoons who refuse to put an ounce of effort into making the sport better, tired of arguing about medication by both sides of the line, tired of owners ripping off trainers, tired of trainers ripping off owners, tired of stewards who make bad calls then refuse to explain their decision and the tracks and comissions that hire these morons, tired of PETA's attitude towards horseracing......
So polytrack and the breeders cup just doesn't do it for me. I really dont care, I'll run in it if I have a horse good enough, watch it if I dont.

[-BT-]

Can't think of too much or anything that the NTRA has done right. I can easily see them selling out the BC to the highest bidder even if it means going overseas........and selling out the people who support the game here

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Does anyone else have a big problem with Breeders Cup races being run over an artifical dirt surface?

After watching Keeneland's fall meet, and some Hollywood Park racing---I really hope it's a long, long time before races that play a key role in deciding dirt championships, are run over an artifical surface.

They can't keep the Breeders Cup out of Southern California forever though.

As of right now I do have a problem with running the breeders cup on a artifical surface. Until the majority of the major tracks have an artifical surface and the majority of the races run are on poly, how can you have the so called championship races run on a surface that most of the horse have not ran on? In a year that they do hold the BC at a track with poly, are the trainers going to steer there BC horses to run all there prep races at synthetic tracks only. Meaning you will not see any BC contenders at NY tracks, Churchill and so on. Then there is the Handicapping issue which should probably be a totally differnent thread.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I agree.

There are obvious benifits to having artifical dirt surfaces, I just wish they would have been installed on training tracks, and at non big leauge racing racetracks.

Besides making the Breeders Cup a waste one day soon, if an artifical dirt surface is installed at one of the three tracks that host a triple crown race, I think the triple crown series will obviously be tainted.

As a bettor, I do love the idea of having a third surface in American racing. It will create some more oppertunities to find an edge over the less serious members of the betting public. However, as a fan of the sport, seeing top class horses running over an artifical dirt surface, is nothing short of an eyesore.