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

[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.