There is no East Coast/West Coast bias...only some insecurity issue that, it seems to me, only comes from West Coast people. A good horse is a good horse. Anyone can see that. Part of the problem, and I guess this has been said here before, is that a horse stabled on the East Coast tends to ship around a bit, whether Florida in the Winter or Kentucky in the Spring or Fall plus Delaware in the summer, as well as obviously New York. In California there is really only the SA-Hollywood-Del Mar circuit so you don't get as many different opportunities. Thus a good horse on the East Coast has an easier time shipping for opportunities to prove itself. However, West Coast horses ship and certainly hold their own, if they're good enough.
It's not like anybody knowledgable is proclaiming " a good East Coast horse will always beat a good West Coast horse " or any such silliness. It is just misguided defensiveness.
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09-28-2006, 11:03 AM
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