When Arazi won the Juvenile in 1991, he went on to become one of the three finalists for HOY. He didn't win it but he was at least one of top three. It may not happen this year with Workforce but there is precedence for a dominating European to get very strong consideration and if all of the big guns lose the Classic and he dominates the Turf, I wouldn't be shocked to see him get a look. What will hurt him is that the field for the Turf will be pathetically weak.
I still laugh at people who keep saying that horses that come over and run here once shouldn't be considered for awards, even though it's happened over and over and over again that they've not only been considered but have won. Hell, High Chaparral didn't even have to win the Turf outright in 2003 to win the championship that season and Singspiel won the award in 1996 and never won a race in the United States. The only criteria that has to be met is that a horse has to have run at least once in North America. If you feel after watching the Turf that Workforce is the best horse to have run here this year, and he's a qualified runner, you should vote for him. Period. Until they change the criteria, it's demeaning the value of the award to not give it to the best qualified horse.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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10-25-2010, 05:11 PM
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