Lord Derby

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Originally Posted by brianwspencer

intercontinental deserved her win last year -- crafty ride, stole away with it -- fair enough.

but do you really think she would have held ouija board off for another eighth of a mile had the BC been anywhere but Belmont Park?

Ouija Board would have been best that day too if the race were at 1 3/8 miles. Could have made a huge difference.

from what I understand,
the race is supposed to be run at 10f like it was at Belmont.
thats what they ran it at when Starine won at Arlington in 2002 and when Islington won at Santa Anita in 2003.
its only run at 11f when tracks like Lone Star and CD are the host tracks and the configuration does not allow for a 10f turf race.

I dont believe distance had anything to do with IC's win in 2005.
like Kasept and everyone points out, PACE was the main reason for IC's dominance over that field.
but that does not change my point.
IC still beat her.
HC won the BCT in 2002 with a slow pace to run at.
it can be done.
OB did not do it in 2005.

Im not hating on her, Im just saying she could be beaten.
so with that in mind, i hope ppl dont dismiss the great year that WAW had while getting beat one time on the turf.
b/c as The Board showed us in 2005, a turf mare can be great and still lose the BCFMT in the same year.



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