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Originally Posted by Dunbar
This would be a good idea if graded sprints were excluded. Make it an 8 or 8.5 furlong minimum.
--Dunbar
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I don't see any value at all in discrediting horses that run a decent 2yo campaign. the top runners in the Champagne traditionally do not embarrass themselves in the KY Derby, etc., so I don't really know what the point of all of this was, except to eliminate the Delta Jackpot winner from punching his ticket in November. Which could have been addressed by the Graded Stakes Committee, or by basically eliminating the race from contention (ala IL derby this year)
People can't bitch about how lightly raced horses are these days, and then celebrate a selection process that encourages precisely that.
03-29-2013, 03:12 PM
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