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03-09-2013, 10:46 AM
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More relatively meidocre performances by our turf and synthetic horses in Dubai
Dullahan and Little Mike soundly defeated in separate races in Dubai this morning.
The record of our horses on turf and tapeta over there is, has always been, and will probably always be atrocious. However, we absolutely always dominated on the dirt over there when there was dirt. Royal Delta (9th place) and Game On Dude (12th place) competed in last years World Cup. Gio Ponti's 4th place finish in 2010 is our best showing in the Tapeta-run Classics. Gio Ponti was 4th to winner Gloria De Campeao that day. The same Gloria De Campeao who was 2nd beaten 14 lengths to Well Armed in the Dubai World Cup the year before in the final dirt edition. Yes, our wonderful six-year-old gelding Well Armed did win the Dubai World Cup by 14 lengths. And I remain on record that we won't win that race again for at least 14 years. With very few exceptions, our turf horses have utterly stunk in those races for a lot longer. That goes back to the late 90's. 
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03-09-2013, 10:59 AM
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03-09-2013, 12:45 PM
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"Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time." - Josh Billings
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03-09-2013, 01:18 PM
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Americain debuted in Europe but campaigned here for five or six races and won the Melbourne Cup.
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03-09-2013, 01:10 PM
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Having two different American based horses, the more recent a 6-year-old gelding, win the DWC by a combined 21.75 lengths probably played a part in moving it to a synthetic surface.
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03-09-2013, 03:30 PM
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"Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time." - Josh Billings
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03-09-2013, 01:03 PM
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Japan Cup Dirt 2003 G1 Not that many horses from US ships overseas as they are probably outmatched in a lot of the races (especially turf). Europeans can ship their 3rd and 4th tier horses and do well in the US.
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03-09-2013, 11:12 AM
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Although, the Europeans had the same habit of overbetting their good turf horses against us in the dirt races back in the day. Even occasionally in the sprint. I remember the Sheema Classic in 2007, we had English Channel, Miesque's Approval (who just dominated in the BC Mile) and Lava Man all get bet well in our pool. They finished 12th, 15th, and 16th. The winner was a Japanese horse. The record of turf horses since the late 90's has to be comical. I don't think we've won a single race...and The Tin Man is the lone 2nd place finisher I can think of and they let him have it all his own way up front at 9 furlongs and he was a distant 2nd.
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03-09-2013, 11:25 AM
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Inevitably, Animal Kingdom will wind up the favorite and Royal Delta will wind up the second choice in our pools this year.
At least no one will ever have to talk about the "Dubai bounce" anymore ... seeing that you, technically, actually have to run a big race in order to "bounce"
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- I did mean G1 turf race away from North America.
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