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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
I just looked up the TG's for the Pacific Classic and the Whitney (since it was the last grade 1 for older horses) and I have come to one conclusion.
The older west coast handicap horses are the worst of all time. I mean that. The slowest bunch of dogs in the modern history of horseracing. If you use the Whitney as a comparison here are some of the most recent figs (TG) of the horses in there.
Whitney
Flashy Bull -1 3/4 in Stephen Foster
Brass Hat -1 in allowance
Lawyer Ron -2 1/2 in Monmouth stake (2nd)
-1 3/4 in Oklawn Hdcp
Dry Martini -1 3/4 in Cornhusker
Diamond Stripes -1 in Stephen Foster (3rd)
Magna Graduate -1 in Westchester
Sun King regularly runs -1 to -2 usually while losing
Wandering Boy -2 1/2 in Alysheba
Fairbanks -1/2 in Santa Anita stake
Here is a list of Pacific classic runners coming off of a negative number
Student Council -1/2
Very few of those plugs with the obvious exception of Lava Man have ever run a negative number ever
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hmmm.
interesting to see that.
did i hear correctly the other day that it was student council that finished just behind brass hat in his record setting comeback?
also, is student council the horse that spent some time at oaklawn in the spring of 06? i know farish had a horse up there they had thought might be a good one, but i can't remember if this guy is the one?
good bad or otherwise regarding the race, i think the final time of the pac classic is what blew my mind.