[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Maybe what you said about the Arc winners not repeating in the BC is just a coincidence. Dancing Brave had what many believe a valid excuse.

Trempolino? He ran a great second to a very good, and underappreciated horse in Theatrical.

I think Montjeu had an injury, but I'm not sure of that.

Sakhee could have won the Turf, but ran second in the Classic.

I think Dylan Thomas was the most overrated horse from Europe in recent times.

Hurricane Run? I think his story was the same as his sire's Montjeu. Maybe I am mixing them up, but I think Hurricane Run also had some issues that kept him from running.

They may have run some winning races, especially Trempolino but the fact is still that none of them have won. I think that if not for the draining efforts it took to win the Arc, perhaps some of them would have won over here despite the excuses. I could be wrong but until I see an Arc winner then come over to win the Turf, I'll believe there's something to this. I think it's similar to why only three horses have won the JCGC and the Classic in the same year, only three have won the Beldame and the Distaff, only one has doubled in the Vosburgh and Sprint. In recent years, the QE II winner either hasn't been sent over or has been sent over for the Turf or the Classic but it was a regular thing during the first 15 years of the BC to send them over for the Mile and they never won one. Meanwhile, races like the Goodwood, Super Derby, and Spinster were enjoying tremendous success as final preps. I believe it has a lot to do with those being easier races to win because the competition is not at tough and you don't have to run as hard and it leaves you more in the tank. Races like the fall championship races in NY, the Arc, and the QE II are major target races in their own rights and the efforts it takes to win them often leave the winners a little empty come BC day.

Of course, this is just a theory in my head.