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Originally Posted by King Glorious
U are missing the point then. Maybe that's my fault. I admitted as much that Watchmaker got this list right, for the most part. There just aren't any horses that are really much more deserving than the ones that are on there. And yes, I understand that this is the best we have. The point here is that the upper levels of the sport have slipped so bad that this is what we are left with. There are reasons why this has happened, a couple which u pointed out. What I'm saying is that there has to be something that can be done to change this tide. There has to be something that can be done to get us back to the days when there will be 10 actual GOOD horses on the list instead of two good ones and eight other fill-ins. Is it so bad to want more from the game? I mean, u don't even have to win a single race (Good Reward) to be a top 10 horse nowdays? A single grade three win (Park Avenue Ball and Flower Alley) can make u top 10 nowdays? No route wins at all (Sun King) can make u top 10 nowdays? A horse that is the reigning BC SPRINT champion and hasn't even run a route race this year (Silver Train), unless u count the Met Mile as a route, is top 10?
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so if a horse runs in sprints, he's somehow a lesser horse? that's the kind of thinking (that dirt and classic is the ONLY thing in racing) that has kept some outstanding turf horses out of the market here, and has given the euros the ability to get ahead in that division, since they come and buy our best turf prospects at auction and take them home.
we have all kinds of niches in racing. doesn't mean a horse is somehow lesser if he's a speed demon. he's not loaded with stamina, doesn't mean he's not loaded with talent.