BC Stunner: 2 days, 3 new races..

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Enough of this ridiculous BC Turf sprint stuff. Could someone please name me a turf sprinter that deserved to race for a million dollar purse in the last decade, or even two?

Texas Glitter, Stravinsky, elusive quality, johhanesburg, , dayjur, mizzen mast etc

[blackthroatedwind]

Johannesburg ran in a big turf sprint....the July Cup. If you hurry over you can catch him finishing.

Texas Glitter? Come on!

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Johannesburg ran in a big turf sprint....the July Cup. If you hurry over you can catch him finishing.

Texas Glitter? Come on!

I wasn't annointing them superstars of all time, but you have to admit, a turf sprint is a very interesting race, which would attract a broad mix of horses from both the US and Europe. My response was to the poster who said there are no such horses worthy of racing for a million dollars. That is just not so.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Jfeld

I wasn't annointing them superstars of all time, but you have to admit, a turf sprint is a very interesting race, which would attract a broad mix of horses from both the US and Europe. My response was to the poster who said there are no such horses worthy of racing for a million dollars. That is just not so.

At most there are VERY few.

I'm sure if they scheduled a $250K Turf sprint they would get virtually the same field. What is the purse of the Prix de l'Abbaye...the big Euro turf sprint run on Arc day?

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

At most there are VERY few.

I'm sure if they scheduled a $250K Turf sprint they would get virtually the same field. What is the purse of the Prix de l'Abbaye...the big Euro turf sprint run on Arc day?

I'm ok with that too, I'd just like to see it included in the Breeders Cup, certainaly more so than the completely unecessary Juvenile Turf. You could just write a 100k race instead of a million for that group and the same horses would be in there.

[brockguy]

A turf sprint could have formed part of the global sprint challenge where the best from europe, asia and australia could have taken part.. that would have raised the world profile of the cup..

[JJP]

A Breeders Cup all-weather race would make more sense than a turf sprint, IMO. By the end of next year, there's going to be quite a few all-weather tracks in the U.S. My guess is that would be the next race, IF they add any more.

[cmorioles]

That was my point, BC races are worth a million, so why bother with a turf sprint when you only need to pay a little? Any of the horses you mentioned could have run in other races anyway.

If you have an all weather race, you now have two locations. My guess is BC races will just be run on polytrack if that is the venue. Noone is going to admit this stuff isn't dirt, and too many big tracks will have it so you won't be able to avoid them forever

If for some reason they did run an "all weather" race, isn't that like admitting the surface is inferior?

[hi_im_god]

Steve-

When you get anyone involved on the show can you ask why they announced this the day of the college football championship game?

Not that it would have got a lot of mainstream sports press anyway but if they want the story buried they sure picked the right day. I guess we can be thankful they didn't wait for the Superbowl.

Great news but what stopped them from waiting for a slow news day?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'll give you Stravinsky and maybe Dayjur. Elusive Quality was a decent turf miler, world record holder I believe. Mizzen Mast was pretty good on dirt if I recall, winning the Malibu and Strub, so why would he need a turf sprint?

Mizzen Mast is sooo cool! If you go to Juddmonte's website you can watch his Malibu. (I didn't mean to make that rhyme )