BC Stunner: 2 days, 3 new races..

[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?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Since they can't seem to get anything but di cked-up tracks for this so called "important day," I could really care less about it anymore.They have turned it into a meaningless crapshoot.

[JJP]

Originally Posted by 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?

Pretty much. It is fake dirt, although they are always trying to get more Euro involvement, and this would do that. But its only a matter of time before the BC comes back to Hol or SA...maybe AP will even get it again. So maybe adding a single race at another track would be a moot point.