Any Given Saturday

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by whodey17

In theory the Breeders Cup is a fine idea, but it sure does take away some excitement during the fall season. And to think that trainers view the JCGC, Woodward and Pacific Classic as "preps" is enough to make me ill.

The real problem is the Eclipse Award voters. As long as they keep giving the BC so much significance in their voting and rewarding four race campaigns with Eclipse Awards the BC is going to continue to cannibilize the racing calendar. Every divisional honor should be determined by points and only HOY should be determined by votes. Your top 6 races should count for points so you don't have a horse winning an award for getting so many points from thirteen 3rd place finishes. The BC races could count as double a G1 to maintain their importance.

[whodey17]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The real problem is the Eclipse Award voters. As long as they keep giving the BC so much significance in their voting and rewarding four race campaigns with Eclipse Awards the BC is going to continue to cannibilize the racing calendar. Every divisional honor should be determined by points and only HOY should be determined by votes. Your top 6 races should count for points so you don't have a horse winning an award for getting so many points from thirteen 3rd place finishes. The BC races could count as double a G1 to maintain their importance.

I sure do agree that a horse should earn HOY by racing and earning points and then combine that point total with the number of votes. However, when breeding operations pay million of dollars for a horse with just 1 Grade I win then everything else seems arbitrary.