East VS West The 06 Breeders Cup

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The Strub series does have some cache obviously, though Rock Hard Ten is not a great example for obvious reasons, but as for the rest of what you said....well.....it's probably basically wrong. I don't want to fight about this but you might want to look into the situation a little more.

It's not really a " what side of the country " thing....it's perceived importance of races. The East has it....the West doesn't ( in general ).

I agree that was the case, but I think it is going to become less and less so.

[bigjag0716]

Hard to tell right now but I guarantee the west will win at least 2 races,they always do.

[SniperSB23]

There is a different style of racing out West that combined with the harder surfaces makes it difficult and more dangerous for a horse to ship out for one race. It could take a few races for a top horse to get used to those conditions so why would you bother to ship out for one race. While I agree that the Whitney and Met Mile are more prestigious to breeders than the Hollywood Gold Cup and Pacific Classic I think winning one from both coasts would carry huge weight with breeders, moreso than winning both from the same coast. As California shifts to a safer, less biased surface in polytrack I think we will see more east coast horses that have shown a liking for polytrack going west to take down the $1 million purses.

[Buffymommy]

Not to start or get into an arguement since everyone knows I love the horse, but RH10's stud deal may also have had something to do with his daddy being the "LATE" Kris S, who was a good daddy. I am not arguing anything about RH10. Just stating that his stud deal may not only have had to deal with his race record.

So don't diss my boy.