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Originally Posted by Danzig
i really wish i could remember where i saw the article about the 'euro turfers better than us tufers' thing being far from true. stats don't back it up at all. the top turf horses there run on very soft, very deep turf. not all horses like that, and come here to find firmer ground. and of course running on lasix helps as well. comparing their best turfers to our best could be the apples vs oranges type comparison-kind of like when you have curlin vs the top euros. how do you really decide who's better, since a top turf horse generally won't face a top dirt horse?
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I'd really like to see that article cause I think the stats do support that the Euro turfer are better than the US turfers even on firm ground.
10-20-2008, 11:25 PM
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