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Originally Posted by Danzig
Wait...honor code won the met mile, a prestigious race. But he would prove by running in the BC mile that it isn't a prestigious race?
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Is that to say that Honor Code does not belong in the Classic? I doubt that is what you are saying.
So, if they run the Dirt Mile and the Classic on the same weekend, isn't that an inefficient carding of races?
And with a handful of runnings of the Dirt Mile and over a 100 runnings of the Met Mile, there is a world of difference in prestige. It's about time and history. Not a single Eclipse champion has won the Dirt Mile. Actually, juvenile champion Midshipman might be the only Eclipse winner to even start in the race.
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There are mile specialists. They don't belong in the sprint, don't belong in the classic. Excelling at a mile doesn't make one a second tier horse.
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Yeah, and who are these dedicated milers? Goldencents was beaten less than a length in 4 G1 6f races and set a track record at 7f. He didn't belong in the Sprint? Honor Code and Liam's Map won the Whitney and Woodward respectively, they don't belong in the Classic? How about Palace Malice, a Belmont and Met Mile winner? Criminal Type? Ghostzapper? Holy Bull? Gulch? Congaree? Private Zone? Stay Thirsty? To Honor and Serve? Left Bank? Forty Niner? Cigar?
There are also 7f specialists, too. Should we have a BC Extended Sprint as well?