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Originally Posted by Hwjb
Arc, Grand Criterium, Marcel Boussac, Abbaye, Opera, Prix de la Foret, Cadran, Dollar, Daniel Wildenstein, all in two day's racing. Feel free to pick it apart.
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OK, I will.
I've been to Arc weekend, and think it's a great event, but comparing it to the BC makes no sense whatsoever. The BC provides races, and opportunities, from the very beginning, for Europeans to do what they are trained for....i.e turf racing. Now they have gone a step further, and provided another surface that mitigates the excellence of our horses while enhancing the chances of the Euros ( which, by the way, are often US bred ).
Until Longchamp, or Royal Ascot, put in a dirt course and put up a series of races that provide opportunities for our horses to shine you cannot fairly compare any days, or meets, over there to the BC.