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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
Nice races?!? Are you really that ignorant? Newsflash - most owners across the Atlantic don't care about the Breeders' Cup; they care about winning the Arc, or the Abbaye, or the Moulin, which have pretty good purses, too. If they come to the BC, it is usually as an afterthought, or as a means of redemption for a poor run (didn't win the prestige race, go for the cash). Sometimes a sportsman sends his/her top-class horse to run, but previous experience has shown that which horses adapt to US conditions is a bit of a lottery and some don't care to take the chance since it cannot improve the horses' standing.
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If you stay on topic, this thread was about Europe having an event similar to the BC...nothing else. And they don't...neither in variety of surfaces and distances and ages nor cumilative purse values over a two day period. Obviously all those Europe races mentioned are nice, prestigeous, valuable, etc, etc races..but they are just that...individual races. And we'll see how much of an "afterthought" it is next year when they realize their turf only horses may be better off in the Classic than in one of their "nice" races.