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Originally Posted by freddymo
Hard Spun would have had to race between 7 and 9f's. Hard Spun might have been an elite turf mile?
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I would see a campaign that included the Carter, the Met Mile, Stephen Foster, Whitney..., - he might have found a weak 10f stakes to win, too, like the Hawthorne Gold Cup (which is G2 for a reason). The racing program these days is geared for 9f horses (Donn stealing the thunder of the GP Hcp, Mass Cap, Monmouth's big hcp reduced to 9f). Hard Spun was a tough and talented racehorse who could have made a lot of $$, if allowed to. But Hard Spun also may be the last really good racehorse sired by Danzig and could make more cash covering 150 mares.
And yes, I think he would turf pretty well - his mum was talented on turf - but there is far more money on dirt.