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Originally Posted by Revolution
you can not even compare a derby with the travers. derby day is probably the best day all year. the entire week is great. there are 5 grade 1's on preview day at belmont and many europeans are there. the knock on the travers is that it often does not get a third of the good horses from the derby. it is like a derby for a few east coast horses. i have been to 4 of the last 5 travers and it is usually not even the best day of the meet. you can not be serious if you say breeders cups do not compare with the travers. i am guessing you went to belmont breeders cups that do not even fill up the grandstand and you like the crowds, because you can not compare an entire day of grade 1 races with a mid summer derby that often gets just 2 or 3 good horses.
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Noone is comparing either day with travers day, thats just you trying to use the strawman tactic to divert away from the original argument.
Derby day, and BC Day are obviously the two biggest days of the year. No question.
Oaks day at Cd is tremendous as well.
But saratoga is not about a day Mr Strawman, its about a meet. You walk through CD on Wednesday after the Derby, and there arent 5 thousand people at the place.
Umm, Revvy boy, would you care to tell us what meet has more grade ones AND grade twos than any meet in the country?
Umm, revvy boy, would you care to tell us what meet has the highest average attendance of any meet in the country?
And would you care to tell us what meet has the highest average handle of any meet in the country?
Now why do you think this is?