[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

You made your own counterpoint. I Want Revenge, Quality Road, Old Fashioned, and The Pamplemousse all represent top horses that were knocked off the trail before the TC, not because of it.

Change the breeding and you fix the problem.

Change the TC and you cheapen the breed.

I wouldn't stop with the TC. I'd change the way 2yos and 3yos are raced from the start. I don't think the TC races themselves are what needs to be changed. I don't know where Indian Charlie comes up with me wanting the Derby at 6f or any of that other nonsense though. And perhaps he didn't see Secretariat's Gotham or his Marlboro Cup. Sham wasn't going to beat Secretariat at either of those distances. And as I keep saying, I agree with changing the breed. But I also know that's NOT going to happen. So since that's not going to happen, we have to make the changes elsewhere. You say that changing the TC would cheapen the breed. Have you not noticed how the breed has become weaker and weaker over the years without the TC races being touched? In this country, over 70% of the races are run at one mile or less. It's probably over 90% at 9f or less. There is huge money running less than 10f. The TC races are but three races on the calender. If you were breeding a horse, which would you try to do? Try to breed a horse that's going to excel at the distances of those three races, one of which you'll likely only run once in you life, or try to breed a horse that can fit in the majority of the races that they run during the year? The breed is different because the racing is different. Changing up the way they breed them, the way they train them, the way they race them, the way they medicate them.....and then asking them to do the same thing as horses of 50 and 60 years ago doesn't make sense.