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Originally Posted by King Glorious
I've long felt that the gap between claimers/allowance horses and graded stakes winners has been closing fast. It's almost to the point that you can't tell the difference anymore. That's why I always say take a shot. Seeing horses that are completely outclassed in a race is rarer and rarer.
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Back in 2001 when War Emblem was on tap to race at Belmont, a NY radio station, WFAN w/ Mike Francesca had Baffert as a guest. WE was going for the TC and the topic of conversation was the usual re "why no TC since Affirmed"
Baffert reiterated the usual but said, years ago when 'your' horse was in a race there were maybe 3/4 horses as well bred as your horse. Now, every horse in a race is just about as well bred as the rest. Breeding has "leveled" the field. Made sense.