Breeders Cup Turf winners 1999-2008

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Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Except for the fact that they're a year apart and don't really have anything to do with each other.

Obviously Johar was a better horse the year he won the BC Turf. The idea that a desperate nose winner over Rock Opera was going to go win the BC Turf in his next start (no less after seeing how it was won....) is made no less absurd because the horse won the BC turf over a year later. Non-sequiter.

So let me get this straight, you can compare BC winners over a ten year period, but I can't compare the 2002 Johar to the 2003 Johar? Interesting.

And what exactly made Johar go from 2002 goat to 2003 monster? A change of calendars? A flick of a switch?

Remember, he sat most of 2003 on the bench. Mandella got him into top form on BC day, and maybe he was still improving at the same time, but anybody who happened to like him that day was probably basing their support on his San Marcos effort way back in January. That is when he became a BC contender. What was that, about 8 weeks after he nostrilized Rock Opera?