6/14 (CD): Stephen Foster Day

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Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

I can't argue with your points here, especially the last sentence.

But I must stick to my guns in saying that their top class on turf are superior to our top class on turf. I know the statistics from the Breeders' Cup, and last year's results were baffling to me.

I think a good example is Powerscourt coming over and making Kitten's Joy look like a crow in the Arlington Million. That was a horse that was third string for Coolmore, and absolutely stroked that race two years in a row.

On certain days, we can beat them on our home turf. But overall, I am strongly convinced that they are much better than our bunch.

We can pick examples out all night. Lure was better than any turf miler I have seen from Europe and Manila is at least as good as any euro I have seen period. But that doesnt mean much. Obviously the euros have top turf horses and different style racing but I disagree with the idea that european horses are superior on the whole than American horses.