BC Stunner: 2 days, 3 new races..

[cmorioles]

Enough of this ridiculous BC Turf sprint stuff. Could someone please name me a turf sprinter that deserved to race for a million dollar purse in the last decade, or even two?

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Enough of this ridiculous BC Turf sprint stuff. Could someone please name me a turf sprinter that deserved to race for a million dollar purse in the last decade, or even two?

Texas Glitter, Stravinsky, elusive quality, johhanesburg, , dayjur, mizzen mast etc

[blackthroatedwind]

Johannesburg ran in a big turf sprint....the July Cup. If you hurry over you can catch him finishing.

Texas Glitter? Come on!

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Johannesburg ran in a big turf sprint....the July Cup. If you hurry over you can catch him finishing.

Texas Glitter? Come on!

I wasn't annointing them superstars of all time, but you have to admit, a turf sprint is a very interesting race, which would attract a broad mix of horses from both the US and Europe. My response was to the poster who said there are no such horses worthy of racing for a million dollars. That is just not so.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Jfeld

I wasn't annointing them superstars of all time, but you have to admit, a turf sprint is a very interesting race, which would attract a broad mix of horses from both the US and Europe. My response was to the poster who said there are no such horses worthy of racing for a million dollars. That is just not so.

At most there are VERY few.

I'm sure if they scheduled a $250K Turf sprint they would get virtually the same field. What is the purse of the Prix de l'Abbaye...the big Euro turf sprint run on Arc day?

[GinaIsWild]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

At most there are VERY few.

I'm sure if they scheduled a $250K Turf sprint they would get virtually the same field. What is the purse of the Prix de l'Abbaye...the big Euro turf sprint run on Arc day?

I'm ok with that too, I'd just like to see it included in the Breeders Cup, certainaly more so than the completely unecessary Juvenile Turf. You could just write a 100k race instead of a million for that group and the same horses would be in there.

[brockguy]

A turf sprint could have formed part of the global sprint challenge where the best from europe, asia and australia could have taken part.. that would have raised the world profile of the cup..

[JJP]

A Breeders Cup all-weather race would make more sense than a turf sprint, IMO. By the end of next year, there's going to be quite a few all-weather tracks in the U.S. My guess is that would be the next race, IF they add any more.

[hi_im_god]

Steve-

When you get anyone involved on the show can you ask why they announced this the day of the college football championship game?

Not that it would have got a lot of mainstream sports press anyway but if they want the story buried they sure picked the right day. I guess we can be thankful they didn't wait for the Superbowl.

Great news but what stopped them from waiting for a slow news day?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'll give you Stravinsky and maybe Dayjur. Elusive Quality was a decent turf miler, world record holder I believe. Mizzen Mast was pretty good on dirt if I recall, winning the Malibu and Strub, so why would he need a turf sprint?

Mizzen Mast is sooo cool! If you go to Juddmonte's website you can watch his Malibu. (I didn't mean to make that rhyme )

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Enough of this ridiculous BC Turf sprint stuff. Could someone please name me a turf sprinter that deserved to race for a million dollar purse in the last decade, or even two?

Amen!

Klassy Briefcase.

The queen of Mid-atlantic 5 panel dashes.
She had to go Across the Pond to find viable competition.

Go Klassy !

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by The_Guy_Smiley

Klassy Briefcase.

The queen of Mid-atlantic 5 panel dashes.
She had to go Across the Pond to find viable competition.

Go Klassy !

And how exactly did that turn out?

Originally Posted by cmorioles

And how exactly did that turn out?

That's besides the point.
Klassy Briefcase was at the tail end of her racing career.
But at 5 panels on American soil with a decent post position,
I'd give her a good chance to be competive with the European boys and girls.

Suffice it to say, that when she was right, she was very good.

As for the Juvenile Turf idea, that's just plain ridiculous.
One that only figures to exacerbate the problems of Juveniles
being asked to go longer than then they should be -
now at an even earlier stage in their careers.

Lots of luck in trying to dole out perhaps several 2 year olds,
not only trying the turf for the first time,
but perhaps going two turns also in this same event.

This is an addition of what will be likely utterly contentious race
in which the serial wager fans will be forced to spread out needlessly.
A Pass for me.

[cmorioles]

It was more a case of her needing Lasix then being out of form. She went there in top form actually if I remember right.