Early Breeders' Cup Projections...

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

No sir, your wrong there....the differnece between a mile and 1 1/4 miles is the TWO TURNS MORE THAN ANYTHING....Could Silver Train get a mile anywhere other than a place like Belmont, AQU, CD or ARL where it is a ONE TURN race?...I doubt it....But, could Silver Train get 1 1/4 miles if there were such thing as a one turn 10-furlong race, who knows...maybe...

What people don't undertstand about stamina is that most of the time it has to do with having the ability to negotiiate the second turn rather than the distance....your exapmle was dead horrible and I'm really shocked you used it...

This is correct in my opinion. Take a horse like Pleasant Tap back in in 1991-92. Couldn't win a race around two turns ANYWHERE. But put him at 10f at Belmont where it's only one-turn and he dominated the Suburban (1:58 4/5) and the JCGC.

He's just one example but there are plenty more of those horses that couldn't stay 10f anywhere but Belmont. I agree that the second turn is more of a reason than distance as to why more horses can't handle it.