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![]() I am very much against Euro shippers winning North American championships off of one race on the continent. Horse racing is NOT like baseball or pro football or basketball, which have tournaments to determine the best team. Horse racing is more like NASCAR or golf; some events are bigger and more prestigious than others but if one of them is won by a longshot, he doesn't automatically become the overall champion. It's what happens over the entire season that matters.
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![]() A slight overstatement. I hope.
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![]() Blind Luck has lost some races she shouldn't have, has squeaked out others over pretty weak rivals, while Mo would have been undefeated with a world record performance!
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![]() Plus Blind Luck would still have to win her race over a really soft group. Ill likely bet Evening Jewel if she goes in that spot.
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The fact that she has lost sonme races is actually a positive in my thinking. It just proves that she had the most ambitious schedule. She entered every big race. She faced every big name in her division. She always ran her race (even in defeat). If more horses were campaigned like Blind Luck was this year, we would have a much better sport. Paul |
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![]() I'm just surprised anyone would take me seriously about Uncle Mo winning HOY.
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![]() I'll never stop being amazed that some people actually seem to believe that any speed figure maker ( for most of the ill-informed they use Beyer as the whipping boy for there ignorance ) is somehow responsible for how fast a horse runs.
Horses earn their figures. Good speed figure makers just accurately assess them. The confused just keep on misconstruing this.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB |
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![]() Whoever the winner of the BC Classic is probably wins it, unless it really is an outsider. If it's a true bomb like Fly Down, they'll likely give it to Zenyatta to appease the public sentiment.
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This typically happens with races with unusually fast times/figs. Or at least that's when it's most noticeable, I guess. |
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I do agree with you on the supposed " Arc jinx. " Just more easily explainable hooey. Trempolino lost by a head or neck to Theatrical. Dancing Brave lost 150 pounds shipping. As you said....etc, etc.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB |