If you could add one more BC race.....

[Hwjb]

It has to be a Breeders' Cup Stayers event over a distance between 2m and 2 and a half miles. Preferably the latter as 2m would probably be too similar to the BCT.

Stayers are woefully uncatered for in the US, no wonder the breeding industry is increasingly demanding speed, speed, speed. And, it would at least be one race Europe would win every year!

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Hwjb

It has to be a Breeders' Cup Stayers event over a distance between 2m and 2 and a half miles. Preferably the latter as 2m would probably be too similar to the BCT.

Stayers are woefully uncatered for in the US, no wonder the breeding industry is increasingly demanding speed, speed, speed. And, it would at least be one race Europe would win every year!

LOL! I couldn't agree more. They breed for speed and I believe it's hurting the breed in the long run. It'd be a fantastic idea for American breeders to buy up the European mares bred to go long in order to add some distance capability in our stock.

[philcski]

I'd vote for a F&M sprint, maybe I'm biased because Xtra Heat was one of my all time favorites but there's a very good group of F&M sprinters every year who are just a few steps behind the boys that also deserve to be called a BC Champion.

And to answer the person who said should more than 3 races be restricted to F&M's? I think the answer is a resounding Yes- the best comparison i can give in the human competitive world is Olympic skiing, there is an OCCASIONAL female skier as fast as the men but generally they're a few tenths of a second slower at the comparative level. The same thing applies in racing- at each class, the boys are 5-6 lengths faster on average than the fillies. It really isn't fair to the fairer sex to make up that physiologic differential.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Hwjb

It has to be a Breeders' Cup Stayers event over a distance between 2m and 2 and a half miles. Preferably the latter as 2m would probably be too similar to the BCT.

Stayers are woefully uncatered for in the US, no wonder the breeding industry is increasingly demanding speed, speed, speed. And, it would at least be one race Europe would win every year!

You answered your own question. No American horses would end up in that race.

[Hwjb]

Hold a stayers event on the dirt and some decent American slow boats would run in it. I'm thinking of horses in the mould of Dynever.

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Hwjb

Hold a stayers event on the dirt and some decent American slow boats would run in it. I'm thinking of horses in the mould of Dynever.

Andromeda's Hero comes to mind, I still think he would have beat AA if the Belmont was 2 miles...LOL