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Old 11-06-2011, 02:39 PM
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The entire game is gotten to be a joke. You may choose to be in denial which would align you with many of the decision makers in this business, however the manner in which horses are dispersed and campaigned leads to situations like this year where there are virtually no true "championship" horses, just underraced, mediocre frauds. The day to day racing in virtually all jurisdictions is garbage which is the dirty little secret behind 22 months in a row of handle decline and now our top class horses have been "managed" into oblivion.
I think the BC itself has rendered it less than a championship day by spreading out all these races which has only served to weaken them to the point that winning it hardly merits it other than winning another race during the calender year.

I think the sprint yesterday is a good example, the horses who used to make the sprint more compelling are now dispersed into the dirt mile or turf sprint and you are left with nine decent runners rather than at least 12 with interesting puzzles to solve and a good winner.
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