The Return of the "Breeders' Cup Distaff"

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Danzig

now, if only they'd get rid of some of the garbage and put the saved purse monies into the classic...make it the top paying race in the world!

To be fair Zig, it is the top paying horse race in the world not run on plastic, at least most of the time.

Or as I heard Nick Zito describe his oppostion to synthetics yesterday, God made dirt and turf for horses to run on, not something in your grandfather's attic!

[_ed_]

Originally Posted by pointman

To be fair Zig, it is the top paying horse race in the world not run on plastic, at least most of the time.

The Melbourne Cup and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe are both worth slightly more at the moment, I think. And the Dubai Sheema is worth the same.

[pointman]

Originally Posted by _ed_

The Melbourne Cup and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe are both worth slightly more at the moment, I think. And the Dubai Sheema is worth the same.

Unless they raised it, I believe the Melbourne Cup is about 4.6 million and the Arc is about 4 million, but you might be right.