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31 Oct 17
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on a scale of 1-10, 1 = not interested & won't watch it, 10 = can't wait for next year already
3 for me, will watch it but can take it or leave it
3 for me, will watch it but can take it or leave it
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I'm hoping Lady Aurelia and Highland Reel can do the business, that's the extent of my interest. |
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Best flat racing in the world. |
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Used to love it but the year i watched George Washington standing on 3 legs in the muck turned me off a bit. Dirt races in the wet are dreadful spectacles. |
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Georgie was so sad I would have given my wodge won on guineas back if it could have helped save him.
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10 best racing all winter.
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when it was 1 day I enjoyed it more, "breeders cup night" has a better feel to it than "breeders cup weekend" imo
also the races were less diluted also I find its a bit of a turn off going to the same venue(s) all the time a rotation system like the open golf would be better imo but the politics & money involved has a big say |
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durkin is much missed as well
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around the time of giant's causeway/sakhee etc I would have said 6-7
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Long time since it was at Del Mar surely.
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SS...I meant recent years santa & churchill same venues in consecutive years santa 3 years in a row actually
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belmont never seems to get it now???
monmouth was a disaster with the weather but that was not their fault |
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The weather is a major consideration I suspect. It has been held in Florida at Gulfstream in the past but not for a while. Not sure why.
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6 - will watch it.
but not a fan of american racing, the tracks, the lasix , the surface(s) and the tiresome "world championships" p ish that the yanks have given to the event - nothing could be further from the truth. |
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went to breeders 2007
curlin win paid for trip new jersy sloppy going understatement rained non stop  |
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There was a problem with the California courses all having to have tapeta/polytrack for a while. Keeneland had to go back to dirt to get it. I thought there were problems at Monmouth other than the weather ?
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not sure SS re monmouth you could be right, I just remember the diabolical weather & ground conditions
keeneland was incentivised/rewarded with the breeders cup for switching back to dirt |
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awful weather was monmouth 2007
still have badge 2007 BREEDERS CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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One year british horses dominated gosden horse won classic thats why they went back to dirt.Does not matter thats it safer.But the days racing second only to arc day.
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Used to be a 10 for me in the years of Arazi. Preferred it to Cheltenham.
6 now for me. the 2 days ruins it, same as Cheltenham. |
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Cheltenham 3 days was brilliant but moneys talks still don't see the point of the ryanair.
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It's the best racing all year ........on a Saturday evening .
I like the Classic , but most of their tracks seem to have short straights , much rather have York ,Doncaster ,Newbury . |
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Away for it this year so about a 1 or 2 as won't be watching live.
Normally around a 5. |
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It's a lot better without the sound on.
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Wouldn't want a diet of US racing all year round but the Breeders Cup is superb and unmissaable for me. It has the spice of top international competition , the general razzamattazz that they do so well , some really fast talkin' dudes doing the presenting and a sprinkling of highly attractive females in the mix as well .
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I enjoy it, the only time that I watch US racing mostly because of the European horses involved.
A 6 for me, it would have been 8 if it was drugs free racing. |
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Puts our so called 'Champion's Day' to shame.
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I hate the tracks over there, small with short run-ins. I much prefer tracks where there is a long run-in and you don't see horses trying to make up ground round the bend. It's all about the break and position in American racing, you can blow your chance at the start just by being slowly away
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Whereas here ,the bloob, they crawl through most of the trip ( many runners tossing their heads because they are being excessively
restrained), and then a race breaks out in the last 2 to 2 1/2 furlongs. |
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Pebbles, Skywalker, Lady's Secret, Ferdinand, Miesque, Theatrical, Alysheba, Personal Ensign, Sunday Silence, Arazi, AP Indy, Lure, Barathea,
Cigar, Daylami, Tiznow, Johannesburg, Fantastic Light, Found, American Pharoah, Songbird, Arrogate, Beholder, Uncle Mo, Midday, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Raven's Pass, Oiuja Board. etc.,etc. Can anyone name a 1/2 day meeting anywhere in the world that can match that list over the last 32 years? |
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< of winners.
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It would appear Churchill is going to run in The Classic ( on dirt ). Brave decision as he's by Galileo of course.
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O'Brien said he is a similar type to Giant's Causeway, which was a close second to Tiznow in his classic.
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It would be a 10 but not knowing the american form so can't really bet on the card,the placepot is the biggest joke a meeting like that and its a minute pool I had 11% of the pool one night what a joke that was.The placepot should be huge,not even promoted or anything totally useless in saying that the dividends pay absolute peanuts yuou very rarely see a decent result..
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