Re: Breeders Cup (507 Views)
Posted by:
Dana (IP Logged)
Date: March 24, 2004 08:47PM
Actually, last year, 2003 -- it was interesting that the Santa Anita ground crew purposely made the turf course play fairly so Europens would have a shot -- they actually over-compensated in my mind, but this was a conscious, focused effort -- the turf changed dramatically from just a few weeks before the cup -- it had been a pool table like surface and then they worked to deepen it up. I just like the downhill course with the right and left turns there -- it's more like a European track.
Of course, I have my biases of tracks I like, but I also like your idea of spreading the wealth around -- sometime it would be fun to see smaller tracks get a chance. I'll have to say I didn't like Arlington only because of the mile turf start and the longer juvenille races, but that's history now I guess.
While we're at it, I wouldn't mind a cup at a European venue -- the Curragh in Ireland is probably as close to racing nirvana as anything on earth -- nothing but green everywhere -- so beautiful, though I don't know what the weather's like the end of Oct. there.