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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
do kelly's landing or suave deserve to be BC champions? no, but they get a shot too.
i would disagree that malibu mint would not be worthy of being a BC champ. It wouldn't be likely in a race full of boys, but she's shown she's worth it on more than one occasion. I would imagine that most here would assume that Dubai Escapade would be worthy of a BC championship -- so by proxy Malibu Mint would be too.
Bless her, I hope she pulls the upset.
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Brian, by the same token IF Suave were to win the Classic, at least he would be beating talented horses - Dini, Drift, Lava, Invasor, etc, same with Kelly's over Henny, War Front, Bordonaro, etc.
Lets say Dubai Escapade were to become a F&M Sprint Champion. What great competition would she face in that race outside of Malibu Mint, and I really use the term 'great' loosely when applying it to Malibu. There just arent enough good F&M Sprinters, or turf sprinters, to merit running a 1000k race for them. It would be just like watching a rerun of the same cast that ran in the Princess Rooney. One of the greatest things about the BC IMO is that it brings together horses who have been battling in Grade 1's across the country and sometimes internationally and who havent beating up on one another over and over. A F&M Turf Division just isnt deep enough to have quality horses who havent faced one another several times previously.