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Originally Posted by Scanman
If the Melbourne Cup results are any measure of the standard of racing in Europe vs Australia, particularly with stayers (and this has been the trend for a while), you have to give the edge to Enable.
Enable travels and wins world-class races. Winx doesn't travel and wins good races.
Take nothing away from Winx, Chris Waller has done a phenomenal job training and placing the mare, but for me, it's Enable.
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The melb cup is completely different to the cox plate. The former is a 3200m handicap, the latter 2040m WFA. We just haven’t been breeding 3200m horses here in recent years so our stayers are garbage. The European stayers are distinctly superior to ours.
However we do still breed good horses up to about 2000m. Our sprinters have been our best horses for the last few decades (though our current crop are sub par) however we’ve always produced good 1600m and 2000m horses too. Completely different type of horse and type of race over 1600 to 2000 (winx pet range) than it is over 3200. And a completely different type of horse required to win at each.
Therefore saying “if the Melbourne cup is anything to go by then...” is an argument flawed at its inception.
Kind of like me saying “if the NFL is anything to go by then all American sport is shit.”
